• Published:July 29th, 2008
• Comments:4 Comments
• Category:News Comments

A mechanic who was working on a commuter jet inadvertently started the engine at full power, and the jet crashed into two others in the same hanger. Although the jets sustained a lot of damage, no one was injured. From the way it sounds, the mechanic wasn’t to blame; experts seem to think that the aircraft wasn’t properly shut down for maintenance by the ground crew.

But heck, that’s not what we’re here for. Because, you see, the mechanic? It was a woman. And therefore, we know who and what is really to blame:

“mike” starts the show:

another example of the fine job women do in the workplace… i’ll bet she cried for equil pay too

“SHORTY” smells a conspiracy, loudly:

IF THEY COULD ONLY HAVE MOVED THE BUSES THAT QUICKLY
FOR KATRINA.

YOU GOT IT. HOW OLD WAS THE PLANE AND
HOW OLD WERE THE OTHER TWO. THE AIRLINES HAVE A
WONDERFUL ACCOUNTING DEAL WITH THE IRS. THEY PROJECT
THE NUMBER OF HOURS THE PLANE WILL FLY. ESTIMATE
THE FUTURE REPAIRS AND MAINTENACE. THEY THEN DEPRECIATE
ALL FUTURE COST IN TODAYS DOLLARS. DOES THE TERM DEPRECIATION RECAPTURE ON SECTION 1245 PROPERTY RING
ANY BELLS.

EVER SEE THE WORDS DEFERDED FEDERAL INCOME TAX.
THEY CALL IT A TIMING DIFFERENCE. CARRIED AS AN ASSET
ON THE BALANCE SHEET. DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE.
IS IT REALLY A CURRENT ASSET THAT AFFECTS THE QUICK RATIO?

IF YOUR GOING TO BUY AIRLINE STOCK MAKE SURE IT’S SOUTH WEST.

Although some folks call foul on the poor reporting in this version of the story, “Buzz” is here to put us back on task:

I got this one. She was pretending to fly the aircraft, it turned her on so much. When she stretched her legs out in orgasm she hit the wrong button. The controls were still active from her pretend time earlier. ;o)

“Jeff” goes straight to the source of the problem:

Another empty kitchen……………….

“John Casy” takes time out from being a 30’s P.I. to comment:

Just another dumb broad doing her thing… Should not let broads work or be near airliners…

Another “Mike” puts “cleaning” and “woman” together:

I bet that the switch wasn’t written in spanish. “Don’t push this cuz it will cause the plane to start and taxi into anything in its path”

“Darkenwyck” continues the stellar reporting:

Have any of you actually read the article? It says she died in the accident.

You can’t put one over on “BOB”:

PUSH ONE BUTTON IF IT WAS THAT EASY WE’D HAVE PLANES ALL OVER THE PLACE

“Ed” provides Comedy Gold by quoting lines from “Airplane!” that don’t correspond to the situation at all.

(Not quoted here. We’ve all seen the movie.)

“Tracy” feels that an important detail was missing from the story:

Was she black?

Another “mike” steps up with this clever wordplay. GEDDIT?

Just another example of Can’t Understand Normal Thinking

“Anthony” envisions an even worse scenario!

Thank God it wasn’t the doomsday button she pushed.

And finally, “Rob” asks us all to be calm and rational about this:

Well now . . . it is very true that there are both men and women that should not be working around airplanes. Incompetence is and equal opportunity malady.

Now, here’s the difference: Incompetent men are not educated, hired, and promoted to positions where they can inflict that much damage. However, incompetent women are educated, hired, and promoted all the time, because affirmative action forces schools to admit them and employers to increase the numbers of women (and minorities) in the workforce — even in cases where competent women are simply not available. Now, in some disciplines, this may not a problem, because the typical woman is as good (or even better) than the typical man is (which might help explain why more than 95% of RNs are women).

But in certain areas like engineering and mechanics, let’s just be real — it is not a strong suit for women. Sure, you can point to a handful of women who can do it (just like you can find a handful of men who are good at being nurses), but for the most part, female mechanics and engineers exist because affirmative action programs have forced universities to admit them and companies to hire, train, and promote them. Imagine what a disaster area your local hospital would be if affirmative action was forced upon universities such that 50% of nursing students were female, and then the hospitals were REQUIRED to hire and promote them. Me thinks it would be a huge disaster looking for a place to happen . . . as was the case with the lady mechanic on the airplane.

You think I’m crazy? OK, fine . . . try naming me five significant engineering or mechanical innovations that have as their principal architect, a woman (without using google). Can you even name three? one?