[united1000]

(here are some)

Military Intelligence

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Actual Air Force Maintenance Complaints

Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by

US Air Force pilots and the replies from the maintenance crews.

Problem: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement."

Solution: "Almost replaced left inside main tire."

Problem: "Test flight OK, except auto land very rough."

Solution: "Auto land not installed on this aircraft."

Problem #1: "#2 Propeller seeping prop fluid."

Solution #1: "#2 Propeller seepage normal."

Problem #2: "#1, #3, and #4 propellers lack normal seepage."

Problem: "The autopilot doesn't."

Signed off: "IT DOES NOW."

Problem: "Something loose in cockpit."

Solution: "Something tightened in cockpit."

Problem: "Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear."

Solution: "Evidence removed."

Problem: "DME volume unbelievably loud."

Solution: "Volume set to more believable level."

Problem: "Dead bugs on windshield."

Solution: "Live bugs on order."

Problem: "Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 fpm

descent."

Solution: "Cannot reproduce problem on ground."

Problem: "IFF inoperative."

Solution: "IFF inoperative in OFF mode."

Problem: "Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick."

Solution: "That's what they're there for."

Problem: "Number three engine missing."

Solution: "Engine found on right wing after brief search."

 

[RightOnline]

ANY of us who have ever flown heavies and have written up forms........and had a chance to review previous writeups / fixes..............can't help but read those and bust a gut. LMAO.......................

[JoeSixPack1]

On the door of the planning office, PageAvjet, Orlando, fl, FAA repair facility, circa 1989-90ish was a list that had a variety of those exact repair write-ups. The word "UNACCEPTABLE" in big bold print was plastered across the poster.

The A&Ps that stopped to read them always had two or three repair orders kicked back in the following few days for lunacy!

Once,
the guys were replacing a forward(?) trunnion on a 727 freighter after a heavy D exposed a crack.
Reams of engineering data was compiled, 11 A&P's were assigned, 2 QC, 3 leadmen, 1 manager, 2 Boeing reps, an on-call in-house machinist on stand-by, an R&R returnable trunnion repair kit costing upteeth kathousands of dollars was brought in from Boeing, something like 10 days pass and when it's all buttoned up the repair order came back - - "Trunnion Fixed".

Page was a fun place to work!

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