Aviation Ping!.........................
...then they came for Boeing...
What’s the big deal. Once you are in the air you don’t need no stinkin’ wheels.
Glad the flight crew was well trained. Now FlySafair can concentrate on training their maintenance crews.
Does "unscathed" include brown underpants?
It blew a “tranny.”
Darn retreads!! 😳😉
(More maintenance issues)
That’ll buff right out.
People want to pile on Boeing, and for some very good reasons, but some of these “scandalous things” seen in the last year are not all Boeing design issues. They are maintenance flaws, IMO, and are the responsibility of the airline.
Not design flaws.
Who trusts South African maintenance?
Why circle? Just radio ahead and have an emergency landing at the destination?
Would you take any airline flight with a name like FlySafair out of South Africa and not be nervous about their maintenance program?
The maintenance people have their own definition of “tireless”
“”wheel feel of a Boeing 737””
Not much proof reading going on, I guess.
I’ll fly an Airbus thank you very much!
Time for some humor!!!! Old laughs coming up:
Pilots and Mechanic Humor
Pilots Vs Maintenance Engineers After every flight, pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet” which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit. S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield. S: Live bugs on back-order.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent. S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. S: Evidence removed.
P: #2 Propeller seeping prop fluid S: #2 Propeller seepage normal – #1 #3 and #4 propellers lack normal seepage
P: DME volume unbelievably loud. S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. S: That’s what they’re for
P: IFF inoperative. S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield. S: Suspect you’re right.
P: Number 3 engine missing. S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny. S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums. S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics
P: Mouse in cockpit. S: Cat installed.
And the best one for last.
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer. S: Took hammer away from midget.
Maintenance problem.
Again.
This time on an actual Third-world airline, as opposed to United which seems to aspire to being a Third-world airline.
Interesting that the major (fatal) incidents so far are with foreign carriers in or above foreign countries.
So on takeoff it either clipped a runway marker light or one of the approach light towers.
Those darn unsafe 737s!
SOONER OR LATER-—
MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY THE AIRLINES THEMSELVES HAS TO COME INTO QUESTION.
BEING FORCED TO HIRE PERSONS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE JOB HAS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.