PHL Maintenance Revenge on Dallas Cowboys (and widebody maintenance question)
Dec 23, 2019, 10:13 pm
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PHL Maintenance Revenge on Dallas Cowboys (and widebody maintenance question)
This past Sunday (Dec 22, 2019) - The Dallas Cowboy's chartered an AA 772. Looks like it ended up having some maintence issues, stranding the team for a few hours (unclear if it was a crew timeout issue or a mechanical issue)
https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/...nded-in-philly
But got me thinking, starting in Jan, PHL is scheduled to get a 788 for a daily DFW, ORD and MAN. Curious to see if the PHL maintenance crew is ready to service these Boeing widebodies - as well as expanding the crewbase to staff the multiple 788 flights. I know Legacy US has some 767s based in PHL, and those crews are cross-rated onto the 757s. But 787 is a completely new rating type.
https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/...nded-in-philly
But got me thinking, starting in Jan, PHL is scheduled to get a 788 for a daily DFW, ORD and MAN. Curious to see if the PHL maintenance crew is ready to service these Boeing widebodies - as well as expanding the crewbase to staff the multiple 788 flights. I know Legacy US has some 767s based in PHL, and those crews are cross-rated onto the 757s. But 787 is a completely new rating type.
Dec 23, 2019, 11:31 pm
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This past Sunday (Dec 22, 2019) - The Dallas Cowboy's chartered an AA 772. Looks like it ended up having some maintence issues, stranding the team for a few hours (unclear if it was a crew timeout issue or a mechanical issue)
https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/...nded-in-philly
But got me thinking, starting in Jan, PHL is scheduled to get a 788 for a daily DFW, ORD and MAN. Curious to see if the PHL maintenance crew is ready to service these Boeing widebodies - as well as expanding the crewbase to staff the multiple 788 flights. I know Legacy US has some 767s based in PHL, and those crews are cross-rated onto the 757s. But 787 is a completely new rating type.
https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/...nded-in-philly
But got me thinking, starting in Jan, PHL is scheduled to get a 788 for a daily DFW, ORD and MAN. Curious to see if the PHL maintenance crew is ready to service these Boeing widebodies - as well as expanding the crewbase to staff the multiple 788 flights. I know Legacy US has some 767s based in PHL, and those crews are cross-rated onto the 757s. But 787 is a completely new rating type.
Hmmmmmm...what could possibly go wrong there?
Dec 24, 2019, 2:20 am
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All I’m seeing is a brief mention that a flight was delayed due to a maintenance issue (which happen every day) and no allegations that it was deliberate ‘revenge’ by AA maintenance workers on the cowboys whose performance (or lack of) is the main thrust of the article.
Dec 24, 2019, 10:05 am
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Crews for the 788 will likely commute in from another base like ORD or DFW. Maintenance will be handled as it is at any other AA city if there's an issue. The major work will still be relegated to Tulsa and other large bases. Over the next few years as the 767s are phased out, PHL will get more 787 service and the crews based there will likely be moved over.
Dec 27, 2019, 5:11 pm
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Given the Cowboys' performance, I'm sure that no PHL-based crew would have been holding a grudge of any kind. Now if Dak Prescott had been on target with a few more throws, it might have been a different story.
Eagles fans don't hate the Cowboys. Hate is far too mild a word.
Eagles fans don't hate the Cowboys. Hate is far too mild a word.