Valve cap missing
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I woke up
I thought I was talking to other yank A&Ps. I am not familiar with the British Commonwealth Aviation Regs or even if you have any. those publications are FAA publications.
I just snapped that everybody is an engineer, anyway I looked in the FARs ( Federal Aviation Regulations CFR14 FAR 121.383 ( Operating requirements: Domestic, flag and supplemental operations ) pertaining to air carriers and of course only certificated airmen with the privileges allowed under that ticket ( rating ) do maintenance including preventive maintenance, but if the TSA here will let them on the ramp, they are cleared, and if the Operator wants other people doing walk around inspections well that's their business. and one more pair of eyes isn't going to hurt, just as long as any discrepancies are brought to the attention of the People responsible for Logging anything if necessary and completing the requirements of whatever progressive inspection program is in effect at time
Heres something I found FAR 37.167.4.7 : Leakage: After an initial 12-hour minimum stabilization period, the tire must be
capable of retaining air pressure with a loss of pressure not exceeding 5 percent in 24
hours from the initial pressure equal to the rated inflation pressure I read through a lot and there is no mention of the valve or the cap, so it's manufacturers specifications and I am not gonna open a A 320 publication no way.
I just snapped that everybody is an engineer, anyway I looked in the FARs ( Federal Aviation Regulations CFR14 FAR 121.383 ( Operating requirements: Domestic, flag and supplemental operations ) pertaining to air carriers and of course only certificated airmen with the privileges allowed under that ticket ( rating ) do maintenance including preventive maintenance, but if the TSA here will let them on the ramp, they are cleared, and if the Operator wants other people doing walk around inspections well that's their business. and one more pair of eyes isn't going to hurt, just as long as any discrepancies are brought to the attention of the People responsible for Logging anything if necessary and completing the requirements of whatever progressive inspection program is in effect at time
Heres something I found FAR 37.167.4.7 : Leakage: After an initial 12-hour minimum stabilization period, the tire must be capable of retaining air pressure with a loss of pressure not exceeding 5 percent in 24
hours from the initial pressure equal to the rated inflation pressure I read through a lot and there is no mention of the valve or the cap, so it's manufacturers specifications and I am not gonna open a A 320 publication no way.
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so i will give you 3 points of (free) advice.
1. i don't have a lot of sympathy for you to come on the engineer thread of a pilot forum and take the piss out of our profession, but i respect that you have a deep interest in aviation. everyday is a school day in this business. i hope you have learned that lesson.
2. if you ever get a job as a licensed engineer you should never tell lies. this is the worst possible thing for an engineer to do. no matter how bad the situation is or how bad the fukk up that has been made, you will only make it worse by lying.
3. the valve cap on the wheel assy's is a different size from the caps on the brake bleeder ports so it is not possible to swap their position
so i will give you 3 points of (free) advice.
1. i don't have a lot of sympathy for you to come on the engineer thread of a pilot forum and take the piss out of our profession, but i respect that you have a deep interest in aviation. everyday is a school day in this business. i hope you have learned that lesson.
2. if you ever get a job as a licensed engineer you should never tell lies. this is the worst possible thing for an engineer to do. no matter how bad the situation is or how bad the fukk up that has been made, you will only make it worse by lying.
3. the valve cap on the wheel assy's is a different size from the caps on the brake bleeder ports so it is not possible to swap their position
3. the valve cap on the wheel assy's is a different size from the caps on the brake bleeder ports so it is not possible to swap their position
Seen A320 with large bore and A330 with small (standard) bore.
Operator specific perhaps.
British Commonwealth Aviation Regs
I think you need to read up a bit on the way the braking system works and its level of redundancy, losing one system hyd system wont mean you lose braking,
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That's right
We call ourselves A&Ps do you know what that stands for ? and when I said YOU all call yourselves engineers, is why I snapped that I was amongst the kind of idiots that Aussie aviation is so well known for. go sweep the dingo crap out of your seat Captain and go fly your wingie thing.
I will make you eat your words and I am a certificated Airframe and Power-plant Technician what kind of ticket you got, mouth ?
And that is right I said brit commonwealth that is what we call all you ex-brit people who have a picture of the queen on your money ? Including Canada though I will say they have an excellent aviation industry.
I will make you eat your words and I am a certificated Airframe and Power-plant Technician what kind of ticket you got, mouth ?
And that is right I said brit commonwealth that is what we call all you ex-brit people who have a picture of the queen on your money ? Including Canada though I will say they have an excellent aviation industry.
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We call ourselves A&Ps do you know what that stands for ? and when I said YOU all call yourselves engineers, is why I snapped that I was amongst the kind of idiots that Aussie aviation is so well known for. go sweep the dingo crap out of your seat Captain and go fly your wingie thing.
I will make you eat your words and I am a certificated Airframe and Power-plant Technician what kind of ticket you got, mouth ?
And that is right I said brit commonwealth that is what we call all you ex-brit people who have a picture of the queen on your money ? Including Canada though I will say they have an excellent aviation industry.
I will make you eat your words and I am a certificated Airframe and Power-plant Technician what kind of ticket you got, mouth ?
And that is right I said brit commonwealth that is what we call all you ex-brit people who have a picture of the queen on your money ? Including Canada though I will say they have an excellent aviation industry.
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Bridging course ?
What you will have to do is show the experience or tech school qualifying requirements and and take Federal written tests pass them then the oral and practical tests, pass them and of course, speak, read and write the English language, that leaves you out captain.
And since you don't have any accepted experience here, looks like you will go to tech school, we don't recognize your experience just like we don't recognize military experience, if you can find someone to sign you off on experience then yeah, but I wouldn't it could come back on me, I don't know you and you talk like a pilot.
Maybe start with ground school and get that.
And since you don't have any accepted experience here, looks like you will go to tech school, we don't recognize your experience just like we don't recognize military experience, if you can find someone to sign you off on experience then yeah, but I wouldn't it could come back on me, I don't know you and you talk like a pilot.
Maybe start with ground school and get that.
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If you fly in, you can fly out ONLY, because you have no flight rating here, you might get ( bridged ) or a temporary rating but it will expire and they don't come easy now thanks to the TSA.
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FAA regs
Are actually pretty simple to understand and that is why they are easy to comply with, Flight Safety is number one, for mechanics( technicians ) there are only a couple of ratings called : airmen other than flight crew.
the are
parachute rigger
repairman
airframe
power-plant
airframe and power-plant including ( IA ) inspection authorization and ( DME ) which is designated mechanic examiner
the whole of flight safety is the responsibility of those representatives of the Administrator. that's all there is.
the FAA doesn't supervise us, we do, the IAs do the major repair and annual inspections and the DMEs make little As and Ps, simple and it works just fine.
so come down here and tell the DME why you deserve a rating.
the are
parachute rigger
repairman
airframe
power-plant
airframe and power-plant including ( IA ) inspection authorization and ( DME ) which is designated mechanic examiner
the whole of flight safety is the responsibility of those representatives of the Administrator. that's all there is.
the FAA doesn't supervise us, we do, the IAs do the major repair and annual inspections and the DMEs make little As and Ps, simple and it works just fine.
so come down here and tell the DME why you deserve a rating.
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Best thread of the year !..
..on one hand we have hitcher, presumably "flying" his sim of choice, an Airbus, with one hand thus allowing him to participate in an act of gross self abuse with the other while doing so...on the other, enter Brigid,who, bless him, has never seemingly been outside the State or even County line....and is thus unware of the many differences that exist courtesy of the regulatory authorities world wide...there would seem to be a close genetic relationship would there not ?
Thankfully, we do have a sane middle ground albeit with diverse opinions as to the original question / issue...that of valve caps and their definition. I had a look in CAIP's yesterday and couldn't find any specific definition....had a look at Aunty Betty's notes and.....primary seal is used ( engineering, not aircrew sycamore...
)....so presumably deep in the heart of a well known building at LGW, a steering group will have been formed to produce a CAP for said definition...based on this thread...
..on one hand we have hitcher, presumably "flying" his sim of choice, an Airbus, with one hand thus allowing him to participate in an act of gross self abuse with the other while doing so...on the other, enter Brigid,who, bless him, has never seemingly been outside the State or even County line....and is thus unware of the many differences that exist courtesy of the regulatory authorities world wide...there would seem to be a close genetic relationship would there not ? Thankfully, we do have a sane middle ground albeit with diverse opinions as to the original question / issue...that of valve caps and their definition. I had a look in CAIP's yesterday and couldn't find any specific definition....had a look at Aunty Betty's notes and.....primary seal is used ( engineering, not aircrew sycamore...
)....so presumably deep in the heart of a well known building at LGW, a steering group will have been formed to produce a CAP for said definition...based on this thread...
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Erm, actually on some you can. Not all wheels are fitted with the large bore inflation oriface thingy.
Seen A320 with large bore and A330 with small (standard) bore.
thanks for info, never encountered the smaller sized fittings!
Seen A320 with large bore and A330 with small (standard) bore.
thanks for info, never encountered the smaller sized fittings!
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And now we have Brigid, letting down the A&P's all over the world (and yes i do have one, along with one of those licences that us "British chaps" or "engineers" get issued.) Brigid, i think if you ever get out of the USA you'll find you will have so much work to do to get any other type of licence (or "certificate") than you did for your A&P
Don't get me wrong, i'm not knocking it as it makes me good money, but it's not worth much anywhere else other than some places in the Middle East??
Best thread ever.
) Brigid, i think if you ever get out of the USA you'll find you will have so much work to do to get any other type of licence (or "certificate") than you did for your A&P Don't get me wrong, i'm not knocking it as it makes me good money, but it's not worth much anywhere else other than some places in the Middle East??Best thread ever
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Wow...it is funny how some threads can be so enlightning. I often wonder how the Aircraft Security Specialists miss so much stuff onboard when doing their cabin sweep pre-departure, and that I find when going about my business in the cabin. Now I know.........he is outside doing my job for me. Gives me a warm fuzzy sense of "security" knowing I'm being backed up by other "aviation professionals" .
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Make no mistake about it, Brigid and Hitcher are one and the same person,
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Liscences
Granted an A&P is not held as valid in as many places that a engeneers liscence is, what do you call it anyways? The damb thing makes me 90k base a year. I do wish they would dump the BS needed to get one (dope & fabric and the baseball stitch) and type rate us to align it with the LAME. It sounds like they really make you poor sob's jump through hoops to get one! Some of you guys make it sound like the Queen herself granted your liscence.
IT IS ALL BULL****. None of us have learned more in school than we have actually doing the job!
IT IS ALL BULL****. None of us have learned more in school than we have actually doing the job!