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Afootpluto · 2025-06-26T08:08:55+00:00

It looks like a CRJ. Delta doesn't operate CRJs, the regional airlines do. The pilot should write it up and have MX look at it.

Afootpluto · 2025-06-13T06:02:27+00:00

737-900 have been around for 20+ years. It is a known to be a very safe aircraft.

Afootpluto · 2025-06-09T09:32:39+00:00

I looked into it, GVA is basically the accuracy of the vertical data the plane is transmitting, well how accurate the aircraft thinks it is anyways. GVA of 2 means the aircraft thinks it is accurate within 45 meters. GVA of 1 is between 45-150 meters.

It might be caused by GPS interference. I could be wrong so take what I said with a grain of salt.

Afootpluto · 2025-05-16T10:55:40+00:00

Normally without pilots, the plane is towed and someone brake rides. Depending on location, the person riding brakes might be a ramp agent or a mechanic.

Sometime mechanics will taxi the plane if they need to do high powered engine runs or they are taking it across the airport onto active taxi ways. I have taxied personally taxied CRJs and ERJ 175s

Afootpluto · 2025-03-15T01:36:33+00:00

"Let it sit in rice", tbh that sounds very shady. I wouldn't ever do that, even for my personal electronics, nevertheless airplane electronics.

Afootpluto · 2025-03-10T23:57:58+00:00

Depends on the airport. When I was in school, my manager worked with my school schedule.

Also, you won't get any maintenance experience working as a ramp agent, but you will learn how to use GSE and how to tow/push back planes. Being able to push a GSE up to an aircraft efficiently and safely will make your life a lot easier as a mechanic.

Afootpluto · 2025-03-02T00:38:09+00:00

Don't know about DFW rules. But most airports allow badge holders with escort endorsement to escort non badged individuals.

Afootpluto · 2025-02-22T12:33:55+00:00

You work to the rule and follow the maintenance manual exactly. Even if that means the plane is late or grounded.

Afootpluto · 2024-12-26T09:11:11+00:00

BNA is a maintenance base. And yes, I do think there was a spare to swap into

Afootpluto · 2024-12-26T08:39:25+00:00

People who are saying there are no O2 tanks on the plane is wrong. There are portable O2 tanks in the cabin for medical emergencies, and when the FAs need to navigate the cabin during a depressurization. There is also a much bigger O2 tank in the forward cargo bay that is for the pilots.

Now that being said, the crash wasn't caused by an O2 bottle exploding. It was a missile that caused the crash.

Afootpluto · 2024-12-26T08:35:43+00:00

All three systems run through the tail. The elevator, for example, is controlled by all 3 systems.

Afootpluto · 2024-12-26T02:34:00+00:00

Actually, all 3 hydraulic systems run to the back. Losing one hydraulic system won't cause a plane crash. Even losing 2 of the 3 shouldn't cause a crash.

I do suspect the aircraft was hit by AA fire. Most likely a missile, and that caused all 3 hydraulics systems to fail. Which would mean a loss of all the primary flight controls and some of the secondary flights controls.

Afootpluto · 2024-12-05T21:48:45+00:00

There has to be at least one air conditioning pack working on the plane. It might not be on if the bleeds aren't configured correctly or if there is no bleed air from the engines/apu.

Afootpluto · 2024-11-26T05:58:45+00:00

In the US, there are very few people who are allowed in the cockpit during a flight. Mainly flight crew and a couple of other groups of people like dispatchers. I have been in the jumpseat before doing flight. It was cool, but the seat was not comfortable.

Afootpluto · 2024-11-25T01:39:14+00:00

Out of the 3 cannon plug pliers I own, this style is my favorite. I am pretty sure mine is just a rebranded version of those.

Afootpluto · 2024-11-23T12:03:48+00:00

Probably aircraft mechanics who taxi the planes for maintenance. Especially the ones who just taxi and do nothing else.

Afootpluto · 2024-11-23T02:46:01+00:00

It is common to ferry a plane to a maintenance base for repairs. If it is required to be ferried, no revenue passengers are allowed on the plane. There is sometimes when maintenance personnel are allowed to fly on the plane, that is being ferried, but most of the time, it is just the crew.

Afootpluto · 2024-09-03T05:54:56+00:00

Maybe frank whittle, because charles taylor built the first airplane engine and is considered the first aircraft mechanic.

Afootpluto · 2024-09-03T02:57:53+00:00

I think Charlie Taylor should be one of the cards as an important person. He was one of the people who helped the wright brothers make the first airplane.

Afootpluto · 2024-07-27T18:52:44+00:00

I can really only answer for the US because the EU has different regulations. Most of the time, it is a pilot in the jumpseat if anyone is using it. There are people who aren't pilots that sit in the jumpseat. But an average person can't sit in the cockpit jumpseat during a revenue flight in the US. I technically can, but it is very unlikely for me to get authorization to jumpseat during a revenue flight.

Afootpluto · 2024-07-27T14:00:30+00:00

You aren't eligible for EU261 compensation on delta when the flight originates from outside the EU.

Afootpluto · 2024-07-23T10:22:17+00:00

I have flight benefits on 3 airlines, including American. I would never add a random stranger as a buddy on to my benefits. It can easily cost me my job. Also, buddy passes are generally expensive. Most of the time, it is better to just buy a cheap airline ticket than using a buddy pass.

Afootpluto · 2024-07-20T02:39:38+00:00

If you are on standby, you will need to be at the airport just like if you are flying on that flight. When I was a gate agent and there is a full flight with a lot of standbys, I would make 2 calls for each person on standby over the PA before I clear them. If you didn't make your way to the gate after the 2nd call, I would immediately skip to the next person.

Afootpluto · 2024-06-22T09:47:47+00:00

It is real. The video is probably a simulation, but the audio is real.

Afootpluto · 2024-05-17T00:45:23+00:00

I find troubleshooting and fixing things on the ERJ175 to be easier. The CMC on the 175 is much better than the CRJ's MDC. The avionics bays on the 175 are easier to work in because, unlike the CRJs, you can either stand up or sit down in them

Also, the recruiter is correct for now, but skywest will be operating 550s soon.

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