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Watching my neighbor's kid build a model plane made me think about our work
He was so focused on the paint job, but the wing alignment was way off. It hit me that we see this all the time with new techs rushing the final check on a nav system before a full system test. How do you guys make sure the basics don't get missed when the job looks done?
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torres.thea1d ago
Honestly I used to just trust the final sign off. But after a few close calls, now I make myself walk through the first steps again like it's a brand new job.
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seth_singh201d ago
That sounds like a huge waste of time though.
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linda1141d ago
My buddy Jake at the old shop had a trainee finish a full avionics check on a Cessna last year. The kid was so proud of the clean paperwork he printed out. Jake had a weird feeling and made him physically touch every single connection point from the start. They found a data bus plug not fully seated, just hanging by a thread. It would have failed in flight. Now Jake’s whole team does a dumb hands-on check of the first three steps on every job, no matter how good the paperwork looks. It’s boring but it catches those little things.
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