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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
So many questions! 
I for one would not want a show of hands (in the cabin) of where to steer an airliner, or (in the waiting room) of where to make a surgical incision. |
Hi Peter
This may be off topic but that is an interesting point and most professionals cannot stand being given advice by lay people.
I once had this view but now when a problem arises I like to get the opinions of all particularly the lay people who often put a totally different but often logical solution.
I once had an experience when working on some electrical equipment in the engine room of a ship. The deisel mechanic and his apprentice were trying to start a new engine for the first time. The poor apprentice pumped up the air start about a dozen times but the engine failed thto start. I am not a complete novice when it comes to IC engines and
I was close enough to see that the fuel pump was connected backwards. I could not tell the mechanic for the reasons you have stated so it took me nearly half an hour of general talk to get him to look at it and make the changes.
The point is no one is infalable and problems are often best solved by a team effort.
Barry