Title: Funny - Engineers answers..... Post by: Rod Paradise on October 27, 2006, 01:51:16 PM These are allegedly extracts from problem reports made by Quantas pilots & the answers from the engineers...... :D
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. S: Almost replaced left inside main tire. P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft. P: Something loose in cockpit. S: Something tightened in cockpit. P: Dead bugs on windshield. S: Live bugs on back-order. P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent. S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground. P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. S: Evidence removed. P: DME volume unbelievably loud. S: DME volume set to more believable level. P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. S: That's what they're for. P: IFF inoperative. S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode. P: Suspected crack in windshield. S: Suspect you're right. P: Number 3 engine missing. S: Engine found on right wing after brief search. P: Aircraft handles funny. S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious. P: Target radar hums. S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics. P: Mouse in cockpit. S: Cat installed. P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer. S: Took hammer away from midget Title: Re: Funny - Engineers answers..... Post by: Suited_Jock on October 27, 2006, 01:54:57 PM my fav
P: Aircraft handles funny. S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious. Title: Re: Funny - Engineers answers..... Post by: Trace on October 27, 2006, 01:59:00 PM I've seen these a few times before and they always crack me up.
Mouse one gets me everytime. Title: Re: Funny - Engineers answers..... Post by: Decider on October 27, 2006, 11:57:52 PM I work in Software Dev and had a defect raised the other day:
"Route target" has capital R instead of lower case r in result message.... Now, you would think there were more important things to waste an hour of someones day on. Title: Re: Funny - Engineers answers..... Post by: thetank on October 28, 2006, 12:09:27 AM Those pesky midgets and their hammers ::)
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