ngineer
I have been around a long time and seen a lot of changes ....most not for the good of aircraft maintenance...but let me tell you I have seen when the dom went to the one man turnaround,the refuellers put the fuel on with no Lame present left the docket then the Lame used the full ext of his/her headset to see if doors were closed before pushback.....so yes it might be an old cliche and its been in use for a long time.....I dont know why I sometimes respond to the "prune" sometimes it makes me feel that I have passed something on that is useful but when I see the responces I thing why the fu%f did I bother.....The Rim