RIP Michael Collins, as an old Materials NDT Engineer, I am glad to have been able to have put my hands on some of the hardware that went to space on the Apollo program. Those were different times, national unity was real and National politics were not the slash and burn they are today. Sadly China will be the ones going to the moon before the US gets back.

(Written on 2021年 04月 30日)(Permalink)

Sometimes the best of intensions fail, in hindsight the design of the 4077 blade set up the failure mode and the TAI inspection process was questionable at best. As an Engineer with over 50 years in and around the aviation world, I think all designs must ere on the side of conservative material properties and I have my doubts about the growing size of fan blades especially on two engine aircraft flying over long expanses of ocean

(Written on 2021年 04月 10日)(Permalink)

Yes, I know how deicing works at a airport When flying in known icing conditions, its common for a good cockpit crew to watch for ice buildup at all times until they advance power for take off roll, there is no excuse for not knowing if you have a potential problem with ice, just as there is not knowing if you have the correct amount of fuel on board. Many hours in a C-141 taught me to not trust others when I can do a preflight because its my ass that's going down if some ground crew screwed up.

(Written on 2021年 03月 05日)(Permalink)

That's what you get with a Second Officer kick the tires walk around, deicing is to important to just leave to just anyone to catch lucky here, remember the Air Florida Washington fiasco that didn't have to happen.

(Written on 2021年 03月 05日)(Permalink)

You may be right, I just think drinks should be limited, just one loud drunk can screw up the environment for others, I always used my D/C noise cancelling head phones on my overseas flights normally you have a 5 to 7 thousand ft cabin at cruise altitude correct?

(Written on 2021年 02月 19日)(Permalink)

Alcohol should not be served on flights, just as cigarettes' were banned years ago, if you want a drink, you can have one before you board or after you deplane, the risks outweigh the gains.

(Written on 2021年 02月 19日)(Permalink)

Things like this should never reach the level of requiring a AD but in this money eating CO-19 environment, I suspect lots of normal inspections are being ignored or dismissed as non flight safety critical especially on commuter level aircraft.

(Written on 2021年 01月 29日)(Permalink)

Ok, my mistake, this guy was a Biden staffer looking to see how the new President could kill off air travel to appease AOC and her Greenies. Biden got a good start this week " Helping " the American people by killing the XL pipeline, 11,000 jobs gone and prices at the pump going up while more money flows to OPEC, just the kind of " Help " Americans need. LOL

(Written on 2021年 01月 22日)(Permalink)

No good deed goes unpunished

(Written on 2021年 01月 22日)(Permalink)

He was a staffer for Nancy Pelosi who missed his connection to Washington

(Written on 2021年 01月 22日)(Permalink)