Originally Posted by
FE Hoppy
The Airbus above is venting not leaking.
All aircraft have a leakage schedule. There is no grey area eather mil or civvy. Any Air Eng/Flight Eng or Pilot worth his salt wouldn't take an unservicable aircraft. We need to be very careful with terms like "Leaking like a sieve". Some do but it's within design limits. Others may be outside limits. Thats why both ground and flight crew are trained to recognise and asses leaks and should know what the limits are or how to find them.
did you hear about the 43 pax who refused to fly on an airliner out of ADN last week because there was fuel dripping off of the wing.
I bet they'd all watched PANORAMA too!!
Of course it is venting , but few passengers would be familiar with that process ....
..... ps. sadly, half the Airports fire service turned out and practically drowned the poor $$$$ aircraft ....
