This thread,
seems to be a long, long process of re-iteration.
For sure nothing runs without oil,
countersunk teflon inserts or some other magic.
From what we see as casual observers, not one,
I mean not one person has come up with an idea,
that these super hi-tech latest generation gearboxes will run
‘without’, a necessary lubricant, fat, green bananas or good ol’ oil.
Maybe, just maybe for alla you old time dudes,
it would be worth showing humility and leadership;
Especially to the hi-tech and impressionable kids
who graduate from a very low time ATPL,
to the esteemed position of number two
on the flight deck of these super hi-tech turnouts.
Remember they have not the hindsight of feel or fable,
so just in case they have to make a decision
based on fact, instead of rhetorical hyperbole,
pilot room humbug or beer hall idiocy,
That they be instructed in three auld rules
of absolute old time value.
One.
If you ever are in doubt land.
Two.
If the oil pressure fails, land.
Three.
Never, but never fly too high,
lest, a simple failure,
becomes a total catastrophe.
And, in case you are totally dumb;
and still in doubt, see one an’ all above.
And;
Read, learn, understand your POH.