This is quite normal, while you were asleep down the back, the crew have been discussing the faults with the Flight Engineer for several hours and are keen to impress you with their new found knowledge. The Co-Pilot especially. Remember that the Flight Engineer has been bluffing and bull****ting the crew in some strange game of self justification and one upmanship, and what you are walking into is so far removed from the truth that it is best to employ lateral thinking as a diagnostic tool. This will require discipline and patience, selective deafness and the assumption that just below the surface, they all hate each other. Several crew members are going to tell you what is wrong with the aircraft. It is quite important not to laugh out loud at this point. Having just woken up and being bombarded with suggestions of what the faulty component is, sometimes it is best to remain silent and quietly work out what the fault isn’t. Then like Hercule Poirot, you will have the answer. At some stage the crew will get bored and leave you to do your job in peace. This does not stop them phoning Ascot Ops and using some of the big words they’ve just learnt.
So, so true !!!
