• MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown
    69•3 months ago

    This reminds me of a story I read once about some airline that was well regarded for its adept mechanic/technician workforce. They would have sassy inspection notes like

    Pilot: Front left tire almost needs replacing
    Mechanic: Almost replaced front left tire.

    • Iron Lynx
      36•3 months ago

      I remember seeing something like that years ago. A few more that popped to my memory just now:

      PILOT: autopilot altitude hold has a 100 ft/min descent.
      MECHANIC: cannot reproduce issue on ground.

      PILOT: evidence of tyre leak in left main landing gear.
      MECHANIC: evidence removed.

      PILOT: [system] behaves funny.
      MECHANIC: [system] has been firmly told to get their shit together and straighten up their act.

      PILOT: strange sounds behind console. Sounds like a midget beating things with a hammer.
      MECHANIC: hammer taken from midget

      • Gabe BellOPEnglish
        5•3 months ago

        There was something about the speaker being at an unbelievable volume as well?

        • @Warl0k3@lemmy.world
          11•3 months ago

          If I’m remembering right it was:

          PILOT: Headset volume is unbelievably loud.
          MECHANIC: Headset volume has been set to a more believable level.

          A few more I remember from way back when:

          PILOT: Mouse found in cockpit.
          MECHANIC: Cat installed.

          PILOT: Something loose in cockpit
          Mechanic: Something tightened in cockpit

          PILOT: Friction locks cause throttle to stick.
          MECHANIC: Good, they’re supposed to.

          (How did you get a new line without a blank line between them??? Formatting shouldn’t be this hard.)

          • Iron Lynx
            11•3 months ago

            PILOT: dead bugs on windshield.
            MECHANIC: live bugs on back order.

            PILOT: suspect crack in windshield.
            MECHANIC: suspect you’re right.

            PILOT: number 3 engine missing.
            MECHANIC: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

            On another note, I found a version closer to The Source:
            right here

          • Iron Lynx
            5•3 months ago

            Also, with regards to formatting, a manual line end, without the blank line in between, like a HTML tag <br />, is achieved by having two spaces just before the line break.
            Like this.