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Old 16th Aug 2011, 16:31
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Lyneham Lad
 
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Who remembers the episode when a disaffected person ran amok along the line and bent all the pitot probes?
I don't recall that but do recall that aircraft on the Line were found with GS-screwdriver blade-shaped holes in the fuselage. This was in the early days of Flight Line Mechanics (FLM's or more colloquially known as Phlegms...) and there was disgruntlement/disillusion amongst a few of them when reality of life on the Line and their restrictive Terms of Service sank home. Mind you, they were mostly an excellent, hard-working, hard-playing bunch who did a very good job. The one extremely annoying trait was to remove a pea-bulb and holder or two if they felt there were too many serviceable aircraft on the Line on a Friday.

Ooh, Chief, suspect loose article - pea bulb missing! Result for those on the Friday-evening Rects shift were a bunch of aircraft requiring cockpit loose-article checks with all the resulting time-consuming nausea that guaranteed the riggers, plumbers and duty NDT man not getting home until sometime on Sat morning.
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