DMIs and how to abuse the system

Has anyone encountered this? A&P 48 years here.

You know how the DMI states an "aircraft shall not depart a station where the repair can be made"?

An airline I worked at would actually go through the trouble to route aircraft around airports where the parts were to address a DMI so they didn't have downtime. How stupid can you be?

A damned anti ice valve is what.... a 20-30 minute job on a bad day? Most DMIs are not hours long tasks.

I thought that was a shit way to interpret that statement.

Then, the idiots were using FedEx and UPS to deliver parts to us at EWR. I said WTF is wrong with you people??!!! We have all of the parts at different airports we fly in and out of and we have our own damned airplanes to bring us the parts.

If it weren't for ageism I'd still be there. I really miss it a lot. And the people I worked with.