On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 10:23 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Tim wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 11:24 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > >> OK, take away my license to operate linux... > >> > >> While digging through the pile of cables today looking for the volume > >> control for my Monsoon speaker system, I found that the mute button > >> was pressed. Yet another misdiagnosed hardware problem! > > > > Even the manuals for $60,000 BetaCAMs have a diagnosis section with "is > > it plugged in?" and "it it turned on?" types of steps. It seems that > > nobody's immune from making those sort of mistakes. > > > > I wonder what the flight manuals are like for jumbo jets? "Thank you > > for purchasing your new Boeing 707, before flying ensure that you have > > closed the doors and fastened your safety belt..." > > Not to pick nits, but a 707 isn't considered a jumbo jet and they've > been out of production for over 30 years so you can't get a new one > anyway. :-) > > However, the 747, 757 and 767 manuals all have preflight inspection > steps including "remove all covering material from the pitot tubes" and > "remove wheel chocks before attempting to taxi". > > Chuck Yeager had two great lines: > > "You know you've landed gear-up when it takes full power to taxi." > "The only time you can have too much gas is when you're on fire." > > And yes, I'm a pilot. Only little planes, though, with big, spinny > things on the nose called, uhm, "propellers". And Story Musgrave said "Control-alt-delete is not an option when you are on final approach in the shuttle!" Regards, Les H
