Rant: My buddy in maintenance said our job is basically 'airplane IT' and I can't stop thinking about it
We were grabbing coffee after a long shift and he was complaining about a software update on a Garmin G5000. He goes, 'You guys just plug in, run the magic, and hope the gremlins are gone, right? It's like IT but with more altitude.' It hit different because he's not totally wrong, but also, we don't get to just reboot at 30,000 feet. Anyone else get a weirdly accurate comparison from someone outside the shop?