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TIL a pilot in Denver told me 'just get it close' on a rigging check, and I walked off the job.
We were doing a pre-flight on a Cessna 172, and I was adjusting the aileron cable tension with my tensionmeter. He leaned in and said that phrase, like a five percent tolerance was fine for flight controls. I packed my tools right then and told the chief I wouldn't sign off the logbook. How do you guys handle pressure to cut corners from other crew?
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davis.noah1mo ago
What did the chief say after you walked?
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taylor6681mo ago
Honestly, everyone's picturing some dramatic exit speech. Bet he just sighed and muttered about the paperwork. Cops hate paperwork more than anything. Probably spent ten minutes figuring out how to log "subject voluntarily departed" before he even thought about what happened. The real story is always the boring admin stuff nobody talks about.
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murphy.barbara1mo ago
My old foreman at the regional airport tried that with a nav light check. I did the same thing, just closed my box and left. Taylor668 is right, the real story is the chief mechanic's face when he had to redo all the work orders.
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