<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/07fc668b-287f-4ab6-99cd-bf3535aee8a4/BFDD83EB-C343-489C-BABB-24510F1BE631/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brokenstones.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=3398" href="http://brokenstones.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=3398" style="font-size: 11px;">brokenstones.cn</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brokenstones.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=3398"><DIV>After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brokenstones.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=3398"><DIV>Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brokenstones.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=3398"><DIV>By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident... Enjoy!</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brokenstones.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=3398">P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.<BR /><DIV>S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.</DIV><BR />P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.<BR /><DIV>S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brokenstones.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=3398">P: Dead bugs on windshield.<BR /><DIV>S: Live bugs on back-order.</DIV><BR />P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.<BR /><DIV>S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.</DIV><BR />P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.<BR /><DIV>S: Evidence removed.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brokenstones.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=3398">P: Number 3 engine missing.<BR /><DIV>S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.</DIV><BR />P: Aircraft handles funny.<BR /><DIV>S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BFDD83EB-C343-489C-BABB-24510F1BE631/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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