B767 Maintenance Release Thread (Merged)
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blocked drains on the (767 RR particularly) does happen a lot and one or two in the ZX series seem to be more prone than others. - typically the a/c develop the problem then run around for (up to) a week or so with waste water building up before the stinking brown sludge then sloshes out on rotation and TOD making a mess of the cabin and finding its way into spaces where water shouldn't be.
I think the a/c you are talking about was XG that ran for almost three days with blocked drains and was kept in service as it needed >12 hours to rectify. The incoming crew in SYD quite rightly requested the Capt call for the a/c to be checked. (3 of the crew were on XC late last year when 'moisture' was found in the avionics bay after two sectors with Noah-like flooding from the drains - the wayward 'moisture' was only discovered when one of the Eng's did a great job by looking beyond the immediate problem and again proved why we need the best of the best signing out the a/c.)
I think the a/c you are talking about was XG that ran for almost three days with blocked drains and was kept in service as it needed >12 hours to rectify. The incoming crew in SYD quite rightly requested the Capt call for the a/c to be checked. (3 of the crew were on XC late last year when 'moisture' was found in the avionics bay after two sectors with Noah-like flooding from the drains - the wayward 'moisture' was only discovered when one of the Eng's did a great job by looking beyond the immediate problem and again proved why we need the best of the best signing out the a/c.)
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Word just in
OGN cracked Electronic Protection Plate (Drip Shield)
So it begins again, my applauds and respect to both Captain and Engineer who dedication to AIR SAFETY has possibly avoided another, as QF puts it, 'Serious Incident'
OGN cracked Electronic Protection Plate (Drip Shield)
So it begins again, my applauds and respect to both Captain and Engineer who dedication to AIR SAFETY has possibly avoided another, as QF puts it, 'Serious Incident'
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thank you to my colleagues who dilligently do their best to ensure the aircraft are a safe as possible.
We are the thing holding this cost driven operationally disfunctional "organisation" together.
Until operational people have control of operational decisions we remain the last link.
Pick any senior executive at QF..
Do any of them have any engineering/flying background.......?
We are the thing holding this cost driven operationally disfunctional "organisation" together.
Until operational people have control of operational decisions we remain the last link.
Pick any senior executive at QF..
Do any of them have any engineering/flying background.......?
I'd hate to sound like a stooge, but how many pilots and engineers know how to run a business ? That would be the thinking of those who employ the upper managers.
They know how to manage their respective areas keeping most happy and morale relatively high, but they aren't the slash and burn mechanics employed to strips the guts out of Qantas, as is the current agenda.
They know how to manage their respective areas keeping most happy and morale relatively high, but they aren't the slash and burn mechanics employed to strips the guts out of Qantas, as is the current agenda.
