Originally Posted by
papa_sierra
I do hope those awful contraptions, pump screwdrivers, had been consigned to history by then.
Funny how different organisations can have widely different views on what is an acceptable practice.
Towards the end of a 30-year career as an RAF technician I spent a few months seconded to an RN helicopter unit. The naval tool-store did not carry adjustable spanners (wrenches) as techies were expected to select a spanner of the correct size, and a misused adjustable could damage the nut/bolt. Standard means of removing panel-screws, however was pump-action screwdrivers.
Wanted to bring a vehicle into an RAF flight sergeaant's hangar? Had to be a diesel, due to the risk of sparks from the ignition system of a petrol/gasoline engine. But wait a minute, this is the 21st Century; petrol engines have electronic ignition, and diesels have particulate filter devices that periodically burn-off the residue?
And don't even start on the mobile phone situation .....