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get over it ....these things happen with older aircraft do we want the engineer to stay hooked up till the aircraft gets airbourne so he ....or she can see something thats not right and tell the crew....get real if its not right the flt deck indications will tell them...on later aircraft lets all do our jobs correctly ............i sometimes live in the past but we all should move forward....aircraft have so should we......
Pretty daft comment.It sounds like you are supporting a Lame less tarmac.Lame's are highly trained and can spot defects that even the pilots have missed.I will give you one example, a few years ago here in oz the first officer had completed his preflight external walk on a B737.They were already to go when the Lame notified the captain to tell him the no1 engine had suffered a bird strike and some fan blades were damaged.On further investigation after a borescope inspection more bent blades were found in the high press compressor rotor assy.The engine was then removed for rectification..To the untrained eye this bird strike damage was not readily evident and the aircraft would of been sent on its way with a possible in flight shut down.