Yea, I had to shake my head at the fact that she couldn't read "her" letter because it was written in cursive.
And when did they stop teaching how to write and read cursive?
Aren't 747s fly by wire?
The stab trim brake on the KC-135 is mechanical and I really hope the 747 doesn't have the same bike chain we have for trimming.
As a scheduler I can see it now: This flight crew is too monochromatic...throw someone else in. Or 95% of all sorties are flown by males...why is that? Maybe because there are only 5% G codes in the squadron...