I think you misunderstood what I was saying, if the Blues felt their mission required the part more than anyone else, they would get it.
Maybe, but that I have not seen in 6 years of working at an IMA. An EXREP for a fleet squadron ALWAYS takes priority where I work and that includes priority over Blue Angels.
I can give you a few examples where the wouldn't have priority:
WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, If they needed the same O-ring or gasket that certain P-3 squdrons, EA6B's or any other special mission A/C that don't have backups would definitely get priority.
I don't need an example of when the Blues wouldn't get priority, I see it all the time. I gave a few examples in my previous posts. Don't think I'm trying to take anything away from the importance of what the Blues do, I know it's an important mission, just not as important as defending our Nation.
Here is a example where I think they would get priority, Say they are in the Netherlands, or any major Fleet Week show site. They have two jets down that need the same O-ring that a deployed F/A-18 squdron needs for one of their jets to be up.
I ask you, what do you think is more important for the country? To have the Blue Angels look stupid in a foreign country or in front of millions of spectators? Or to have a extra spare jet in the fleet?
and don't get me started on all of the y coded Huds and DDIs the Blues have sent back
I can see the priority in your example. A deployed squadron has more jets to chose from and usually one ends up being a hangar queen for most of the cruise/deployment anyway so yes, the Blues would probably get their part first. Now look at the the same example from the opposite side; deployed jets unable to carry out a sortie because of an EXREP part and the Blue Angels without the same part and can't perform at an airshow. Who gets the part? When it all boils down to National Defense vs. Airshow, I think the first takes priority.
So to answer your question: Yes, I would rather look stupid and protect my country than look good at the airshow while our Marines and Soldiers die because they couldn't get the air support they needed. I know that 1 down jet isn't going to stop a sortie, but neither is 1 down Angel. It doesn't have to be Korea or Vietnam or WWII for the fleet to get priority.
In the Navy supply system, when a deployed unit (i.e. the Ship's IMA) orders a part, the system automatically gives it the highest priority. Next comes non-deployed EXREP and R/R (which includes Blue Angels) and then Sup-O assets (for the rest of the fleet, etc) There are certain people that can change priority codes later if the see fit. I've seen it done for the shore IMA, home squadron, deployed squadron, and the Blues as seen necessary by maintenance control and supply.
Now I know that the Blues often get parts faster than other, it's the nature of their business but the bottom line is the fleet will get priority when it counts.
I've seen 2 Y-codes from the Blues in my shop in the last 2 years, and we work on the HUD, DDI, HI, CSC, MSDR, MSDC, SDC, and several others. I don't know who you're sending them all back to but it's not where I am.
What I DO see, now that you got ME started, is all the improperly packaged HUDs, DDIs, and HIs that come in with broken combiners, CRTs, knobs, and everything else that I have to write Material Discrepancy Reports on every time we get a shipment from the Blue Angels. On a similar note, I have a question for any Blues tech. Is it possible to remove the mag tape from the MSDR without breaking the anti-vibration tray? We D-Act. an awful lot of MSDRs for that. The tray is one of those things that even the Blue Angels can't get. Funny thing is, all the broken trays come from them.