Newps writes:



It is a one in a million chance a pipeline pilot finds a leak before the
company knows about it. The break would have to happen just as the
pilot gets there as the company has pressure gauges on the line. The
pilot is really looking for things that are happening on the right of way.

Our pilot had found leaks, but you are correct; he's looking for digging.

Once he called in while someone was running a pan (scraper) near the
line. The line foreman took off that way, but got there right after the
operator had scraped the pipe bare. One more pass and he'd have.....
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