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After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft.
The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor.
Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.
By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're for.
P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
And the best one for last..................
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Posted: 2007-04-23 17:48:45
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Heh... I just saw those on another website, really coincidental that you'd post them here, @axxxr.
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Posted: 2007-04-23 17:59:12
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I got given a sheet with this on last year sometime and no matter how many times i read it i
!
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Posted: 2007-04-23 18:14:19
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Posted: 2007-04-23 18:27:27
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This is great, axxxr
. Forwarded to a few people.
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Posted: 2007-04-23 22:03:04
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This is the best one for me
"P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed."
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Posted: 2007-04-24 01:06:20
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I'll go for this one:
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
As I former car mechanic, I found that hilarious! Laughed really hard!
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Posted: 2007-04-25 02:02:56
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hahahaha
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
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Posted: 2007-04-25 02:21:24
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I've got this as a forward umpteen times but I still find this funny ! too good !
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Posted: 2007-04-25 14:05:25
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