Commercial Fixed Wing
Maintenance Airframe; Maintenance Powerplant
Other / Unknown; Time Pressure
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Company Policy
Number 1 engine; Number 2 squib was removed to comply with [log write up]. Replacement squib could not be located or shipped. Direct supervisor instructed technicians to reinstall known bad part. Technicians being intimidated to do tasks that are unethical and unsafe are unacceptable; just to get the aircraft out. This seems to be a recurring issue on midnight shift.
Maintenance Technician reported being pressured to reinstall a known inoperative part when the replacement part was unavailable.