The Dirty Secrets of Your TradeSo, Television is a hot bed of lies, deceit and made up competitions. We can't say that we are that surprised... every job is full of this stuff. It's not like the newspapers currently kicking TV whilst it is down are all that innocent.
We'd like you to even things out a bit. Spill the beans on your own trade. Tell us the dirty secrets that the public need to know.
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chthonic, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:31)
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Scary aeroplanesNot my story (I work in IT and most of the stuff's been covered already), but an old housemate.
He was originally an avionics technician on Tornadoes for the RAF, but decided that more money was available in the private sector, so he left and got a job for a UK holiday/charter airline.
One of his responsibilities was to carry out all the pre-flight checks in readiness of the final inspection where the plane would be passed as airworthy. Checking one of the tires under the nose of the plane, he placed his screwdriver into the tread to guage the depth, only for the blade to disappear beneath a honking great chunk of loose rubber. If the tyre was changed, it would have meant a delay to the flight and considerable cost for the company. If the tire was left until it got to Portugal, however, they'd have a much longer turn-around time in which to do the replacement. So, he did what any safety concious inspector would do. He complained to the chap on the tractor that the plane wasn't in the correct location for the ramp and had him pull the plane forward by six feet, thus putting the flapping chunk of rubber on the tarmac and completely hidden on the final inspection.
I didn't hear of any plane crashes that week, so I assume it made it safely.
(, Fri 28 Sep 2007, 14:13, Reply)
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