Aug 19 - Re-evaluation

app/templates/inspection_schedules/form.html

@@ -116,10 +116,11 @@
               {% endfor %}
             </select>
             <div class="form-text">
-              Only inspectors assigned to this contract — the person named here
-              has to be able to open the inspection. Managers are not listed: a
+              Inspectors assigned to this contract — the person named here has
+              to be able to open the inspection. Managers are never listed: a
               manager who will do the work holds a contract assignment like
-              anyone else.
+              anyone else. If the contract has nobody assigned yet, every
+              inspector is offered so the schedule is not blocked.
             </div>
           </div>
 
@@ -338,10 +339,11 @@
       .then(function (r) { return r.json(); })
       .then(function (data) {
         if (!data.length) {
-          // Not an error state to hide: the contract has nobody assigned yet,
-          // and saving will fail until someone is. Say so here.
+          // Only reachable for a Customer Director: our own staff fall back to
+          // the full inspector pool server-side. Say what is wrong rather than
+          // leaving an empty dropdown.
           inspectorSel.innerHTML =
-            '<option value="">— No inspectors assigned to this contract —</option>';
+            '<option value="">— No inspectors on this contract —</option>';
           inspectorSel.disabled = false;
           return;
         }