Yeah I agree it's her responsibility to say no etc...and that she should be guilty.
When they talked about armourer days vs props days and that she was actually working both the whole time etc... I know EXACTLY what that is. Happens all the time on these types of sets that people are doing two jobs like that. Sounds like she pushed back on having more days and the UPM mentioned "they could add more days as they go", thats some BS. It shows they didn't have enough days off the start and expected Gutierrez to just make due despite likely only being paid to be props when she was actually doing armourer work etc...
The pro armourer too mentioned the type of team he would be using. Well you need someone at the cart, these guns need to be handled this way, locked up, these people shouldn't be left holding them between shots, these ones need to be reloaded between takes, etc.... His whole process would require an extra person if dealing with more than one gun unless she worked incredibly slowly, which I KNOW is not acceptable. And you can see the footage of Baldwin, star and producer, her boss and Hollywood legend shouting at her to be faster. That things should be prepped. When? By who? Your armourer is right in front of you loading everyones weapons. So you've either understaffed her, or you need to offing wait. If she requested this off the bat and was denied and took the job anyways, yeah it's on her, and so is not standing up for safety in those times. But the production IMO is at fault for not properly resourcing that very important safety position.
I've been put in similar positions when dealing with things like fire or stunt glass etc... No body gives a f*** about safety until something bad happens and it can be very difficult to continually be the bad guy telling people to shut things down or move slower. As a man with a relatively commanding presence, I can usually do that, but I know some of my colleagues who are women struggle with getting trounced over like this. And I know being "difficult" has caused me work as well when people wanted to do something they knew I would object to or require more safety for. The lesson they learn is to call someone who won't say no, not to adjust their budget accordingly.
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