the_jade•3d agoProlific Poster

Old timer at a hangar in Atlanta told me I was reading prints wrong

I used to think I was hot stuff with my digital schematics on a tablet. Been doing this for about 5 years now. Then this guy who's been fixing planes since the 70s walks over during a lunch break and points out I was ignoring the notes section at the bottom of every page. He said I wasted 2 hours chasing a phantom voltage on a G1000 install because I never checked the rev history on the drawing. I argued at first but he was dead right. Now I start every job by flipping to the last page and reading the revision block and any hand written notes. Anyone else gotten humbled by someone who's been doing this since before most of us were born?

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the_morgan3d ago

Nah, I see it a little different honestly... old school guys don't always get why we skip that stuff when the digital data is supposed to be updated already.

parkernelson3d ago

Bro you're acting like old dudes are out here sabotaging the servers or something lol. Half the time the "updated" digital data is just as messy as what we're trying to replace. Honestly feels like people overthink this whole thing sometimes. Just check the damn file, hit update, and move on. It's not that deep.