Random Switches at the cold and dark

[Gomendio]

Hi hog drivers;-

 

One neat feature, and very realistic by the way, would be to have

the possibility to left all the switches configured at random at the cold and dark

cockpit, simulating maintenance working on it.

 

Sometimes when flying the CRJ for company I've found the switches in the wrong positions,

mainly because night maintenance working. That just requires to perform the scan flow

professionally, before cocking the jet.

 

fair winds

[Frostiken]

Except maintenance doesn't leave the switches flipped randomly.

 

As soon as the jet lands, since the pilots leave switches wherever they damn-well want, one of the ground crew (maybe the crew chief, maybe not) puts all the switches in a certain position called 'safe for maintenance'. Fundamentally, everything is usually set to safe, off, or hold.

 

If QA catches a cockpit with the switches flipped all willy-nilly the squadron can get a fail for a UCR (unsatisfactory condition report). It doesn't really matter when you're running it up since QA usually has no idea what we do in the cockpit anyway, unless it's something like the seat isn't pinned. Another clever way they catch you is sometimes people leave the lights on, and a jet sitting on the ramp with all the lights blinking wildly for minutes on end is a big banner saying 'I didn't do power-on safe for maintenance'. Regardless, at the end of maintenance we usually turn everything off (since we only really turn on whatever we needed to turn on to fix the problem), and prior to flight the crew chief needs to unsafe the cockpit and will usually check to make sure the switches are in the right position (safed again).

 

Besides, there's very few switches you would find flipped randomly since most of them are never used on the ground. Of those switches, most of them would be innocent (radios not turned off - displays still on). The only important ones like engine fuel flow would never be touched anyway.

[Snoopy]

Except maintenance doesn't leave the switches flipped randomly.

 

As soon as the jet lands, since the pilots leave switches wherever they damn-well want, one of the ground crew (maybe the crew chief, maybe not) puts all the switches in a certain position called 'safe for maintenance'. Fundamentally, everything is usually set to safe, off, or hold.

 

If QA catches a cockpit with the switches flipped all willy-nilly the squadron can get a fail for a UCR (unsatisfactory condition report). It doesn't really matter when you're running it up since QA usually has no idea what we do in the cockpit anyway, unless it's something like the seat isn't pinned. Another clever way they catch you is sometimes people leave the lights on, and a jet sitting on the ramp with all the lights blinking wildly for minutes on end is a big banner saying 'I didn't do power-on safe for maintenance'. Regardless, at the end of maintenance we usually turn everything off (since we only really turn on whatever we needed to turn on to fix the problem), and prior to flight the crew chief needs to unsafe the cockpit and will usually check to make sure the switches are in the right position (safed again).

 

Besides, there's very few switches you would find flipped randomly since most of them are never used on the ground. Of those switches, most of them would be innocent (radios not turned off - displays still on). The only important ones like engine fuel flow would never be touched anyway.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself!:thumbup:

[Gomendio]

Couldn't have said it better myself!:thumbup:

 

 

Well, As you both have put it clear, the military routines of maintenance not necessarily

match the civil ones...

 

Thx anyway, really appreciate a professional point of view...

[Frostiken]

It's been suggested in the past, and I understand where you're coming from, but it just doesn't really happen in reality.