Yeah, that's a bit amazing. No first article inspection at the factory? No test plan that checked even one unit manually before they ran 10,000 down the line?

I'd be very surprised if the factory weren't rather nervous about the Raspberry Pi guys (who obviously have never done any manufacturing before), who probably assured them they didn't need any testing and just to ship the boards out...

Given that it's dual-sided SMT on that board, the rework is going to be manual and they'll likely damage some boards whilst they're doing it. Not cheap either (plus shipping all the boards back and forth another time), which is even more of a concern when you're not making anything on the product in the first place.

Ouch.