PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - A320: Switching the Fuel pumps ON while refuelling
Old 20th Oct 2009, 05:34
  #15 (permalink)  
nnc0
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On a good day - at sea
Posts: 263
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
OEBS aside, we've had a history fuel spills which we simply can't explain. We've considered the entire gamut of reasons. Airbus have loked at everything and were no help. We looked at density/temp issues - sensor faults, ramp gradient in both axes - , all we're left with at this point is that the fuelers are fueling in manual mode instead of in automatic. Proving that after the fact though is near impossible. In the end, we switch pumps off for refueling. Spill incidents have practically disappeared so we're content with the status quo.
nnc0 is offline