Comments on: Airplane Discharge Update http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/28/airplane_discharge_update-2/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:38:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: teqjack http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/28/airplane_discharge_update-2/#comment-197847 teqjack Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:20:44 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/28/airplane_discharge_update-2/#comment-197847 Pilots do not discharge firearms, trigger locks do! Heh. Pilots do not discharge firearms, trigger locks do!

Heh.

]]> By: T F Stern http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/28/airplane_discharge_update-2/#comment-197842 T F Stern Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:00:45 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/03/28/airplane_discharge_update-2/#comment-197842 Don't you just love how things get screwed up when idiots write the rules and refuse to listen to those who must conform to them? This information explains much more about how and why the gun went off; as opposed to the idea that the pilot was a total and complete incompetent boob as wes generated at first. This reminded me of a WWII story about gunnery personnel having their thumbs crushed or cut off while operating according to the manual. The fellow who wrote the instructions had to go and show them the procedure step by step. When he got to the part where he slams the bolt face home he remarked, "And that is how you cut your thumb off", as he jerked what was left of his hand back... Don’t you just love how things get screwed up when idiots write the rules and refuse to listen to those who must conform to them? This information explains much more about how and why the gun went off; as opposed to the idea that the pilot was a total and complete incompetent boob as wes generated at first.

This reminded me of a WWII story about gunnery personnel having their thumbs crushed or cut off while operating according to the manual. The fellow who wrote the instructions had to go and show them the procedure step by step. When he got to the part where he slams the bolt face home he remarked, “And that is how you cut your thumb off”, as he jerked what was left of his hand back…

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