Loose rivets
28th Jun 2009, 17:32
A very long time ago, I was flying as some sort of training F/O, and the person that occupied the left seat was taking 110% of my attention. We had no APU, and arrived at a place that had no GPU until we needed to start. I pressed on and dialed up 8 tonnes using the battery.
What we got was 11 tonnes, but it didn't show until we were taxiing out. Then only a slight increase from electrical zero.
editWhat I've wondered in mulling over this in hindsight, is if the refueling settings worked on battery. I was fairly nifty at the technical side, but realized that this was something I just did not know. The dial was at zero when I checked upon landing.
I stormed out of this company on safety grounds - because of this 'captain' - very soon after this incident, and never really thought much about the technicalities for quite a while. Such was the chaos in this company, that the figures were never questioned. Nor was the fact that the captain started the engines with passengers on the rear air-stairs, and no checks done. Not even clearance, or the parking brake or beacons on. You can perhaps see why I finally, after months of trying to keep up with this baboon, allowed something to go horribly wrong.
What we got was 11 tonnes, but it didn't show until we were taxiing out. Then only a slight increase from electrical zero.
editWhat I've wondered in mulling over this in hindsight, is if the refueling settings worked on battery. I was fairly nifty at the technical side, but realized that this was something I just did not know. The dial was at zero when I checked upon landing.
I stormed out of this company on safety grounds - because of this 'captain' - very soon after this incident, and never really thought much about the technicalities for quite a while. Such was the chaos in this company, that the figures were never questioned. Nor was the fact that the captain started the engines with passengers on the rear air-stairs, and no checks done. Not even clearance, or the parking brake or beacons on. You can perhaps see why I finally, after months of trying to keep up with this baboon, allowed something to go horribly wrong.