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CBS report on maintenance issues
Just watched CBS news report interviewing mechanics who say AA managers told them to overlook technical issues. If you are working on landing gear and notice a problem with a flap look the other way. This is totally unexaptable. |
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airline...investigation/
Obviously this will get some attention, but more context and details would be needed. For current mechanics to blow the whistle on network television, rather than to the local FSDO, seems counter-productive. "Overlook" a technical issue that is also an airworthy issue? Illegal, and if deliberately told by management to do so - criminal. Overlook a technical issue that's not an airworthy issue (like a broken headphone jack on a setback screen, for example), more likely a cost savings measure to wait and tackle at next bigger check. Side note - didn't AA veer from the manufacturer procedure for removing/reinstalling the engine on the DC10 that led to the landmark Chicago crash 40 years ago? |
Originally Posted by buckeyefanflyer
(Post 30739724)
This is totally unexaptable.
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For years mechanics have been pressured to get the job done. I fly airplanes, the same mechanic will will take time for a personal phone call, or a break... the record is there. My wife is a Doctor, you can pass a physical and die walking out the door., Union Talk, more help, will solve the problem..more money more hours.. The record speaks for itself.. i have million miles flying.. Fake News...Union Press.. |
There's more to this story. Mechanic told CBS but didn't report it to the FAA? His/her license could well be at risk for that.
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Originally Posted by PHL
(Post 30739821)
Side note - didn't AA veer from the manufacturer procedure for removing/reinstalling the engine on the DC10 that led to the landmark Chicago crash 40 years ago?
From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amer...nes_Flight_191: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the asymmetrical stall and the ensuing roll of the aircraft because of the uncommanded retraction of the left wing outboard leading edge slats and the loss of stall warning and slat disagreement indication systems resulting from maintenance-induced damage leading to the separation of the No. 1 engine and pylon assembly at a critical point during takeoff. The separation resulted from damage by improper maintenance procedures which led to failure of the pylon structure. Contributing to the cause of the accident were the vulnerability of the design of the pylon attach points to maintenance damage; the vulnerability of the design of the leading edge slat system to the damage which produced asymmetry; deficiencies in Federal Aviation Administration surveillance and reporting systems which failed to detect and prevent the use of improper maintenance procedures; deficiencies in the practices and communications among the operators, the manufacturer, and the FAA which failed to determine and disseminate the particulars regarding previous maintenance damage incidents; and the intolerance of prescribed operational procedures to this unique emergency. |
Union propaganda at its finest. It’s pathetic that unions stoop to such tactics like this. |
AA wouldn't happen to be in contract talks with its mechanics' union, would they?
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Consider the source. If CBS reported that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow, I would want confirmation.
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