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Old 8th Dec 2014, 16:20
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Basil
 
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Not that I'm supporting the ethos but, one occasion when we should have left the computers to it:

Dramatis personae: Ol' Skip, Bas, Heavy Crew FO.

Scene: A calm B744 flight deck - night.

Bas: (Bored and looking at fuel config) "Bally heck, the stabiliser fuel hasn't started to transfer."
OS: "You're right, I wonder why?"
Bas: (Following fag packet calc) "We'd have to land by Delhi before we're out of trim, so we've got five hours."
OS: "Lets get the heavy crew up to see if they have any ideas."
All: "Hmm." "That's odd." "Is it nice in Delhi?"
HCFO: (Eventually) "It's not meant to transfer yet; the centre tank contents to trigger the transfer have been reduced. Didn't you read the tech advisory?"
All: (except HCFO) "Umm."

Calm returns.
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