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Why does nobody talk about the logbook sign off that takes 20 seconds and saves a whole shift
Had a young A&P at a hangar in Wichita hand me a Gripen work card with two steps skipped, and when I asked why he shrugged and said "the last guy never marked them." I get that paperwork feels like a chore compared to turning wrenches, but a missing step on a card is the same as a missing bolt, and I would rather spend 20 extra seconds writing the note than have the next crew guess what happened. Curious how other folks handle it when you spot an unsigned step on a card you didn't start.
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leep334h ago
Honestly a skipped step on a card doesn't always mean something got missed, sometimes the last guy did the work and just forgot to initial it before shift change. I've seen cards where the task got done twice because nobody wanted to sign off on someone else's work, which wastes more time than the 20 seconds you're talking about. Not saying it's fine to just shrug it off, but calling it the same as a missing bolt feels like a stretch. If the plane flies and the next crew can trace it back, the sky isn't falling.
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