Tristars Return To Fi
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Looking at this thread and your other posts you need to calm down or you will be having a turn for the worse old man.
Chumping on about it here does no good !
MM
P.S T* means tristar you nitwit (you must be a civvy !)
Looking at this thread and your other posts you need to calm down or you will be having a turn for the worse old man.
Chumping on about it here does no good !
MM
P.S T* means tristar you nitwit (you must be a civvy !)
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Troops stranded in Falklands by ?
Time to splice this thread. I seem to remember Flight Safety demands a look for the sequence of events when investigating failure. Contract 747 is punctured by GFE (Govt funished emmet) so no hurry to fix it. Revert to Tristar but higher priority to clear backlog in Middle East. One aircraft and one crew only available for FI run so crew duty dictates a safe but sendentary pace for one return trip. Some SNCOs and contractors left behind so second trip needed. Gales, snow and ice leave T* at ASI then hot ecu complicates things. In short, a week - or two - in the life of insufficient and aged AT for current tasking to an island that is resisting the onset of Spring. This will be resolved safely, but with teeth grinding and much disappointment by families - again.
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re the FI and all that
Hi and G'day
The enicalyth (who is a Saint by the way) has taken the opportunity. Travelled down on the Air Atlanta 747 which looked and felt old and tired but clipped along nicely. Bituva hard landing but that steep upslope and all.... but you do have to get her down and make that turn-off with cool brakes.
The travel to Fairford bit was appallingly managed both going down and coming back up and travelling with a Serco guy who was mate in mutual days of light blue... well. But hey, it'll get slicker and the hitches we experienced are all avoidable and lessons will be learnt.
The 747 ding came on top of a series of unfortunate delays and at least 4 runs were pencilled in for KC1. The pax who moaned at the Obsidian "why can't the RAF" were put in the picture by me quite civilly and they shut up. At least within my arms' swing. Either they accepted what I said or thought the better of disputing matters with an ex-air force, ex-airline but nevertheless not ex-90kg Saint.
To the RAF at FI who worked wonders to get the KC1 back up without having to have had spares flown down of Friday many thanks. No names no pack drill but if your surname begins with K then I'll buy the beers. Same to for H who skilfully brought us up via the outer oceanic in 8+15 and must've had 50kts on the tail off LND. I was the last man to board so natch got the worst seat but no complaints.
It's very tough when these things happen, re-surfacing, reliability problems, a ground incident and consequent re-scheduling of the available effort with at least one a/c in deep maintenance. The military suffer and the FI chaps are worthy of great praise for doing everything to minimise the knock-on effects and get us back to normal.
I would like to think too that the pax I spoke to now understand that we can't go to the Arizona desert and say "I'll take that one please, start her up"; also that there is a reason why MoD aircraft go to ASI and the FI and not that nice Mr Branson; also that Andrew Weir does say s**t happens and you might be inconvenienced, delayed and even bumped for whatever exigency; also that a lot more people were inconvenienced by us having to use a KC1, people in stripey clothes getting shot at in a far away country for one. At least I volunteered to be the last man aboard and get the shi**iest seat. Proud to say I got it so the twonk I was going to belt seven bells out of if he didn't shut up is a very lucky man on at least two counts. a) he didn't come back on a stretcher and b) he wasn't middle seat just aft of the tanks.
I'm very happy to have flown with 216 again. I'm sorry it had to be this way and I do hope that the ASI holiday makers more fully understand the realities. I mean that. I did my best and they did say that now they appreciated.
Finally to the courteous pilot who circled the island before taking Graham home for the last time - we saluted you from Two Boats' terrace having turned out at the airhead (some visitors too). If the piper had not already turned on the waterworks you certainly did by that extremely moving gesture. Before I return to Oz I would like to come out and personally shake you by the hand, buy the beers and stand you a meal at the Chequers. A pm would be very nice.
Best rgds
the E and KO Sally
The enicalyth (who is a Saint by the way) has taken the opportunity. Travelled down on the Air Atlanta 747 which looked and felt old and tired but clipped along nicely. Bituva hard landing but that steep upslope and all.... but you do have to get her down and make that turn-off with cool brakes.
The travel to Fairford bit was appallingly managed both going down and coming back up and travelling with a Serco guy who was mate in mutual days of light blue... well. But hey, it'll get slicker and the hitches we experienced are all avoidable and lessons will be learnt.
The 747 ding came on top of a series of unfortunate delays and at least 4 runs were pencilled in for KC1. The pax who moaned at the Obsidian "why can't the RAF" were put in the picture by me quite civilly and they shut up. At least within my arms' swing. Either they accepted what I said or thought the better of disputing matters with an ex-air force, ex-airline but nevertheless not ex-90kg Saint.
To the RAF at FI who worked wonders to get the KC1 back up without having to have had spares flown down of Friday many thanks. No names no pack drill but if your surname begins with K then I'll buy the beers. Same to for H who skilfully brought us up via the outer oceanic in 8+15 and must've had 50kts on the tail off LND. I was the last man to board so natch got the worst seat but no complaints.
It's very tough when these things happen, re-surfacing, reliability problems, a ground incident and consequent re-scheduling of the available effort with at least one a/c in deep maintenance. The military suffer and the FI chaps are worthy of great praise for doing everything to minimise the knock-on effects and get us back to normal.
I would like to think too that the pax I spoke to now understand that we can't go to the Arizona desert and say "I'll take that one please, start her up"; also that there is a reason why MoD aircraft go to ASI and the FI and not that nice Mr Branson; also that Andrew Weir does say s**t happens and you might be inconvenienced, delayed and even bumped for whatever exigency; also that a lot more people were inconvenienced by us having to use a KC1, people in stripey clothes getting shot at in a far away country for one. At least I volunteered to be the last man aboard and get the shi**iest seat. Proud to say I got it so the twonk I was going to belt seven bells out of if he didn't shut up is a very lucky man on at least two counts. a) he didn't come back on a stretcher and b) he wasn't middle seat just aft of the tanks.
I'm very happy to have flown with 216 again. I'm sorry it had to be this way and I do hope that the ASI holiday makers more fully understand the realities. I mean that. I did my best and they did say that now they appreciated.
Finally to the courteous pilot who circled the island before taking Graham home for the last time - we saluted you from Two Boats' terrace having turned out at the airhead (some visitors too). If the piper had not already turned on the waterworks you certainly did by that extremely moving gesture. Before I return to Oz I would like to come out and personally shake you by the hand, buy the beers and stand you a meal at the Chequers. A pm would be very nice.
Best rgds
the E and KO Sally
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Movertit, or whatever it is.
I have seen no mention anywhere of an FCU in this thread, guess I haven't been looking hard enough. For those less educated than the bitching muppets, FCU (in my line of work) stands for Fuel Control Unit. The thing that lets the right amount of fuel make the engine go round for the given throttle input, engine intake air temperature and atmospheric pressure.
Any how, if said T* had a dodgy FCU then yes a delay would be the outcome as these things don't fix themselves by magic. It will no doubt cause a fair amount of work for the already overstretched technical wizzards, spares permitting.
Now stop bitching and get lives the pair of you.
I have seen no mention anywhere of an FCU in this thread, guess I haven't been looking hard enough. For those less educated than the bitching muppets, FCU (in my line of work) stands for Fuel Control Unit. The thing that lets the right amount of fuel make the engine go round for the given throttle input, engine intake air temperature and atmospheric pressure.
Any how, if said T* had a dodgy FCU then yes a delay would be the outcome as these things don't fix themselves by magic. It will no doubt cause a fair amount of work for the already overstretched technical wizzards, spares permitting.
Now stop bitching and get lives the pair of you.
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bagcrusherwith747fettish,
I do have a bit of a life beyond t'interweb but when someone who is obviously technically challenged asks dumbass questions I feel obliged to give some sort of undignified response. At least when you are told that whatever you are supposed to be flying on has a tits FCU you now have some idea of said items role in the production of noise from the dangly things below the wings.
I'm sure LL now knows what an FCU is as well so you won't have to ask him/her again.
As for the name "MONKEYBUMHEAD" it is down to the fact I have a head that looks a bit, if not a lot, like a monkeys ar$e.
bagcrusherwith747fettish,
I do have a bit of a life beyond t'interweb but when someone who is obviously technically challenged asks dumbass questions I feel obliged to give some sort of undignified response. At least when you are told that whatever you are supposed to be flying on has a tits FCU you now have some idea of said items role in the production of noise from the dangly things below the wings.
I'm sure LL now knows what an FCU is as well so you won't have to ask him/her again.
As for the name "MONKEYBUMHEAD" it is down to the fact I have a head that looks a bit, if not a lot, like a monkeys ar$e.
