AIRCRAFT engineers yesterday warned that danger signs were now emerging
from Qantas's decision to outsource maintenance, with a spate of safety
incidents since it sent the work overseas.
Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association secretary Steve Purvinas
said since Qantas sent
Well, you always get what you pay for, after all!
Same is true for buying non-working watches on eBay -- once in a while
it's just Grandpa's watch that he stopped wearing and it just needs
cleaning, but usually there was a reason it went into the drawer in
mintish condition and wasn't
Seems the public and the accountants don't get it.
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.netwrote:
Well, you always get what you pay for, after all!
Same is true for buying non-working watches on eBay -- once in a while it's
just Grandpa's watch that he stopped
*FYI - *
(Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways hopes to have its grounded fleet of
six Airbus A380s flying again within days following urgent checks after an
engine failure, chief executive Alan Joyce said on Saturday.
Joyce said he was optimistic that the world's largest passenger plane would
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From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
*FYI - *
(Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways hopes to have its grounded fleet of
six Airbus A380s
I may be wrong, but I believe that Qantas is the only major flag carrier that
has never had a major crash.
Maybe it's time?
Dan (I hope not)
--- On Sat, 11/6/10, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
To: Mercedes
, LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
I may be wrong, but I believe that Qantas is the only major flag carrier
that has never had a major crash.
Maybe it's time?
Dan (I hope not)
--- On Sat, 11/6/10, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas
Correct.
Fay
LWB250 wrote:
I may be wrong, but I believe that Qantas is the only major flag carrier that
has never had a major crash.
Maybe it's time?
Dan (I hope not)
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Nope. they had a turboprop crash in 1952, but that is the last major
incident. Engine compressor failed, engine caught fire, and the wing
burned off before the fire could be extinguished.
Peter
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On Nov 4, 2010, at 23:50, Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com wrote:
Someone turned their cellphone on...
Walt
On Nov 4, 2010 11:45 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net
Yeah there was a fuel leak out of a round cover on the wing. Bad gasket or
loose screws I guess. Not a huge leak, but a noticeable trickle.
Based on the stains on the wing it looked like it had been ongoing for some
time. Now that I think about it, it was an American MD-80, not Delta.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
On 11/4/2010 10:50 PM, Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Someone turned their cellphone on...
Walt
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I think Singapore grounded theirs too, pending an investigation.
Apparently, the engine let go with a pretty good bang! There are a few pics
around of some of the damage done to the wing, snapped while in flight.
All ended well though, with the plane and everyone aboard back on the ground
I try to fly Southwest. Cattle-car experience but the fleet is all Boeing.
Every time I have been on an Airbus the things seemed to labor just to get off
the ground.
Allan.
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:04 -0500, R A Bennell b...@mts.net wrote:
Might get this wrong but heard on radio in my truck
I prefer Boeing or MD, or the little puddle jumper jets.
Then again I've only been in the air 8 times, so I don't have much
experience to know which is better.
Northwest, then Delta after the merger. Seems to be the best fare for
me, but I look at all options first.
Walt, who likes the but dyno
I don't like the little Embraer jets that the regionals use... last time I was
on one they couldn't verify the gear was down for landing, had to fly by the
tower to get a visual verification. This was on a Delta-affiliated regional
airline... last time I flew Delta also, their planes are
I got slightly nervous on the teensy dehavilland (sp?) dash-8's... Then I
decided that I won't have to worry about what to do if an engine throws a prop
if I sit in line with said prop :P
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On Nov 4, 2010, at 17:06,
Delta's always used CRJ's when I've flown, those things are a cigar
tube, but damn fun at takeoff!
Walt
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:27 PM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
I got slightly nervous on the teensy dehavilland (sp?) dash-8's... Then I
decided that I won't have to worry about
Of John Reames
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 2:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
I got slightly nervous on the teensy dehavilland (sp?) dash-8's... Then I
decided that I won't have to worry about what to do if an engine throws a
prop if I sit
Allan Streib wrote:
I don't like the little Embraer jets that the regionals use... last time I was
on one they couldn't verify the gear was down for landing, had to fly by the
tower to get a visual verification. This was on a Delta-affiliated regional
airline... last time I flew Delta also,
Actually, the opposite is true, or at least was at the time the
numbers were crunched.
You statistically have a better survival rate if you fly everywhere vs driving.
Walt
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
I don't like the little Embraer
It was a Rolls Royce engine the blew up -- those airlines using GE
engines (or others) are not grounding their fleets, at least not yet.
I suspect it's NOT an airframe problem.
Peter
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Anything with more than one engine is too many small parts flying in close
formation.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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Lufthansa and others are staying with their regular programmes for now; as
you say, they are using different engines than RR. It will be interesting
to hear the final report of the cause of the failure. As with all such
investigations, they'll suspect nothing, and look at everything.
Ed
300E
: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
Anything with more than one engine is too many small parts flying in
close
formation.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
Anything with more than one engine is too many small parts flying in
close
formation.
That's my story, and I'm sticking
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:06:51 -0400 Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
last time I flew Delta also, their planes are ancient.
I flew on a Delta 757 from Albuquerque to Atlanta on my way here to
Knoxville last week. Nice plane, but not too much room between seats. But
the airline is the
very large,
multi-engine aircraft built by lowest bidders.
Wilton
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Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
Anything with more
Yep.
Wilton
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From: John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
But made to milspec, right?
Isn't an elephant just a milspec mouse
- From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
Anything with more than one engine is too many small parts flying in
close
formation.
That's my story, and I'm
remember that I spent 5000 hours aboard very large,
multi-engine aircraft built by lowest bidders.
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion Listmercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380
Not that I'm an expert or anything, but the turbine section looked OK
to be, it was the middle of the engine that appears to have blown out
-- combustion section or high pressure comriessor. Very unusual.
Modern jet engines are almost unbelievably reliable, and it's not
likely to have
Someone turned their cellphone on...
Walt
On Nov 4, 2010 11:45 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
Not that I'm an expert or anything, but the turbine section looked OK
to be, it was the middle of the engine that appears to have blown out
-- combustion section or high pressure
Hey Capt Billie, do ya think we should shut off that fuel dump valve, or
just leave it? Does make kinda a pretty trail. hee hee
Ed
300E
On 4 November 2010 22:42, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
leaking fuel out of the wing?
On 11/4/2010 4:06 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
I don't
leaking fuel out of the wing?
On 11/4/2010 4:06 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
I don't like the little Embraer jets that the regionals use... last time I was
on one they couldn't verify the gear was down for landing, had to fly by the
tower to get a visual verification. This was on a
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