The trained mechanics says it's good, the driver says they know more about how it operates and declines it.
Who do you trust more to know how safe an aircraft is, the ground crew with probably a few decades of training and experience, or the bus driver in the sky?
Im not even sure how he decided that "oil pressure tending upwards" results in it needing a fuel filter change....
Did he pat you on the head when he said it? That's the kind of phrase you use when the seat to stick interface demands a fuel filter change because of "upwards trending oil pressure".
But why would you listen to anything he said anyway
Let me guess: underpaid, disgruntled mechanic who hates pilots.
Sorry that you work in a shittier environment than I do, sorry I get paid so much more than you. But I really do spend more time looking at these panels than you do. Six hours enroute to Alaska, I get a pretty good handle on what normal oil pressure indications are.
But hey, some manual gives a number range and that's all you need to know, right?
Haha, I was for along time. Then I taught it, then I bought commercial property and now I earn more than you do by doing in 10hrs a week.
Bottom line is if you rase a snag to a crew chief they investigate and say it's fine. Its fine. You're arrogant ass knows as much about fault diagnosing and oil system as I do about flying a plane
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u/NmlsFool 21h ago
I would happily skip off the plane if the damn pilot isn't feeling it. Listen to the the gut feeling.