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The boss who told me to skip the schematic reading...
Had this one manager at a small shop in Tampa about 2 years ago who thought schematics were just a suggestion. I was tracing a short on a King Air power distribution panel and he walks over, says 'just look at the wires, you don't need that paper'. Dude was dead serious. So I followed his advice for like 20 minutes and got nowhere. Ended up pulling the schematic anyway and found the problem in 5 minutes - a corroded pin in a Cannon plug that was barely visible. He just shrugged and walked off when I showed him. Never seen someone so confident about being wrong. Has anyone else dealt with a lead tech who thinks diagrams are optional?
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park.troy5d ago
I worked with a guy named Rick at a line service in Atlanta back in 2018 who pulled this exact move. He said schematics were for "engineers who never turned a wrench" and tried to fix a pitch trim issue on a Citation just by wiggling wires behind the panel. Three hours later he called me over and I found a broken solder joint in the actuator control box in about 10 minutes using the wiring diagram. He never admitted he was wrong but started carrying a schematic binder from that day on. Honestly I think some people just hate admitting they need help reading a map.
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nathan_barnes5d ago
Cannon plugs are actually called Cannon connectors or just Cannon plugs (you know, the brand name).
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