Hot take: I will never trust a 'quick fix' on a flight line again after what happened in Phoenix

Last summer, a Cessna 172 came in with a flickering nav light, and the other tech on shift said to just swap the bulb and sign it off. I insisted on pulling the whole assembly, and found the real issue: a cracked wire bundle behind the wing root, chafing against a rivet head. That five minute 'fix' would have failed within ten flight hours. Has anyone else had a line crew try to push you past the real diagnostics?

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riley_price6d ago

Been there, done that, got the "why are you still here" look lol.

kim_patel895d ago

Tell me about it... that look cuts deep.