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Old 13th Sep 2005, 10:51
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True Story:

I used to fly with a Captain who was a stickler for keeping things clean in the flight-deck, and quite rightly so.

One day he brought in some "Mr Sheen", and when we were trimmed out and in the cruise, he liberally sprayed the entire instrument panel with this household cleaner, and left it for a few minutes to do it's magic.

Unfortunately "Mr Sheen" turned out to be black magic, and the white stencil writing which had been on the various grimy control panels, all dissolved and the paint ran before our very eyes.

The captain hurriedly tried to wipe off the cleaning fluid, and it created an almighty mess.

The next day was spent trying to paint the lettering back in with some Humbrol white enamel paint.

End of story.


The last thing I do before I leave the flight deck, now that I am the Captain is take a last look around and make sure that it is in a tidy state and nothing has been left behind.

Lead by example and instill in your subordinates the values you expect them to adopt.
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