Originally Posted by
Miles Magister
misd-agin
I totally agree with both of your comments. My conversation which prompted the thread was with some corporate pilots who have no support down route.
gearlever,
There for the grace of God!!! One of those moments when experience is gained 10 seconds after you needed it and those of us experienced enough to have flown jets of that era have all been there!!!
Corporate we used to change them ourselves. Even after it became "let mx do it" depending upon circumstances I'd still change them. Mx guys were usually tougher on the switches then I was so I figured there's a bigger chance of a delay if they change them. 387's is right. You're just trying to pull the switch out about 2-3 mm (1/8 inch) (??) and no farther if you didn't want to damage them.