Mechanics with a sense of humour

[Carl F]

Hi All,

Not sure if this is the correct location for this, but I just read this on ninemsn and though it pretty funny. - corrected - mod
I am sure many would have seen it before but it is worth a look and chuckle:)

http://travel.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=423714&showcomments=true

cheers
Carl

[Bill S]

*groan*

That was funny when I first saw it about ten years ago.
It's also not from Qantas.

[Daniel M]

ergh this thing makes me cringe every time I see it linked...does anyone even find it that funny?

[Carl F]

It's a bit of light humour, what's not funny in it?

[Mick F]

No such thing as a "Gripe Sheet". It's called a Maintenance Release, and it's a legal document that must be with the aircraft at all times. If I came across an engineer that wrote these things on there, I'd be having words to his superiors.

Mick

[Gerard M]

It's a bit of light humour, what's not funny in it?

I'd be lieing if i said i didn't have a chuckle at a couple second one about the auto-land and when the hammer got taken away but seriously it just seems like someone sat down and wrote them themselves. They just don't seem like a pilot or maintenance worker wrote it. Anyone else think they sound a bit fake?
Still i hadn't seen it before thanks Carl.

[Brenden S]

Mick F, lighten up. I have been ever so tempted and have done it once or twice put in a smart alec reply on the techlog/MR. I had a pilot ask me a question the other day about the aircraft, I said back to him, have you looked in the book yet! Something rather simple turned into a lot of banter. These days you really have to have some fun or the work place is dead. There is nothing wrong with adding anything else on a techlog / MR as long as the maintenance has been completed or the defect cleared.

[Owen H]

Brenden,

Although it seems like a little light hearted humour, I remember getting thoroughly castagated by an engineer once for putting in a mildly amusing tech log report.

The reason? CASA frequently audit, and the certifying engineer claimed that CASA were NOT impressed and made it rather clear that they'd take action if they saw anything that wasn't appropriate again. Yes, people's licences are on the line, because you are filling in a legal document. Can you imagine if the aircraft has an incident on the next flight, and the tech log reports are looked at? Disaster for an airline!

Carl F,

I think the problem is that most people have seen that list many many times, ascribed to different airlines/groups. It is mildly amusing the first time you read it, but it gets pretty old pretty quickly, especially when it is claimed as being real... it isn't.

[Mick F]

Brenden,
As Owen said, it's a legal document. Not really a place for humour.

I've got no problem with humour in the workplace, definitely not. But at appropriate times and in appropriate ways. Maintenance Releases/Techlogs are not the place for it.

Carl,
Sorry for crashing your thread, but I just thought I'd set a few things straight, just so that it doesn't look like either aircrew or engineer's are made to look unprofessional and uneducated. :)

Mick

[Carl F]

I dont think anyone would think this is real, even the journalist who wrote the article said so.
I just think it is a light hearted joke and not for one minute would it be suggesting that this is the sort of thing that a maintenance crew would put on a document.
Just a bit of light humour which, yes has been round the traps for a few years. even I have seen this before about 2 years ago.

Now...did you hear the one about the pilot who.....only kidding:D