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the_diana
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10h ago
Found out a 737 rudder PCU has to be cycled 3 times before sign-off, heard it from a retiring tech in Wichita
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knight.anna
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2d ago
TIL I was checking static wicks by hand for 3 yrs, now I use a 4 dollar neon tester from Harbor Freight
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gavin928
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2d ago
Warning: I swore off hot mic checks on the ramp until that Tuesday in Amarillo
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the_sage
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3d ago
Hot take: that 6 hour delay in Tulsa was the best shift I have had on the line
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rowan_thomas
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6d ago
Showerthought: I spent 2 years tracing wires with a multimeter before I finally learned to read a wiring diagram first
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josephf10
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7d ago
I picked a Fluke 87V over a cheap Amazon meter in 2019 and my only regret is waiting that long
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the_gray
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7d ago
A check airman told me my squawk write-ups read like guesswork, so I started writing them different
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blair_dixon
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8d ago
Went from 40 minutes to 12 on this A320 pitot static test after I finally labeled my adapters
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jamesblack
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11d ago
Rant: burned $85 on a fancy heated pitot cover that doesn't fit anything in our hangar at KAPA
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the_viola
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12d ago
A line guy in Tulsa pointed at my cannon plug and asked if I crimped it with my teeth
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emma_young
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15d ago
Dropped $180 on a tricked out headset in Tulsa and the ANR just made my ears ring more
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finley918
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16d ago
Took me 3 days to chase a flaky GPS flag on a King Air, turned out to be the tray
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avery721
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16d ago
The Tuesday I spent 6 hours on a pitot heat wiring gremlin and found it was a chafed harness behind the left wing root
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the_jason
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17d ago
Rant: my left pitot heat wire looked fine until I wiggled it at 40 degrees in Boise
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the_eric
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18d ago
Am I the only one who didn't know a dirty connector pin can read fine on a meter but still fail in flight
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