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Unpopular opinion: The new guys at the Phoenix hangar keep skipping the full wire harness inspection after a transponder swap.
I've seen three planes come back in the last month for intermittent faults, and every time it's because they didn't check the entire run for chafing against the airframe. It's not just about the LRU connection, you have to look at least 18 inches back. How do you get people to slow down and do the whole job right?
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linda_wood5mo ago
Ugh, is this just how everything is now? It's like people only do the part of the job that's right in front of them. I see it at the coffee shop where they wipe the counter but never the handles on the fridge. Or when a mechanic changes your oil but doesn't top off the washer fluid even though it's on the same checklist. Everyone's in such a rush to mark the task done they miss the point of doing the whole thing right. It's so frustrating because the little skipped steps always cause bigger problems later.
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wyatt_shah855mo ago
My old boss always said "check the box, not the task" and I never got it until reading @linda_wood's post. Now I see that rush everywhere.
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jones.brooke4mo ago
Is it really that bad though? In my old job we had a checklist for every single thing and if you did every little step you'd never get anything done. Sometimes you gotta pick your battles. Like at the coffee shop - maybe they're wiping the counter because there's a line of customers waiting and the fridge handles are just fine. And with the mechanic, topping off washer fluid costs extra and some people don't want to pay for it. I mean if the oil got changed and the car runs right, isn't that the main point?
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