Just watched a lead tech replace a whole LRU because he didn't check the circuit breaker first

Was training a new guy on the 737 yesterday and this older tech walks up, spends 20 minutes pulling a nav receiver out, bench checks it fine, puts it back. I walk over and the CB was popped the whole time. The new guy looked at me like 'is this normal?' I mean I get it, we all have bad days. But how do you guys get your team to slow down and check the simple stuff first without being a jerk about it?

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jordan_young11d ago

28 minutes for that whole circus? That's brutal, man. I'd be hiding a smile behind my clipboard watching that go down.

the_jason23d ago

Hang on, is this REALLY that big of a deal though? I mean yeah, the dude wasted some time, but we ALL have those days where your brain just skips a step. Pulling a whole LRU and bench checking it is annoying, sure, but it's not like he crashed the plane. Sometimes people get WAY too up in arms about stuff like this. A quick "hey man, that CB was out" and moving on is probably enough without making it a whole training moment.

hugo82523d ago

Yeah @the_jason, I gotta respectfully disagree about the 'skips a step' thing. In aviation, skipping that one step is exactly how stuff goes sideways fast, even if it didn't crash the plane this time. The whole point of calling it out is to make sure the next guy doesn't skip it when it actually matters.