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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Mar 2024, 01:16
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

If someone wanted to stifle the investigation...

If someone wanted to stifle the investigation into what happened and why, I can't think of a better way to do it than this. It's pretty much guaranteed to make everyone involved 'lawyer up' (i.e....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Mar 2024, 20:33
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Repeating myself her (multiple times), but I'm...

Repeating myself her (multiple times), but I'm becoming increasingly convinced that someone used a sematic 'loophole', and said they were opening a door instead of removing a door plug. No paperwork...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Mar 2024, 18:32
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

I was thinking the same thing - they can't...

I was thinking the same thing - they can't produce the paperwork because there isn't any paperwork. Which is also why the bolts didn't get re-installed - there wasn't anything that said they needed...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Feb 2024, 20:25
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Actually, the NTSB not only determines the...

Actually, the NTSB not only determines the immediate cause, it also identifies what it considered to be contributing factors - and that can include processes and procedures (depending on the nature...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Feb 2024, 18:38
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

I got criticized by another poster for posting...

I got criticized by another poster for posting this several days ago, but it's looking more and more like this was the case.
Paperwork is not required to open/close a door - after all that's what...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Feb 2024, 18:47
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

I somewhat religiously stay belted whenever I'm...

I somewhat religiously stay belted whenever I'm seated, but I've often noticed a series of subtle 'clicks' as people seated near me unbelt when the seatbelt sign goes out (I've not flown in the last...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Jan 2024, 18:27
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

You also need to consider that the regulations...

You also need to consider that the regulations for managing a decompression (without further structural damage) call out a maximum hole size that needs to be designed for. I don't recall what the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Jan 2024, 22:57
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Not intentionally, but they have a very bad habit...

Not intentionally, but they have a very bad habit of missing 'unintended consequences' (remember, I had 30 years firsthand experience dealing with the FAA, JAA, and EASA).
However a bigger gripe is...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Jan 2024, 19:12
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

I think you can blame the regulators for the...

I think you can blame the regulators for the airframers no longer using proper 'plug' doors for emergency exits.
Seems the regulators had a lack of confidence in passengers being able to properly...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jan 2024, 18:17
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

DR - I had to admit I did a double take when I...

DR - I had to admit I did a double take when I read that - irony indeed :cool:
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2024, 19:53
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

It's been repeatedly reported (including...

It's been repeatedly reported (including statements from the NTSB) that there was NO relationship between the pressurization warnings and the door plug.
In short, the pressurization warnings were...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Jan 2024, 00:17
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Do you honestly know anybody who likes doing...

Do you honestly know anybody who likes doing paperwork? Because in my 40-year career I never met one. Did the paperwork? Yes. Tolerated paperwork? Yes. Liked doing paperwork? NO!!!
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2024, 18:40
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Reading the proceeding posts, I wonder if this...

Reading the proceeding posts, I wonder if this becomes a nomenclature loophole - while there would certainly be paperwork associated with removing/replacing a door 'plug', opening/closing an actual...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2024, 02:53
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

No first hand knowledge of the 737 production...

No first hand knowledge of the 737 production line, but it certainly sounds plausible.
Issues with Spirit Quality Control are far from new. It's sad but inevitable that if the 'fix' to Spirit not...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Jan 2024, 18:43
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

I've was in this business long enough to know you...

I've was in this business long enough to know you 'never say never' - even a 10-9 event will happen one in a billion times.
That being said - that basic door plug design is on thousands of aircraft...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Jan 2024, 18:26
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

While not the only reason, seat rows without...

While not the only reason, seat rows without windows are often because ECS ducts run down the sidewall there.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Jan 2024, 00:20
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

If it does turn out to be IAM workers in Renton...

If it does turn out to be IAM workers in Renton doing something (removing the door plug) without following the relevant procedures or doing the associated paperwork, it's going to be a huge blow to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Jan 2024, 23:44
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

I've posted this multiple times, but I will...

I've posted this multiple times, but I will again.
It makes little sense to remove an emergency exit door plug to install the interior because the door is relatively small and most of the bits...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Jan 2024, 19:47
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

I posted something to that effect on the 737MAX...

I posted something to that effect on the 737MAX thread in the Rumors section but got it deleted by the Mods as being in the wrong thread :=
DR, I've yet to see anything resembling confirmation that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Jan 2024, 19:37
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

That's consistent with what I've observed - the...

That's consistent with what I've observed - the flight deck door blowout panels are 'one way' - they allow the air to move into the flight deck, not outward towards the cabin.
Always wondered a bit...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Jan 2024, 15:54
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Not sure I agree with this statement: Again,...

Not sure I agree with this statement:

Again, no first hand knowledge of how they do things in Renton on the 737 line, but in Everett, Emergency Exit doors are rarely used to load interior...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Jan 2024, 03:19
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

As aeromech notes, something was holding that...

As aeromech notes, something was holding that door in place prior to the failure. The ability to detect that it wasn't properly installed is a direct function of what was holding it in place. If,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Jan 2024, 00:09
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Curious, what non-Rolls Royce engine option is...

Curious, what non-Rolls Royce engine option is there on an A350 (or non-GE option on a 777x)?
While the airframer has some control over their suppliers, in the end all they really do is pull the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Jan 2024, 23:53
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Funny, I don't recall similar "Airbus Sucks"...

Funny, I don't recall similar "Airbus Sucks" threads when the A350 had issues due to the Rolls engine shutdown rate, or A220/A320s ending up AOG because of issues with the Pratt geared turbofan......
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Jan 2024, 23:48
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

No first hand knowledge, but scuttlebutt at the...

No first hand knowledge, but scuttlebutt at the time Boeing spun off Wichita to Spirit was that Seattle was sick and tired of their lack of control over what Wichita was doing. Wichita was where...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Jan 2024, 23:25
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,928
Posted By tdracer

Before you all get too wrapped up in your...

Before you all get too wrapped up in your anti-Boeing crusade, you might want to consider this little inconvenient fact: The fuselage isn't built by Boeing - all 737 fuselages are assembled in...
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