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Had a pilot in Cleveland show me why I should trust my gut on wiring
He pulled me aside after I second-guessed a connector reading and said 'you caught that before I even noticed the flicker'. Now I always double-check even when the schematics look clean. Any of you ever had a pilot or crew back up your instincts like that?
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luna26126d ago
Yeah my first job out of A&P school had a 747 captain, 30 years in, who saved me from a real mess. I was about to sign off on a fuel quantity probe because the reading was within spec on paper. He grabbed my arm and said "that probe's been telling you different since you walked in here, hasn't it." I had this nagging feeling the resistance was drifting when I wiggled the harness. He showed me how to catch those tiny changes by comparing the live reading to the ambient temp curve and it saved me from a tank entry later that week. Do you find yourself trusting the numbers more or your gut when they disagree in that moment?
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davidshah26d ago
Numbers lie less than guts, but guts catch lies first.
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kai_ramirez3825d ago
@davidshah probably flew with a gut feeling that saved his plane once while the numbers said "you're fine".
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