Numpty Nasties

[Wiggly Amp]

Merry Christmas to all out in Prune Land.

Do any of you out there have low brain power numpty at your place of work that is an out and out Knob? If so, what kind of nasties do they get up to?

[growler]

Yes, got one of them here. Doesn't read handover log from his days off, doesn't listen to handover on his days on. Hence, spends the whole of his shift undoing everybody else's good work!

[Pikvanman]

Actually the lack of the grey matter,or in the case of my shift mate leatherman;the failure to use it,has not caused our profession that many problems.
On the other hand if you look at the Brum 1-11(windshield) and BM737(boroscope)cases the worst offenders have been shift leader/supervisor types who took on too much themselves.
At least leatherman is only a danger to anything in a skirt!

[Wiggly Amp]

Growler, Pikvanman,

You must know the numpty at my station as your descriptions are a perfect personal profile for a an engineer who has no commonsense and is as popular as a blocked bog on the PIA

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[nastymech]

growler is that you or am I to ring me old mate shaun to remind myself of a happy monday
any how you would not know the donkey wigglyamp is writing about because if you met him once you would nut him. Best wishes for new year ICH BIN EINE BERLINNER

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[spannersatcx]

Wiggly amp, come across and give me a hand on the PIA if you like, words do not describe what it's like, yuk!!!!

[Wiggly Amp]

Spannersatcx,

Just to let you know, not that you don`t already know, but the PIA has just pulled on to stand 208.

TEE HEE, SNIGGER, SNIGGER

Best Regards

Wiggly Amp

[nastytechman]

i think my shiftmate wins ! we will have a whole shift sat around waiting for the end of shift even if there is no aircraft due in, out or with defects ! in fact if the whole fleet was on the ground im sure we would still all be sitting here waiting for the end of shift just in case we get a diversion ! anyone beat that numptie nasty ??

happy new year to all at pprune but not us as im sure we will be waiting in case a phantom aircrft diverts in even though the fleet is down for the millenium

[maglite35]

It would appear every station has a Numpty or two. We have a fellow who requires the whole shift around him just in case it goes dark or the phone rings. To pass away the time (no aircraft due in or out) until end of shift he would suggest painting the floor in stores of tidying the contents of the rubbish bin. :rolleyes:



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[speedtape king]

nice to see you made it on to pprune at last nasty !!

also good to see your new place has a numptie looks like everywhere has got one !

mind you,how come noone has been named or any flight crew mentioned ? surely there must be plenty of numpties at the pointy end of our machines !

happy new millenium to all the spanners out there and nasty give us a bell sometime

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[greaseytech]

We had one numptie at Brits who has long since retired. We were fitting a JT8 to a 737 and the job went well.............. So well that he said 'It has gone too in easily so we must have done something wrong or left something out. Let's start again'. And he was so insistant that he got his way. So after we checked everything out we refitted the engine and it was a pig. We all learn some times. Happy New Year

[growler]

Nastymech,is that you John? If not who is it?Happy New Year to you. Goy caught with a load of crap on nightshift Millenium Eve, left to me by you guessed it......... The Numpty mentioned in my earlier post.

[nastymech]

Happy new year growler its me.Left the spotty about 14 months ago now with flying
shell suits lifes not to bad with this lot
although it can be numptyville with some of pole climbing thats going on still they have given us the internet ,think it was part of promised big pay rise that never materialised
situation usual engineering is just not productive as you well know mate!.I
remember the stiff ailerons but due to large amounts of becks cannot remember who was on in maintrol that night please remind me . Our old mate TCA IS WITH THIS LOT !,
NOW HE IS TOP NUMPTY

[nastymech]

Happy new year growler its me.Left the spotty about 14 months ago now with flying
shell suits lifes not to bad with this lot
although it can be numptyville with some of pole climbing thats going on still they have given us the internet ,think it was part of promised big pay rise that never materialised
situation usual engineering is just not productive as you well know mate!.I
remember the stiff ailerons but due to large amounts of becks cannot remember who was on in maintrol that night please remind me . Our old mate TCA IS WITH THIS LOT !,
NOW HE IS TOP NUMPTY

[nastymech]

Hello speedtape king do we know each other
give me a clue and I will give you a ring

[growler]

Got to agree with you on TCA Nastymech.He's in BRS isnt he? I bet the guys down there can tell a few stories. I heard you had moved, had occasion to speak to BW a few months ago. See my latest in 'Tech Log Entries'.Some people have no SOH.
Just had a thought........'ORPHEOS' You'd have to have been there to understand that one!

[Multi-X]

Growler Did TCA used to be number 2 to Bart?
Do you know where Spanker is these days?

Thanks

[Noted With Thanks]

I seem to recognise a lot of people on this page watch it or the prof. will get you

[maglite35]

NWT
Is the Prof your shift numpty???
:) :) :)

[Zarg]

OK, guys, I give up.......what on earth is a "NUMPTY"????

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Be CAREFUL out there!

[Leatherman]

Yes what is it?An acromyn?Short form for someone like my shiftmate "bungalow Bill"???

[speedtape king]

opps

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[Wiggly Amp]

Zarg, Leatherman,

A numpty would probably answer the description of any brain dead being, numb from the ankles upwards. I`m sure those of you out there with a more profound mastery of the English language could put a better description of a numpty in this posting. Lets here your numpty descriptions.

[nastymech]

Opps what? does not really help .

[ExSimGuy]

Interesting to hear all the guys sitting around on NYE in case of Y2K probs with non-existant aircraft - out here in Knowteetingham the locals sent all the BAe lads home for the duration - I think the reason was something to do with the fact that they knew none of the lads would be fit to go even near an a/c! Just canx all flying for the duration!! (Don't tell Saddam!!!)

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Flight Sims, very expensive toys - but real fun to play with!

[growler]

Multi-X; yes he was Bart's #2 and to the best of my knowledge spanker is still @ MAN with spotty. Nastymech may be able to confirm this.

[inky]

my favorite numpty ,carried out insulation resistance check on hatch explosive bolts proving what goes off must come down, smashed 4 front teeth with starting handle of hydraulic rig , ground down his hand to the bone on grind stone......i just loved working with this one...ah well at least every day was different

[greaseytech]

Here is the first numpty nasty of the Millennium. We had to do a repair to a 767 core cowl and then send it away to a metal specialists for stress relieving. They stress relieved it all right. It should have been cooked at 1100 degrees F but they cooked it at 1100 degrees C. WHOOOOPPPPS!!!!!

[freddie the fish]

The main numpty I work with is known as "Dougal" - due to his immense likeness (in attitude) to the character from Father Ted.
Seeing is believing with this guy. He recently went to take a licence exam, only to be told that he'd already taken and passed it! I'm sure all of us can remember when we took exams and the results, but not this guy.
The flight deck need no mention. I've lost count of the times of a defect being reported and the fix has been to apply power to the faulty system, which then springs happily into life. Still, without pilots I'd be out of a job.

[The hippy]

Many moons ago I was called out to a 1-11 with a reported Altimeter problem, the crew where doing their final checksand where just about ready to go.(African company flying home from the UK).
On entering the cockpit the first officer turn to me and said "ENG`s (just dont you hate being called that!) my altimeter is miss reading by 250 ft it only shows 0ft.following the highly paid space jockies finger I relised that we was pointing to his Rad Alt indicator. I said " looks ok to me." to which his reply was but Manchester is 250 ft above sea level isn`t that what it should read? ".
I didn`t even answer just my expression must have said it all . http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif