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Now where did I leave that screwdriver???,......
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Phantom017 said:
Now where did I leave that screwdriver???,......View attachment 47619
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It's pretty obvious that one of the lamps is being replaced. But that's not a good place to store a tool. I once witnessed a G-II destroy an engine because someone thought the inlet was a good place to store the screws for the pylon boards.

Edit to add: I've always thought the steering cylinders on the Legacy/ERJ145 are goofy, look at how they had to thin sections of the doors so they wouldn't hit them during extension/retraction, like Alfred E. Neumans ears.
 
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trafficinsight said:
In the history of bad places to put things.... That has got to be the worst.
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When I was working on DC-8s at SAT, I was doing a dye penetrant inspection on a component. Take a look at a CFM-56 tail cone, notice how there is a small opening, just a little bit bigger than a can. For some reason I decided that would be a good place to place my can of cleaner. When I picked it up again, I asked myself "what's in there?" Turns out, there is nothing to stop my can from falling into the engine and no simple way to fish it back out.

Dodged a major bullet on that one.
 
USMCmech said:
When I was working on DC-8s at SAT, I was doing a dye penetrant inspection on a component. Take a look at a CFM-56 tail cone, notice how there is a small opening, just a little bit bigger than a can. For some reason I decided that would be a good place to place my can of cleaner. When I picked it up again, I asked myself "what's in there?" Turns out, there is nothing to stop my can from falling into the engine and no simple way to fish it back out.

Dodged a major bullet on that one.
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On 2 occasions as a car mechanic I had to call a customer to ask if I could come to their house to get my screw driver out of their door panel
 
Just did the Boeing Future of Flight Everett Plant tour last weekend. This would explain why there were so many KC-46As still on the ramp there (naturally there were a lot of MAXs parked too).

Ultimately it’s an amazing facility, and they’re building 747-8s, 767/KC-46s, 777s, 777X and 787s there under one roof in the world’s biggest building. They’re doing amazing work, and I hope they solve whatever culture problem is plaguing that particular line and get out of the news and back to work.

Edit: Seriously, this place is hard to comprehend. I would recommend everybody just go check it out and see it for yourself.

 
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