by expat » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:37 pm
It seems like the only people that don't like them are those that don't understand how they work, and/or are intimidated by them for some reason.
As a licensed aircraft engineer (with more spannering time than your "been around helicopters literally every day of my life"), I can assure I have a very, very good idea of how helicopters work and am far from intimidated by
any flying machine, having worked on more aircraft types than I care to remember, including a helicopter or two.
Matt
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals.
B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.