Just one quick story to lighten the mood of this rather weepy blog.
So there I was harassing the production supervisor out on the flight line trying to track down COPIOUS amounts of information for the evening meeting. In hindsight, this entire sequence of events, repeated daily, is laughable because regardless of how much information I had going into the briefing, I was going to get beat up and screamed at and chewed out. Uh, the waste!
But there I was. Interrupting operations. Asking questions. Being driven to problematic aircraft. Bothering technicians.
I still have no idea why or how the supervisors were all so patient with me and my little clipboard, but they were. Bless their hearts.
Only one time did they attempt to play a joke on me and I think they only stopped it from going forward because I took the bait hook, line, and sinker.
One evening, during my usual Q&A in the flight line truck, the production supervisor explains that we had a very, very bad day.
"We had some issues," he says,"and we're out a NAMBLA adaptor."
Oh Christ, I think. Then I ask the inevitable, "What's a NAMBLA adaptor? Can we go look at one on an aircraft?"
He goes on, "It's a key component and probably won't come in for weeks. We might even lose the alert commitment again."
OH MAN AND I HAVE TO BRIEF THIS!? OH SHIT...OH SHIT...OH SHIT!!!
But just before I hit full-on panic mode he starts laughing and explains that NAMBLA stands for North American Man-Boy Love Association. It's all a joke.
While I should've taken the following bet to use "NAMBLA adaptor" during the brief (for a $20 payout), I was just thankful that I had good leaders around me willing to make jokes (potentially at my expense) in order to help me see the bigger picture.
Cheers!
So there I was harassing the production supervisor out on the flight line trying to track down COPIOUS amounts of information for the evening meeting. In hindsight, this entire sequence of events, repeated daily, is laughable because regardless of how much information I had going into the briefing, I was going to get beat up and screamed at and chewed out. Uh, the waste!
But there I was. Interrupting operations. Asking questions. Being driven to problematic aircraft. Bothering technicians.
I still have no idea why or how the supervisors were all so patient with me and my little clipboard, but they were. Bless their hearts.
Only one time did they attempt to play a joke on me and I think they only stopped it from going forward because I took the bait hook, line, and sinker.
Photo: Yes, yes I did.
One evening, during my usual Q&A in the flight line truck, the production supervisor explains that we had a very, very bad day.
"We had some issues," he says,"and we're out a NAMBLA adaptor."
Oh Christ, I think. Then I ask the inevitable, "What's a NAMBLA adaptor? Can we go look at one on an aircraft?"
He goes on, "It's a key component and probably won't come in for weeks. We might even lose the alert commitment again."
OH MAN AND I HAVE TO BRIEF THIS!? OH SHIT...OH SHIT...OH SHIT!!!
But just before I hit full-on panic mode he starts laughing and explains that NAMBLA stands for North American Man-Boy Love Association. It's all a joke.
Video clip: NAMBLA
While I should've taken the following bet to use "NAMBLA adaptor" during the brief (for a $20 payout), I was just thankful that I had good leaders around me willing to make jokes (potentially at my expense) in order to help me see the bigger picture.
Cheers!
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