American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 After 80-Year Career

Re:American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 ... by embedding-shape on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @06:05AM (#49519989)

I think they're touching on multiple things that typically happens between an apprentice and master, not just tacit knowledge. Also implicit learning, procedural / nondeclarative memory, expert intuition and metacognitive feelings, all very hard to quantify into a written document, but put two people together where one learns from the other, and all these somehow gets transferred over time.

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Re:American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 ... by NetMageSCW on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @11:17AM (#49537618)

"Always two, there are. No more. No less. A Master and an apprentice."

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Re:American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 ... by embedding-shape on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @01:39PM (#49539692)

Sounds great, looking into it, maybe less great. Apparently from Star Wars, about the Sith :)

> The Rule of Two did away with Sith Academies. From your very first steps into the Dark Side, you work with your Master and only your Master. You are not responsible to other Dark Side users. You are not expected to delve into the secrets of the Dark Side and give that knowledge to Force-users other than your Master (or hide it from him). You're expected to do what you can to keep other potential Force-wielders from usurping your position, including kill them. You're expected to learn what your Master teaches you, but also to hide from him in order to overtake him.

Ideally your real-life experience with apprenticeship has been/will be slightly different than this!

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