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Old 23rd Apr 2010, 10:34
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Fargoo
 
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As Turin says, many airlines have removed their kits from the aircraft to save weight.

I've no idea if the engine covers are free though, we have a fleet of over a hundred jets yet i've only ever seen a handful of covers.

Each aircraft we have does have a set of covers for the probes though but generally they're in the kits that have been removed to save weight!

It might look messy but some plastic sheeting with a log entry is adequate for a short period of a few days. Pitot/Static covers are a little more dodgy as they are easily missed if you use the wrong temporary covers hence brightly coloured hazard tape or the aforementioned yellow rubber gloves.

Goes without saying a log entry is made for all of these so they don't get forgotten.
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