Posted on Jul 30, 2015
What's the goofiest thing you ever saw happen while you were in the military?
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Could be fraud waste and abuse...or simply dumb decisions.
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Was working on an MPF ship that was being retro-fitted with some new things to accommodate our embarkation plan. The light bulb in my working space burnt out. I asked where I could get a new bulb. The 1st Officer told me to fill out a form and return it to the Maintenance Bubba. After a frustrating week, I opted to take a properly functioning bulb from an unoccupied space. Changed the light bulb. Problem Solved. Two days later, I had to respond to a grievance filed against me from the local electricians' union... seems I was a threat to their job security.
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In the late '60s the AF had a suggestion program that paid substantial rewards for suggestions improving safety or saving costs that were accepted.
A crew chief in maintenance on the O1 Bird Dogs suggested that the weak brakes on the plane be replaced with disc brakes so that the pilots didn't have to stand on them to slow the plane when taxiing. This suggestion was accepted and carried out, and the crew chief received several hundred dollars for the suggestion.
When the first flight of five O1s was getting ready to take off, the crew chief told them that the brakes had been improved, and not to stand on them like they were accustomed to doing.
The O1 is a tail-dragger, so the pilots taxi out doing s-turns to see ahead of them past the nose as they taxi. When the first O1 got to the end of the runway he hit the brakes to do his engine run-up. Unfortunately, he stood on the brakes as he was accustomed to doing, and stacked the plane up onto its prop. The four O1s behind him were startled seeing the plane in front of them flip up, so they also stood on their brakes. Five birds in a row stacked up on their props.
The same crew chief that had suggested the disc brakes as an improvement then suggested that the disc brakes be removed and the old brakes put back on, as a safety improvement. This suggestion was also approved and the crew chief got several hundred dollars more for his second suggestion.
Life is better when you smile.
A crew chief in maintenance on the O1 Bird Dogs suggested that the weak brakes on the plane be replaced with disc brakes so that the pilots didn't have to stand on them to slow the plane when taxiing. This suggestion was accepted and carried out, and the crew chief received several hundred dollars for the suggestion.
When the first flight of five O1s was getting ready to take off, the crew chief told them that the brakes had been improved, and not to stand on them like they were accustomed to doing.
The O1 is a tail-dragger, so the pilots taxi out doing s-turns to see ahead of them past the nose as they taxi. When the first O1 got to the end of the runway he hit the brakes to do his engine run-up. Unfortunately, he stood on the brakes as he was accustomed to doing, and stacked the plane up onto its prop. The four O1s behind him were startled seeing the plane in front of them flip up, so they also stood on their brakes. Five birds in a row stacked up on their props.
The same crew chief that had suggested the disc brakes as an improvement then suggested that the disc brakes be removed and the old brakes put back on, as a safety improvement. This suggestion was also approved and the crew chief got several hundred dollars more for his second suggestion.
Life is better when you smile.
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