Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Purely hypothetically of course...
How many RPT aircraft are involved in a heavy landing each day?
Of each of the aircraft involved in a heavy landing each day, how many of those landings are entered in the maintenance release or approved equivalent?
How many of the aircraft involved in a heavy landing are subject to a heavy landing inspection before the aircraft is returned to service?
The travelling public will of course take great comfort from the fact that (1) heavy landings are always recorded, (2) heavy landing inspections are consequentially carried out and (3) that the ‘safety’ authority is confirming that (1) and (2) have happened.
Hard landings are flagged in the data and usually spit out the ACARs roll on the taxi to the gate.
There’s no escaping it.