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Forgive me if I've posted this story before, but Enzo's post about troubleshooting made me think of this:
My father was an aircraft mechanic in WWII. Say what you will about the military, but they've got the training aspects down to a science.
My father said they had a bunch of trainees in a shop with an aircraft engine mounted on a stand. The engine wouldn't run correctly. The instructor told the men exactly what the symptoms were, and gave them a pencil and paper. They had to write down 10 problems with the engine that would cause the symptoms described, and then circle the most likely culprit.
If they got the correct answer, THEN they were allowed to pick up their tools and go to work.
My father was also on the military base's baseball team. On the first day of batting practice, the coach painted little colored dots on some baseballs. The batter stood in the batter's box, and watched the balls as they went by. When the batter could consistently tell the coach what color the dots were, THEN the coach would hand him a bat!
My father was an aircraft mechanic in WWII. Say what you will about the military, but they've got the training aspects down to a science.
My father said they had a bunch of trainees in a shop with an aircraft engine mounted on a stand. The engine wouldn't run correctly. The instructor told the men exactly what the symptoms were, and gave them a pencil and paper. They had to write down 10 problems with the engine that would cause the symptoms described, and then circle the most likely culprit.
If they got the correct answer, THEN they were allowed to pick up their tools and go to work.
My father was also on the military base's baseball team. On the first day of batting practice, the coach painted little colored dots on some baseballs. The batter stood in the batter's box, and watched the balls as they went by. When the batter could consistently tell the coach what color the dots were, THEN the coach would hand him a bat!
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