John_D FSO wrote on 05/13/09 at 23:44:13:marshall13 wrote on 05/12/09 at 17:26:06:prsavage wrote on 05/12/09 at 17:20:39:I am currently working on a brand new ship (BCFerry, M.V. Island Sky). We had the engine manufacturer's rep do the final inspection/service before handing the boat over to us but he didn't start the engine and z-peller after changing the filters. On the next startup we blew a 2" gear oil line apart and lost about 200 litres into the bilge. We did it 4 more times before we found he had left a valve turned 180 essentially blinding the filter housing outlet.
always doublecheck the work of an engineer....lol
But wait, aren't the engineers supposed to know everything?
Yeah, none of ya were going for that, were ya!
used to work building warming ovens for airliners, one day i find a latch part mis-drilled (lean manufacturing, so no spares...rofl) i tell the super visor, she calls the engineer, Todd... Todd shows up says "what's the prob?" i show him the part, tell him the hole is 1/8 inch outboard of where it belongs... he pulls his calipers... he measures the part, he measures where it fits on the oven, he goes to the phone.... 2 more engineers show up... they huddle... they measure everything but my shoes.... they huddle again... so by now, it's like 1/2 an hour since Todd showed up... i wander over... "what's the deal, Todd?" i ask... they mutter back and forth, then he tells me "the hole appears to be a hundred and twenty five thousandths off, to the outboard side".... my supervisor laughs... i laugh... the engineer herd looks confused... i ask Todd"so whats that in fractions, Todd?" he mumbles... i ask him to speak up "umm, an eigth inch".... that's when i decided i didnt want to be an engineer, because it took 3 guys with probably a collective 20 years of school behind them, 3 dial calipers, and half an hour to figure out what i saw with my own 2 eyes in 3 seconds.....and im neither a brilliant observer, nor particularly bright....