Exactly, and that shows both the power and the danger of "a little knowledge" and Chinese whispers!
Or maybe they checked the pilots' teeth fillings, and finding them still intact, with headsets having not fallen off, declared the aircraft to be serviceable.
I do have some sympathy with the offshore guys - we scare them witless with the Safety videos (aka disaster movies) before each flight, and we feed them just enough information for them to be frightened. Sometimes I think it would be better if we behaved like British Airways etc and just stonewalled any requests for information following minor events such as the one cited.
HC
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