Comments on: Airline Maintenance Fixes…… http://www.mrambler.com/blog/2006/07/20/airline-maintenance-fixes/ We are community ramblings. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MRambler http://www.mrambler.com/blog/2006/07/20/airline-maintenance-fixes/comment-page-1/#comment-2472 MRambler Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:18:40 +0000 http://www.mrambler.com/blog/?p=291#comment-2472 That's why I put it in the "WELL DUH!" and "Jokes" category..... That’s why I put it in the “WELL DUH!” and “Jokes” category…..

]]> By: Jek http://www.mrambler.com/blog/2006/07/20/airline-maintenance-fixes/comment-page-1/#comment-2471 Jek Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:27:56 +0000 http://www.mrambler.com/blog/?p=291#comment-2471 Evidently this has been making the rounds in various incarnations for a long time. It was even passed around on paper copies (gasp) in airports at one time. You can find the full skinny, as well as additional pilot/maintenance crew dialog <a href="http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/squawk.asp" rel="nofollow">here in this Snopes article</a>. For those who don't have time or patience to click, here's part of the skinny: <blockquote> The inclusion of military terminology (e.g., IFF, target radar) pegs this as a list more likely derived from an air force source than a commercial airline, and the mention of propellers eliminates the notion that these items all reference one particular type of modern jet aircraft. It's possible this list is now an amalgam of entries collected from a variety of sources, a mixture of both real and bogus items, or nothing but a bit of creative humor. </blockquote> Evidently this has been making the rounds in various incarnations for a long time. It was even passed around on paper copies (gasp) in airports at one time. You can find the full skinny, as well as additional pilot/maintenance crew dialog here in this Snopes article. For those who don’t have time or patience to click, here’s part of the skinny:

The inclusion of military terminology (e.g., IFF, target radar) pegs this as a list more likely derived from an air force source than a commercial airline, and the mention of propellers eliminates the notion that these items all reference one particular type of modern jet aircraft. It’s possible this list is now an amalgam of entries collected from a variety of sources, a mixture of both real and bogus items, or nothing but a bit of creative humor.

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