On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 10:46 PM, Eris Reddoch wrote: > >> After breakfast, Ricardo will tell Shawn "Well, lets you and I do a >> preflight walkthrough and walkaround of the ship. You start at the >> stern, I'll start at the bow. Then we'll compare notes at the end. >> Take Jezebel with to train her on preflighting. I'll take Ukanav, >> this way both of them will get at least one onceover the ship >> before we lift." > > Ukanav nods, "Ready when you are Captain." "Good. The average starship has some 100,000 to 500,000 different assemblies, roughly half of which can kill you, one way or another, if they fail in flight. The idea here is to avoid that. Most of this is preventative maintenance. Kelly will certainly incuct you into that club." He hands Ukanav a clipboard with a checklist. "We're doing the last line of defense. This is the preflight checklist for the "Mae Lee". Every item on it needs to be physically inspected to make sure it's correct. Every time. Every thing. That's why we have a list. " He chuckles. "My old flight instructor said that only dead pilots think they have good memories. Live pilots do their checklists. I trusted him. As I said, he was old." He walks towards the hatch. "C'mon we'll do the exterior part of the list first." > > Things are going more smoothly than you actually expected.... OOC> In the immortal words of that Great Dane: "Rhu Ruo!" -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson
