And all of us poor B^£T££D lineys can attest to being/seeing or picking up the pieces to uncommanded or mis-interpreted or missed commands by the biological interface up in the pointy end. If you can't take a joke you shouldn't have joined.
The worst one I ever was involved in was doing a hot winchback on the F3 and the pilot dropped the hook onto my mate.....
They changed the procedures after that, I still reckon the safest way to get the damm hook was to walk in from wingtip, walk down under the port donk and put your mitts up to catch it as soon as it released from the latch and give the guy on headset a nod. No Drama.
I saw many guys get flight tested as they turned the jets on the pan, we get taught to duck for a reason!
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