smell on Alaska Airlines
Mar 1, 2019, 9:49 pm
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Mar 1, 2019, 10:28 pm
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Not sure anyone here would have access to that info...and if they did, they probably wouldn’t be posting it here.
That being said, fume events (as these things are called) are uncommon, when you consider the sheer number of flights around the world in a day. Here’s a list for your reading pleasure.
That being said, fume events (as these things are called) are uncommon, when you consider the sheer number of flights around the world in a day. Here’s a list for your reading pleasure.
Mar 2, 2019, 6:05 am
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Here are the "odor" events to which OP refers (would have been nice if some link had been provided in original post) --
https://komonews.com/news/local/anot...assengers-crew
https://komonews.com/news/local/anot...assengers-crew
Mar 2, 2019, 12:39 pm
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I've been told by one pilot and one FA that there are many more of these events that never make the news because they do not result in diversions. There is been a discussion of this on the private VX board for the last year. Apparently, the increase in odor incidents has been due to deferred Airbus maintenance schedules that Alaska mandated after taking over. To be fair to Alaska, this is partly because they have experience with Boeing planes and not Airbus which require more regular maintenance. I hope Alaska will soon move back to the maintenance schedules Airbus recommends.
Mar 2, 2019, 1:05 pm
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Time to get rid of employees who make stupid decisions. Stupid decisions means more money. OP has nothing to worry about if they are on an airline that doesn’t make such stupid decisions.
Mar 2, 2019, 6:25 pm
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Mar 2, 2019, 9:13 pm
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I can’t claim an inside understanding of how the NTSB handles these things. But diversions, especially those that make the 6 o’clock news or result in multiple people being taken to hospital, don’t exactly go unnoticed by the regulator
However. If the NTSB are anything like CASA (Australia), unless anything new is expected to come from an investigation (and with something like this being such a frequent and known issue, I would suspect not), they’ll most likely not investigate individual occurrences. CASA did a mass review of multiple fume events a few years back FWIW
However. If the NTSB are anything like CASA (Australia), unless anything new is expected to come from an investigation (and with something like this being such a frequent and known issue, I would suspect not), they’ll most likely not investigate individual occurrences. CASA did a mass review of multiple fume events a few years back FWIW
Mar 2, 2019, 10:33 pm
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It doesn't necessarily make it better but every large airline in the U.S. has had similar incidents. I don't know the cause, and I don't love knowing that it's a somewhat common occurrence but it's not something that is limited to Alaska Airlines. American, Spirit, Frontier, Delta.... they've all experienced similar incidents.
Mar 2, 2019, 11:03 pm
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i did not mean to be flippant..there are events that happen on flights; bad service, turbulence, bad seat mates...my point was that in my experience I have not encountered anything other than what I mentioned. AS is a safe airline, you and your child will be fine. The cause for the diversion for “smell” is an oddity..even if it happened twice.