[Jeff Higgins]

Heh heh... yup, I used to love to say that kind of stuff. Seeing the look on customer representatives' faces when we were about to, say, bore the main landing gear pivot trunnions on a 767 when I would say something like "I believe we have a reasonable chance at success...".

Or the time we were separating the entire empennage, including horizontal stabilizers from another 767, utilizing an overhead crane and a very complex looking sling and spreader bar arrangement. The customers had, of course, never seen such a thing, and were somewhat apprehensive, but very eager to watch. So, as it starts to separate at the join ring around the aft pressure bulkhead, I hollered out "stand back - remember what happened last time!". Which was exactly nothing. We had done this many, many times in the field. It was always fun to watch 'em scamper, though.