Node A6 · Acronym decoder
RFW
Request for Waiver
What it actually means
A request to accept an item that already fails a requirement — after-the-fact acceptance of nonconformance, with the technical justification for why the departure is tolerable for specific units. The approval question is never just "is this unit okay?" but "what does accepting this do to the precedent and the baseline?"
Where you'll meet it
Material review and configuration control on production programs.