Rant: I used to think the old paper manuals were a waste of space

Last month, I was working on a Citation's autopilot in a hangar with a spotty internet connection. The digital manual for the system kept freezing and wouldn't load the right wiring diagram. My boss, a guy who's been at this since the 80s, tossed me the old paper binder for that model. Found the exact page in about a minute and traced the fault to a bad connector at station 43. I've been scanning and tossing those binders for years to save room. Now I'm keeping at least one full set on the shelf. How many of you still rely on the paper copies when the network goes down?

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andrew69313d ago

Man, my GPS died in the middle of nowhere last summer.

grant_anderson13d ago

Saw an article about airlines keeping paper charts as a backup. Makes you wonder why we rushed to throw everything out.