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3. You see the person performing pre-flight maintenance on the engine working steadily as if he knows what he's doing
and systematically reviewing and signing off on each step
in the manual as he works.
When I was an engineer in the 70's-80's, we wrote the
manuals for most things the DoD uses that can potentially
explode or crash so that this workflow was required. I
have no idea how they're doing it now.
Gene Kim-Eng
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:54:47 -0800 ?wrote:
On a similar note, what would make you more uncomfortable as you're getting on board a 747?
1. You see the person performing pre-flight maintenance on the engine continuously looking down at the directions like some noob who doesn't have a clue as to the difference between the compressor and combustion area.
2. You see the person performing pre-flight maintenance on the engine working steadily as if he knows what he's doing, consulting the manual occasionally.
