Originally Posted by
AADFW
On a (very) recent flight from DAL to SFO, a Y passenger tried to fit a bag that was too large in the overhead bin and managed to break the locking mechanism. So, we were all forced to wait while a mechanic drove in from DFW with -- wait for it -- DUCT TAPE to secure the broken bin. It took Bob the DFW Skywest mechanic less than 60 seconds to complete the "repair" which consisted of taping the bin shut, followed by mountains of paperwork. You truly cannot make this stuff up!
The flight attendant doled out snacks in F, but naturally this being AS/Skywest, he did not bother with pre-departure beverages in spite of the over one hour delay.
One more of these DAL trips and I'm probably done with AS... not to say that AA is great, but they are at least resource deep at DFW. The convenience of a much shorter drive to Love over DFW has not proven worthwhile for all the many shortcomings I've endured with this airline.
to be fair this is a contract route flown by Skywest on I think smaller 2x2 aircraft and its something the PAX brome…not a typical maintenance item.
your story does remind me of an incident last year…I flew on AA flight out of DCA. An aircraft had a bad landing and blew tires. It caused a delay to evacuate the plane, tow the plane, then clean. When they went to clean the airport didn’t have the equipment so they had to request something from off airport.