crazy_mongoose
i hate when you're the only one who has to deal with a bajillion customers... sad
*pets minnie* Ide rather deal with customers at a register than deal with my battalion -.-
300+ people all bitching abut 32 helicopters with electrical/avionics problems out the a** because the pilots are brain dead and crew chiefs are more than brain dead.
"my VHF radio doesnt transmit over 5 miles, fix it"
"the bird is prked in front of tower, how the ******** am I supposed to duplicate a 5mile issue"
"We found a wire bundle chaffed in the intermediate gearbox"
"Dont slam the damn intermediate gearbox cover lip down on the wires when ptting it on next time dumbass"
"my KY-100 (secure communications encryption/decryption) encrypt select knob is halfcanted wrong. We need you to realign it"
"its notthe knob, you cranked down on it too hard, you broke the torque and turned the switch assembly inside, replace the control head, its not ourlevel of maintenance."
"Take 345's fuel thermistor control and swap it with 323's."
"Done"
"Did it work?"
"No."
"Do the cotrolled exchange paperwork since it is a DA Form 2410-E item"
"ok"
1 week later:
"No, swap this part"
"It wont fix it..."
"Blah blah I am a Sergean First class, do what i say"
1 day later:
You are no longer to hang test parts (swap a known good part from a good bird and see if it fixes the problem). You swapped a thermistor control from 323 to 345 and it didnt fix it"
"no s**t. you told us to do, and we told you it wouldnt work, it is the damn fuel probe harness jackass"
"then replace the fuel probe harness"
"it is a crewchief task"
"I dont care, DO IT"
5 hours later:
Technical inspectors: Why the ******** did you do a crewchief task?"
"because PC (production control) told us to do it"
"the task says two 15U's are supposed to do it"
"we know sergeant, but that fat E7 out rules us"
"i dont care, do push ups, you dont know the task of another MOS"
"tell that to the fat sacks in pc"
plus MANY more instances that are better than that one
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