Pilot Fails Maintenance Exam
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Thanks guy's for the respect you give the drivers. To be honest I expected this to become a pilot bashing thread. How wrong was I??
Unfortunately I have to agree with EGT Redline on his point regarding mutaul respect. For that has been a point of severe headache for me. It seems that we still have drivers up front who think their sh*t doesn't stink. It might be a relief to you guy's but they are exactly the same towards their fellow drivers. They think they are gods gift to aviation and want everybody to know it.
As a pilot who has a B1 license for every commercial aircraft I have flown I think I am allowed to reply.
Personally I have a great interest in aircraft engineering and as such hold a part time position to keep my knowledge up to scratch next to my full time flying job.
Holding my B1 license doesn't make me a better pilot. However the advantage of having a little in depth knowledge is that its much easier to explain a defect to an engineer. And another advantage is that in generally know what to look for (with regards to indications) when an defect comes up.
One thing to keep in mind is to never tell the engineer how to fix the aircraft. Thats a definite no no.
Several times in the last years I have helped out our engineers while trouble shooting downroute. Even helped one of our guys with a brake change. It makes it easier for the engineer and does help the bonding between drivers and engineers.
Thanks guy's for looking after our great flying machines, your work is definitely appreciated.
FT
Unfortunately I have to agree with EGT Redline on his point regarding mutaul respect. For that has been a point of severe headache for me. It seems that we still have drivers up front who think their sh*t doesn't stink. It might be a relief to you guy's but they are exactly the same towards their fellow drivers. They think they are gods gift to aviation and want everybody to know it.
As a pilot who has a B1 license for every commercial aircraft I have flown I think I am allowed to reply.
Personally I have a great interest in aircraft engineering and as such hold a part time position to keep my knowledge up to scratch next to my full time flying job.
Holding my B1 license doesn't make me a better pilot. However the advantage of having a little in depth knowledge is that its much easier to explain a defect to an engineer. And another advantage is that in generally know what to look for (with regards to indications) when an defect comes up.
One thing to keep in mind is to never tell the engineer how to fix the aircraft. Thats a definite no no.
Several times in the last years I have helped out our engineers while trouble shooting downroute. Even helped one of our guys with a brake change. It makes it easier for the engineer and does help the bonding between drivers and engineers.
Thanks guy's for looking after our great flying machines, your work is definitely appreciated.
FT
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Richatom - I don't think you're immodest, I think you made an excellent point. I also feel completely inadequate (well done on your amazing quals!). Still think I'm an OK 744 Skipper though!
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During my time on the Vickers Funbus as a GE the systems knowledge of the crew was almost a must. You can't be an expert on everything and, since they use the systems all the time, their knowledge was invaluable in getting the old girl up and running again.
I spent a fair bit of time with my crews getting to know their perspective and they, mine. Many an engineer, (bless their cotton socks), has given me a hand with downroute snags. You can never know too much.
Oh! And I can land a 10 in the sim
I spent a fair bit of time with my crews getting to know their perspective and they, mine. Many an engineer, (bless their cotton socks), has given me a hand with downroute snags. You can never know too much.
Oh! And I can land a 10 in the sim
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I believe as Aircraft become more complex, so do the problems of repairing them correctly. With this in mind, I always try to put as much information as possible in the Log Book in order to give Maintenance a better picture of the particular problem.
I feel quite fortunte to have Outstanding Mechanics at my Airline and am always indebted to their professional ability to keep over 700 jet aircraft running at any one time.
I feel quite fortunte to have Outstanding Mechanics at my Airline and am always indebted to their professional ability to keep over 700 jet aircraft running at any one time.
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I think pilot's should take the time out and get to know their aircraft better
It's one thing to study and 'know' a systems diagram but i think it's very valuable to speak with engineers about common / known faults or weak points with a particular aircraft , could come in handy one day when you've got a problem in the air
How many aircraft have crashed due to preoccupation with faulty systems instrumentation readings when the aircraft was ok ?
The 2007 Adam Air crash in Indonesia has been put down to the pilots trying to work out what was wrong with conflicting Inertial Nav systems and they stopped flying the aircraft , the Tacoma crash in the USA where the EPR was iced up etc etc
A pilot taking the time to buy the maintenance guys a beer and asking what if questions could be a life saver.
It's one thing to study and 'know' a systems diagram but i think it's very valuable to speak with engineers about common / known faults or weak points with a particular aircraft , could come in handy one day when you've got a problem in the air
How many aircraft have crashed due to preoccupation with faulty systems instrumentation readings when the aircraft was ok ?
The 2007 Adam Air crash in Indonesia has been put down to the pilots trying to work out what was wrong with conflicting Inertial Nav systems and they stopped flying the aircraft , the Tacoma crash in the USA where the EPR was iced up etc etc
A pilot taking the time to buy the maintenance guys a beer and asking what if questions could be a life saver.
