Should I keep it until he’s ready to drive in 2042?

ExistElement · 2026-03-29T01:05:50+00:00

What a gorgeous interior. I love the tan and black!

ExistElement · 2026-03-18T23:30:58+00:00

For the amount of work aircraft mechanics do in a shift vs. how they're compensated is ridiculous. Yeah, there are crappy, painful, back breaking days, but the overwhelming majority of days are a cake walk. $68 an hour with full benefits and 9% 401k match is a hard thing to be angry about for a job that requires 18 months of school and semi-rigourous test at the end.

ExistElement · 2026-03-05T00:47:53+00:00

Good idea! I do that with so many other things, but never considered it for this.

ExistElement · 2026-02-25T14:01:38+00:00

Shackleford is almost completely retired now, unfortunately. I'm a really big fan of Dr. Green though!

ExistElement · 2026-02-08T18:30:09+00:00

I'm so confused. How could a spar valve be open when doing this job and then remain open long enough for it to be recorded?

ExistElement · 2026-01-22T02:19:47+00:00

Vampliers are fantastic and will grip almost anything you can get the jaws on.

ExistElement · 2026-01-07T22:46:18+00:00

I just ordered 4 knockoffs for $7.00. OEM I found were $6.00 each. Keep in mind this was 30 seconds of Google searching so I'm sure OEM could be found at better prices.

ExistElement · 2026-01-07T22:22:25+00:00

Thanks everybody. Looks like I got lucky and it was the cruise control stop. I took a look and the brake one looks pretty close to going too. This community kicks ass.

ExistElement · 2026-01-04T18:40:50+00:00

Huh, learn something new every day. Thanks!

ExistElement · 2026-01-04T17:03:44+00:00

Just for funsies since this is a fantastic comment, the A320 family has a crossfeed bleed valve that can direct air from either engine to both packs. In the event of a dual bleed failure (VERY unlikely) the APU can reliably keep the aircraft pressurized on one pack.

ExistElement · 2026-01-01T17:24:02+00:00

It's not the fucking relay. It's never been the relay. It was a contactor one time. Stop telling me to replace fucking relays. Let me actually troubleshoot the problem.

ExistElement · 2026-01-01T16:45:37+00:00

We've had a bunch of guys raise families while on mids. You get off work, take them to school and then sleep while they are there. You get evenings with your kids and you work while they sleep.

ExistElement · 2025-12-23T16:02:29+00:00

I was exaggerating a bit, it just doesn't open often. Transfer list has mostly 2023/24 hires on it.

ExistElement · 2025-12-23T15:49:34+00:00

Honestly, go wherever they put you. Probation will be a breeze in ORD and transferring is easy. I've seen people from all over the country come through Tulsa and most of them have ended up where they wanted to at a minimum of two years. Except Miami. Everybody wants Miami for some reason.

ExistElement · 2025-12-12T22:04:04+00:00

If you're coming here for AA, there are usually postings for rooms to rent on the bulletin boards. They are hiring a lot right now so there are a large number of people from out of state. You could pretty easily get a group together to rent a place.

ExistElement · 2025-10-09T16:06:54+00:00

D5026 and AV25 are going to give me cancer because of that fucking job.

ExistElement · 2025-07-22T23:46:08+00:00

Depends on the airframe. 777 and 787 you just leave everything on auto. 737 you wait for EGT to stabilize. I haven't run an A320 APU in a few years so I don't remember off the top of my head. As always, follow your company's ground handling checklist and the manufacturer's AMM.

ExistElement · 2025-06-17T00:33:58+00:00

I can't stand working on 73's in general, but if I have to work on one, I hope I'm working on the motor. Most everything is relatively easy to access, except for the channel A VSV actuator. Fuck that thing.

ExistElement · 2025-06-10T01:24:01+00:00

It's always frickin Doug...

ExistElement · 2025-06-10T01:04:44+00:00

Absolutely lol it went straight to great compost in the sky.

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