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Question about the push for all-digital manuals in the hangar
Had a comms box fault on a Citation in Wichita last week, and the tablet with the manual froze... I grabbed the old paper binder from the back and had the pinout in 30 seconds. Anyone else keep a physical copy as a backup for when the tech fails?
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ivan8406mo ago
My shop in Tulsa still has the paper binders for every airframe we service. The company tried to take them away last year to go fully digital. We told them they could pry them from our cold, greasy hands. That frozen tablet situation is exactly why. Tech fails, paper doesn't. It's not a backup, it's the primary system that actually works.
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rayc895mo ago
My local library still has a physical card catalog because their computers crashed during a storm last winter. It feels like we're getting rid of real, working things for shiny gadgets that break. Sometimes the old way is just the better way.
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