Stick - I know what a service tag is.
I now challenge you to find an operational aircraft with one hanging off it.
Airflow/vibration makes short work of them and then they become FOD.
Which is why they are removed prior to the aircraft returning to service.
Normally that is, unless some oversight has occurred on the part of several people.
Last edited by currawong; 9th Feb 2018 at 03:54.
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