Two more reasons.
Posted on 11/20/2018 10:48:08 AM PST by Simon Green
Two more reasons.
Excellent!
That is funny. I have a large repertoire of Polish jokes. However, in light of the nation’s recent stand against the EU refugee grift, I promised myself to show respect for the country and its citizens by neither telling nor laughing at Polish jokes. Sometimes it’s real hard not to laugh.
He’s the first thing I thought of..’it’s spelled just like it sounds...’
“The ‘local’ Boeing rep was asking for ‘cash’ so he could skim off the top.............It’s the Chinese way...................”
LOL! $574 bill for repair on a 787! Not much left for skimming.
Besides, LOT says their REP is to blame.
Same dude that sad it was faster to drive from SF to Hawaii!
I once told an actual Italian some ‘Polish’ jokes. He didn’t get it, but said the same jokes are told in Italy about policemen.
I read that as a kid in the 70’s. Stuck.
No recent search...
Only $576 for a new Hydraulic Pump including Labor on a multimillion dollar Aircraft?
Heck, that’s what somebody would spend outing a new Power Steering Pump on a 67 Mustang.
ya that would cost more than $600 on my chevy tahoe. I have my doubts about this story. I doubt there is a single screw that could be replaced on a Boeing Jet for $600.
four passengers helped foot the repair bill, which totaled about $576.
For a hydraulic pump INSTALLED on a 767? I have a fair amount of experience in this field. 576$ is the truly astonishing part of the story, not that the passengers paid for it.
That is probably almost literally true.
Watch it there buster.
Somebody’s skimming somewhere!
I bet that ‘pump’ was never replaced...................
I’m of Polish descent. I don’t mind jokes and I bet that’s true for most of us. It’s all good.
He still got called Wojnowitz.
Neighborhood mechanic and a rebuilt from the local auto junk yard.......
I was on a Boeing Delta flight from Zurich Switzerland to Atlanta in 2001.
When were ready for takeoff, sitting on the tarmac lined up with a bunch of other aircraft, we noticed that the other aircraft were suddenly moving away from us and we weren’t moving.
The pilot came on the speaker and told us the tower said they saw some smoke coming from under our plane.
Then we were surrounded by firetrucks and they started hosing us down with foam. It was like being in a giant car wash.
Turns out we had busted a fuel hose and we were offloaded on the tarmac, and got on trams to take us all back to the terminal.
There was fuel pouring out of the underside of the wing like a water hose.
We wound up staying in Zurich hotels for the night, courtesy Delta, and the next day we all got back on the same plane to continue our trips.
They showed us the hose that was leaking and said it was to be taken back to Seattle, Washington for inspection at Boeing HQ to see why it failed........
Boeing gets their small parts from outsources so maybe a vendor problem although they do have small shops that make parts. I know they have a cable shop that makes all their wiring.
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