Acft 703

[AOG-N-IT]

somewhere in the mtc data base is a catagory titled... active fleet...giving all
current tail nmbrs and status.
It shouldn t be to difficult to get a hard count.
This is from memory...someone help me out please.

allegheny1,,

It is exactly that simple. I will not provide the data entry moves on an open forum....but I have followed the flow and examined this transaction in Merlin closely...then you must run an "Out of Service" report in Sabre.

Trust me here...The short term and long term findings....regardless of Chips mention of some returning Acft , will keep us below the fleet minimum of 279.

My figures do allow the factoring in of Acft in both CLT and PIT Base (Heavy) Maintenance which is factored in to the agreement figures


From an operations standpoint...B757's may be slow to return from heavy maintenance for a few reasons.

(1) Continuation of Wing to Engine Pylon modifications.
(2) Short Staffed Work Crews...especially weekends/nights
(3) A recent need to perform Elevator End Play checks on Active B757's on RON's

Regarding item 3...CLT will perform this over the course of the next 13 nights. Tonight Bay 5 of CLT Heavy's whopping 3 man crew were taken off their assigned Acft of 608 in bay 5..to perform this check on 619AU outside the hangar....again we suffer at the hands of draconian measures leveled at labor...but heck it''s only a B757 right???

 

[AOG-N-IT]

Here's the status of the so-called stored Acft.

Note...They are stored but not in U's contractual control. They are in fact "free market bait" for anyone with the credit and desire to pick them up.

Aircraft 101US was returned to Finova on 4/11/03 to GYR
Aircraft 706US was returned to Finova on 4/11/03 to GYR
Aircraft 707UW was returned to Finova on 5/30/03 to GYR
Aircraft 726US was returned to State Street Bank on 4/10/03 to GYR
Aircraft 728UW was returned to Finova on 4/9/03 to GYR
Aircraft 729US was returned to Finova on 4/10/03 to GYR

Looks like more holes in the Munn doctrine to me !!! 😀


BTW...Should 706 or 707 be returned via a re-negotiation of leases with FINOVA ? Un-less FINOVA had the S-Checks performed while in it's control at GYR?...they will in fact add to the S-Check backlog in time....sitting it out for awhile has bought them some time in use...but the facts remain.

Survey says we are tripping over dollars in attempts to pick-up dimes as usual.

 

[robbedagain]

Why does the B-757 have to have a wire check thing with the engine pylon unit?
And do any other aircraft have to go thru that too?

 

[Rob]

It seems plain that US is running a couple of planes under the magic number 279. Is anybody (i.e. ALPA) prepared to do anything about it?

Probably not is my guess. Are they waiting while the appeal is pending? Maybe waiting for the end of a quarter? Or just waiting?

 

[FlyingHippie]

Hi all, I am new to this board, I have read some of these threads, I like this one, good postings AOG, I have one question, why does Chip Munn not respond to a posting when it seems it contradicts what he says?

You don't want to even know. Suffice it to say, if they keep parking these Airbus planes Chip won't be flying very much which leads me to believe that we'll have Chip overload on these forums. Is that good or bad? Who knows?

 

[E-TRONS]

Why does the B-757 have to have a wire check thing with the engine pylon unit?
And do any other aircraft have to go thru that too?

Would you please elaborate on the wire check thing you speak of???

 

[insp89]

It seems plain that US is running a couple of planes under the magic number 279. Is anybody (i.e. ALPA) prepared to do anything about it?

Probably not is my guess. Are they waiting while the appeal is pending? Maybe waiting for the end of a quarter? Or just waiting?

I was under the impression that the company is contractually [ ALPA ] able to take the main line fleet down to 245 aircraft.. Can anyone confirm or deny this for me ???

 

[robbedagain]

actually meant to ask about why is the b-757 wing/pylon different from other
aircraft? I didnt mean to ask about the wiring thing.

 

[AOG-N-IT]

actually meant to ask about why is the b-757 wing/pylon different from other
aircraft? I didnt mean to ask about the wiring thing.

The pylon on a B757 is as unique to it as an A330's pylon is unique to it's own design. Furthermore a pylon on our B757's with the Rolls-Royce RB21-535E4's are entirely different from a B757 using a Pratt and Whitney or GE engine. This is not a generic one size fits all situation. The Airbus fleet we have is as unique in this respect with the CFM Engine as opposed to the CFM equipped B737-300/400's we fly.

The pylons were being found to show some signs of fatigue so an AD (Air Worthiness Directive was established to correct these potential flaws. This does not differ from any other Acft flying in history...they will all show their pown unique weaknesses in some regard or another..and are dealt with acordingly.

Should you ever have the opprotunity to tour the CLT hangar? You will see a few examples of the pylon mods taking place. The mod does not only bring the pylon back to new condition...it will in fact exceed those standards that led t this need to begin with. The folks in that shop do some very fine work.

 

[PITbull]

insp89,

Management can only take the fleet down to 245 if there is a "force Majeure".

Job action; war event; recall of certain type aircraft etc.. are examples of force majeure triggering events.

 

[USA320Pilot]

AOG:

I do not readily have access to maintenance records, however, I do not doubt your information.

Today the company published the February pilot bid and it's based on 279 aircraft and the required block hours.

Regards,

Chip

 

[AOG-N-IT]

AOG:

I do not readily have access to maintenance records, however, I do not doubt your information.

Today the company published the February pilot bid and it's based on 279 aircraft and the required block hours.

Regards,

Chip

Chip...the rumored returns of 101 , 706 and 707 will get us back to flush for the moment on paper...but as we know , more narrow bodies are going to tank on time for the S-Checks.

Until rumors of returning acft become fact? The 279 level is simply not achievable at the current rate of burn.

Again....the status of the A319/320 Acft that are timing out for the S-Checks is not within the spirit of the agreed upon fleet.

The mumbo jumbo about inclusive of spares and acft in maintenance in reagrd to fleet count does not flush out.

These acft are in a state of management controlled purgatory...should they wise up and drop their appeals against the IAM ?..and allow OUR WORK to begin on them ? Then they would be "In-Maintenance" in thought , word and deed.

They cannot be termed as any part of being "Inclussive of Spares" Spares denotes a turn-key Acft that you yourself can fly revenued when tasked to do so...701 / 702 and 703 do not qualify as such by FAA mandated maintenance requirements that U management baulks at allowing us to do by our contract.


Somewhere and at somepoint we are going to need another 6 Acft to round out the fleet as others drop from legally useable status.

The Feb 2004 can reflect whatever they desire it to reflect ? yet the math on fleet size/count is beyond dispute unless you or they can produce what's missing presently and futuristically without a major change of managements position on the subject of the airbus work.