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Ο Πίντσον δούλευε στη Boeing για ένα φεγγάρι, εξ’ ού και η εμμονή οι γνώσεις του για τους πυραύλους και τα τοιαύτα. Εδώ μπορείς να διαβάσεις ένα κείμενο που έγραψε για τα θέματα ασφάλειας.

One crew member got his foot run over by the aircraft loading trailer. But he was wearing safety shoes, as he was supposed to. Once a lifting cable failed and a missile was dropped about six inches during an offload operation. Nothing happened: no explosions, no mangled human extremities; because explosive items like squibs and initiators are shipped separately, and because the hands and feet of loading personnel were clear of the danger area. Once a failed pin in the aircraft hoist gear sent a missile and trailer rumbling down the loading ramp at a clip which might have compared favorably with airborne cruise speed to anyone in the way. But nobody, luckily, was in the way.

Καταλαβαίνεις τη διαφορά, ε;