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Showerthought: I heard a pilot at DFW call a deferred item 'just paperwork' and it got me heated.
He was telling a new first officer that a deferred write-up for a minor hydraulic leak was 'just a paperwork thing' and not to worry about it. That kind of talk makes me think some crews forget the logbook is a legal record, not a suggestion box. How do you guys handle it when you hear flight deck folks downplaying maintenance issues?
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cole_baker24d ago
Hate hearing that, man.
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fiona_west2124d ago
Last week at my local coffee shop, I heard a barista tell a trainee that cleaning the milk steamer was just a paperwork task for the health inspector. It's the same mindset, like @cole_baker said, it makes you worry. People start seeing rules as just boxes to check, not the real reasons they exist for safety. When you hear that on the flight deck, it feels like a slow leak in the whole system of taking things seriously.
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holly_reed5524d ago
My own kitchen is a biohazard zone because I treat cleaning like a suggestion. It's scary how fast that mindset spreads from small things to big ones. The line between a messy counter and a real problem gets real blurry.
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