Originally Posted by
BEagle
Something once taught to all RAF Apprentices at a very early stage of their training...
I once found a 12" long screwdriver which was rattling around inside the engine bay of my car after it had been serviced at a Mercedes-Benz main dealership. It could easily have shorted the battery, hit the pulley belts or punctured a radiator. When I took it back to the dealership and advised them of my dismay, I was astonished to learn that a so-called prestige car dealership has no form of tool control and the technicians use their own tools - a tool tag shadow board was an unknown concept. Bad enough in the automotive industry, but even worse in the aviation industry!
Hard to imagine 12’’ being long enough to short out battery terminals? 🤔