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Shit that happens with Airlines, thread

mykel

closer to Periwinkle
Apr 19, 2013
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Bush pilots are a whole different breed. :eek:
I am constantly amazed what they can do with takeoffs and landings.

 
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Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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Sleazattle
Fewer parts that can fail. Simplicity is reliability.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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Sleazattle
Preflight(s). Plural. That's not just some n00b FO missing a loose screw. Depending on how long the bodies have been up there, it might be dozens of flights. That's not an individual failure, that's an institutional failure.

How many service checks do you think it had?

FOD

Foreign Object Decomposing

Especially bad considering that when at altitude the bodies were getting freeze dried so decomposition would be significantly slowed.
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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Riding past the morgue.
How could bag throwers/etc not smell it? Jet fuel overpowering it?

I guess that’s part of Westy’s answer, makes sense.
There are no smells on the ramp except exhaust, jet fuel, and maybe some glycol in the winter. The gear bay would probably have a whiff of skydrol mixed in. It would have to be BAD to be noticeable.