Centralised Engineering At Lyneham
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From: UK
SVK
Mixing the Hydraulic Oils is not such a problem (OX 19 for the J by the way) The Aussie J's drained all theirs out and use good old OM15. A brake unit for a J will come filled with OM15, and for example, an Aileron Booster Pack will be tested on the rig with OM15, and then drained and filled with OX 19. So there is no problem with incompatability.
What is more likely to happen is that some tradesmen will use an unfamiliar item of access equipment, incorrect for the task and of uncertain serviceability, and the thing will topple over and three blokes will fall from a height of about 12 feet to the hangar floor.
Gives the hofficers something to do though.
How do you get 12 officers in a Mini. Just mention Accident Report and they'll all disappear up their own @rseholes.
Mixing the Hydraulic Oils is not such a problem (OX 19 for the J by the way) The Aussie J's drained all theirs out and use good old OM15. A brake unit for a J will come filled with OM15, and for example, an Aileron Booster Pack will be tested on the rig with OM15, and then drained and filled with OX 19. So there is no problem with incompatability.
What is more likely to happen is that some tradesmen will use an unfamiliar item of access equipment, incorrect for the task and of uncertain serviceability, and the thing will topple over and three blokes will fall from a height of about 12 feet to the hangar floor.
Gives the hofficers something to do though.
How do you get 12 officers in a Mini. Just mention Accident Report and they'll all disappear up their own @rseholes.
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From: England
MMMMMM, apart from SVK very little comment from the Master Race on here, perhaps they relly dont care about the Line scum?
I have never seen groundcrew from WO down to LAC so fed up in 20+years of service. But hey, at least its Lean.
I have never seen groundcrew from WO down to LAC so fed up in 20+years of service. But hey, at least its Lean.
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From: LYNEHAM
HAVING JUST RETURNED TO WHAT I REMEMBER AS BEING A GREAT STATION TO BE SENT TO AS A SMALLIE I AM NOW REGRETTING MY DECISION TO ACCEPT PROMOTION.NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON AND IT WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE AN INCIDENT OCCURS THAT I DO NOT WANT MY NAME TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH. WHAT JOBS ARE THE LINE SUPPOSED TO DO AND WHAT SHOULD BE TAKEN ON BY FLECS? THE MANAGEMENT DONT KNOW SO HOW SHOULD WE. ROLL ON APRIL AND HOPEFULLY I WILL QUALIFY FOR REDUNDANCY.
CHEERS NOT P.M.
CHEERS NOT P.M.
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From: wilts
Popped into work today and saw some nice new shiney trailers parked up in the hangar, all we need now is something to tow them with. Heared a rumor that it will be LDVs but with ford transit engines transplanted. If there is any truth in this rumor then someone needs to sort their lives out, surely it would have made more economic sense to just buy transits instead.
On a lighter note, how long before one of these trailers ends up on it's side?
On a lighter note, how long before one of these trailers ends up on it's side?
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From: lyneham
as a liney on hls formally known as 24/30 (sorry i'm only a baby sumpie so can't remember A line and B line) i was proud when my aircraft landed and was happy to see my aircrew (yeah everyone in 24 and 30 sqn belong to me 
)but now the growbags act with great detachment to the see-inn crews and we have little pride and no morale. please for the sake our sanity please someone with more power than me stop this madness!
and growbags smile when when you see me on the pan a wave when you taxi past...
)but now the growbags act with great detachment to the see-inn crews and we have little pride and no morale. please for the sake our sanity please someone with more power than me stop this madness! and growbags smile when when you see me on the pan a wave when you taxi past...
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From: UK
line slime
Mobile Issue Centres (MIC Wagons)
or Fart Wagons
I'll start filling out the accident report in advance!
And don't forget to make it interesting.
That is:-
No driving licence...
No additional training for towing trailers...
Drunk...
With four people inside playing cards...
Sat on half empty oil cans...
Smoking...
In front of a taxi-ing aircraft...
With the Princess Royal on board...
Who didn't get her leg over the previous night.
If you take a close look at the fold down access steps at the back you will notice a fairly flimsy piano hinge with a few rivets.
That hinge won't survive a week.
But I dare say we can't repair or modify or it would invalidate the warranty from the civvy manufacturer. So it'll be u/s for a month.
Mobile Issue Centres (MIC Wagons)
or Fart Wagons
I'll start filling out the accident report in advance!
And don't forget to make it interesting.
That is:-
No driving licence...
No additional training for towing trailers...
Drunk...
With four people inside playing cards...
Sat on half empty oil cans...
Smoking...
In front of a taxi-ing aircraft...
With the Princess Royal on board...
Who didn't get her leg over the previous night.
If you take a close look at the fold down access steps at the back you will notice a fairly flimsy piano hinge with a few rivets.
That hinge won't survive a week.
But I dare say we can't repair or modify or it would invalidate the warranty from the civvy manufacturer. So it'll be u/s for a month.
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From: UK
shouting wind
You'll have more time to do your tool checks now you've worked out not to waste your energy waving at aircrew.
I caught someone whistling, at work today. But it seems he'd just got his redundancy payoff estimate.
The Fart Wagons have tool tags but they don't survive the speed bumps on the bund road at 40 mph.
You'll have more time to do your tool checks now you've worked out not to waste your energy waving at aircrew.
I caught someone whistling, at work today. But it seems he'd just got his redundancy payoff estimate.
The Fart Wagons have tool tags but they don't survive the speed bumps on the bund road at 40 mph.
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From: wilts
I'm supprised the wagons/trailers survived the bund speed bumps at all. The tool tags, oops sorry tallys, struggle to stay on a stationary wall so what hope have they got in a mobile wagon doing 40?(hope the hitler youth didn't catch you sphlc. )
Just for this time of year we can add that the wagons just don't doughnut quite the same with a tralier, that has an overly high C of G, strapped to the back on an icy pan to the accident report.
) Just for this time of year we can add that the wagons just don't doughnut quite the same with a tralier, that has an overly high C of G, strapped to the back on an icy pan to the accident report.
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From: Wiltshire
SWind,
I am a rather sensitive soul so if you want the wave to include all four fingers and the thumb as opposed to just one digit please refrain from the "growbag" referance
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
I am a rather sensitive soul so if you want the wave to include all four fingers and the thumb as opposed to just one digit please refrain from the "growbag" referance
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
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From: wilts
abiw
There is a lot worse the line operatives could be calling you. Just don't take it personally as we are all pretty pi$$ed of and morale, as you know, is low at the moment.
Just to make things worse for us the bean counters have seen fit to deprive us of sandu, unless we take 4 hours to empty the $hit bucket. Perhaps that is how AP3003 was funded?
There is a lot worse the line operatives could be calling you. Just don't take it personally as we are all pretty pi$$ed of and morale, as you know, is low at the moment.
Just to make things worse for us the bean counters have seen fit to deprive us of sandu, unless we take 4 hours to empty the $hit bucket. Perhaps that is how AP3003 was funded?
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From: Equidistant
Lineslime.....
We are your friends really...we are on your side. It is/was nice to see a familiar face in 'J' Line (and 'B'Line before that), and to have a chat about the 700 history and a bit of banter with whoever etc. I agree that the new, improved(?) system is a lot more impersonal and we feel like intruders when we arrive at JAK-ASS. It seems everyone is too busy to see us safely off the premises.
I have also been a victim of not getting away on time in the first week of LEAN...but have managed it since then, but we cannot complain on your behalf unless it is affecting us. Lord knows, someone is working wonders to get us our aircraft.
Swind...
And I din't really mind being called a grow-bag....that's what I am after all.
Days to do bloke.....
You sound like you have a grudge...I refer you to the above paragraph. I know some aircrew can be numptys...but hopefully, not all of us!!!
Regards
'J' Bloke!
We are your friends really...we are on your side. It is/was nice to see a familiar face in 'J' Line (and 'B'Line before that), and to have a chat about the 700 history and a bit of banter with whoever etc. I agree that the new, improved(?) system is a lot more impersonal and we feel like intruders when we arrive at JAK-ASS. It seems everyone is too busy to see us safely off the premises.
I have also been a victim of not getting away on time in the first week of LEAN...but have managed it since then, but we cannot complain on your behalf unless it is affecting us. Lord knows, someone is working wonders to get us our aircraft.
Swind...
And I din't really mind being called a grow-bag....that's what I am after all.
Days to do bloke.....
You sound like you have a grudge...I refer you to the above paragraph. I know some aircrew can be numptys...but hopefully, not all of us!!!
Regards
'J' Bloke!