Should I be afraid to drive it?
I can see why they might have a few QUESTIONS as to the safety of a vehicle thats been thusly Marked...yes
I don’t blame them. This sounds like a power struggle. Some manager is angry at the flight attendants for daring to defy his or hers direct orders. If they are in a union, this is one of those times they need a neutral party to intervene.
Here is the key..
“The writing was traced in an oil slick from the auxiliary engine in the Boeing 747-4000 aircraft’s tail cone”
If people realized how many ARABIC people work in the maintenance or service areas of airports .. they would never fly. Can’t get me on an airplane.
There has been a rash of small mishaps going on now for a couple of years; blown out tires; ventilation issues; food and water issues; doors that won’t properly seal, etc.
When are the airlines going to take this seriously ..??
If I were an Attendant, I wouldn’t fly that plane either; even if it was a joke to “terrorize” the public.
Should I be afraid to drive it?
Boeing 747-400 airliners do not have “auxiliary engines” in their tail cones. They have two gas turbine Auxiliary Power Units (APU) that provide electric power on the ground when the main engines are shutdown and the plane is not connected to ground power. The APU is NOT a flight safety critical item. If one APU was leaking oil and not functional, there was a second APU available plus the four engine driven generators for electrical power on the aircraft.
Probably the ground crew expressing their belief in a “humorous way” that the oil belching APU is about to expire (not as humorous in a post 9/11 world). As indicated above, not a flight safety issue...deferred maintenance item.
Their request seems reasonable to me
Gee...wish I got in early enough to see what you wrote that was so ‘bad’ to be removed...must’ve been entertaining.
An oil slick wrote a note to the stewardi? Pretty smart oil slick!