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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This reminds me of a story I read once about some airline that was well regarded for its adept mechanic/technician workforce. They would have sassy inspection notes like

Pilot: Front left tire almost needs replacing
Mechanic: Almost replaced front left tire.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I remember seeing something like that years ago. A few more that popped to my memory just now:

PILOT: autopilot altitude hold has a 100 ft/min descent.
MECHANIC: cannot reproduce issue on ground.

PILOT: evidence of tyre leak in left main landing gear.
MECHANIC: evidence removed.

PILOT: [system] behaves funny.
MECHANIC: [system] has been firmly told to get their shit together and straighten up their act.

PILOT: strange sounds behind console. Sounds like a midget beating things with a hammer.
MECHANIC: hammer taken from midget

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was something about the speaker being at an unbelievable volume as well?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If I'm remembering right it was:

PILOT: Headset volume is unbelievably loud.
MECHANIC: Headset volume has been set to a more believable level.

A few more I remember from way back when:

PILOT: Mouse found in cockpit.
MECHANIC: Cat installed.

PILOT: Something loose in cockpit
Mechanic: Something tightened in cockpit

PILOT: Friction locks cause throttle to stick.
MECHANIC: Good, they're supposed to.

(How did you get a new line without a blank line between them??? Formatting shouldn't be this hard.)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

PILOT: dead bugs on windshield.
MECHANIC: live bugs on back order.

PILOT: suspect crack in windshield.
MECHANIC: suspect you're right.

PILOT: number 3 engine missing.
MECHANIC: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

On another note, I found a version closer to The Source:
right here

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Also, with regards to formatting, a manual line end, without the blank line in between, like a HTML tag <br />, is achieved by having two spaces just before the line break.
Like this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

THANK
YOU

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You're
Welcome
😉👍

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why is that, though? Why not line break where I've entered a line break?
Two spaces can be a pain on mobile

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Heck if I know.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 1 month ago

Presumably it's Markdown trying to encourage double line breaks for paragraphs, since there's no simple indentation.

[–] mindbleach 4 points 1 month ago

PILOT: Something loose in cockpit.
MECHANIC: Something tightened in cockpit.