Justme,
I think the anticollision lights on the ground is only a sign of a distracted crew
exactly, and ground worker (they might decide to start over without refueling) is just another small flagpost God or Fate placed on the (grim) way...
PS and I belive that this
4a) Boeing would've developed a knowledge database that could be downloaded on a laptop, type in: "RAT probe heater activates on the ground" and it would respond: check LEFT GRD CTRL RELAY C/B pushed in, check R2-5 relay operative, run additional TOWS check.
must be telegrafed to each DC-80 owner RIGHT NOW
PPS
as an ignorant layman not related to the industry
me too, but more than 20 yrs ago I used to work on Sukhoi
