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The pilot who insisted his radio was "fine"
Had a guy come in last month at the hangar in Bakersfield, swore his comms were crystal clear. I pulled the unit and found a corroded pin that was barely hanging on. He watched me swap it and said quote "I guess you do know what you're doing." Made me laugh, but also wonder how many other pilots just ignore the crackling. Anyone else run into pilots who fight you on basic diagnostics?
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jasonf171d agoMost Upvoted
Gotta push back here, most pilots I know are pretty good at telling when their gear is acting up. A corroded pin can be intermittent, sometimes it works fine and other times it gets static, so blaming the guy for not noticing every crackle is a little harsh. If the radio was passing his preflight checks and only acting up at random, I can see why he'd argue it was fine.
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