AFW FIASCO AT BAY 4

[FWAAA]

So, is it fixable or is the airplane a writeoff?

 

[MCI transplant]

So, is it fixable or is the airplane a writeoff?

<_< ----- Hackman says they're going to fix it at AFW!!! :huh: "It'll be good as, or better than new !"----- :unsure:

 

[nyc6035]

To be fair- It was I believe a faulty turbine disk that exploded at high power. Nothing the mechanics did caused the engine to fail. In fact, they did an excellent job keeping the aircraft from fully burning to the ground.

That sounds right. I did not mean to suggest mechanics were at fault for the loss of the aircraft.

 

[FWAAA]

msnbc picked up the story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32123827#32123827

 

[MCI transplant]

<_< ------- So what's the latest Hackman? -------- Engineering decided how to fix it yet? Or they still scratching their heads? :huh: Or waiting for Marketing to tell them what to do?

 

[eolesen]

Don't laugh, but waiting for marketing is entirely possible here. If demand between now and the first 787 deliveries is going to continue to suck, it could very well be a stronger business case to take the insurance money and part it out, especially if it's got a high residual value.

Fixing it "just because" is something QF did when they put a 747 into the golf course next to the BKK airport. They spent more than the write-off value repairing it, in part due to the "Rain Man" image of not having had a hull loss in modern times. AA unfortunately can't make that claim.

 

[MCI transplant]

<_< ----- Taking the Insurance money and running with it is always an option. But 140 million $$ isn't exactly chump change. Plus lost revenue for time out of service, and one less 767 to work for you! ------ If AA's Insurance works anything like mine, and it just might not, if they due take the money, their rates just might go up!!!! Or even risk being drooped like a hot potato! ------- MCIE rebuilt the front end of ORD's "Aw Sh%t!" MD80, they probably could do the same with this Aircraft!----- But than again, Hackman says they can repair it "just as good, or better than new", so maybe AA should give them a chance to do just that! :unsure:

 

[DFWTWU]

A new take on this from NBC5 at DFW.........

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Mechanics...d-Jet-Oops.html

 

[captianamerica]

Now I wonder why AA allowed the news to get on base and cover this??? More public PR to use against us "overpaid" mech's huh??

A new take on this from NBC5 at DFW.........

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Mechanics...d-Jet-Oops.html

 

[Strake]

Now I wonder why AA allowed the news to get on base and cover this??? More public PR to use against us "overpaid" mech's huh??

PR against them too. The pictures clearly show where mangament is running this company.

 

[eolesen]

Now I wonder why AA allowed the news to get on base and cover this??? More public PR to use against us "overpaid" mech's huh??

Uh, who said AA allowed the media on the base? The "new take" on the story looks a lot like what I've seen discussed on the web first. Did it ever occur to you that the media is using this and other discussion boards to build their story?...

I like their so-called "safety expert" claiming people will lose their jobs. In all the aircraft damages I've seen over the past 20 years, I have seen only one person fired, and they were an agent on probation (drove a stair truck into a 767 aileron).

Have employees been reprimanded? Yep. Written up? Absolutely. Downgraded or demoted? Seen that, too. (supervisor @ ORD met an aircraft, forgot to set the autoleveler, and the door got jammed beyond repair...)

Funny it's "where management is taking this" when management wasn't even involved... at worst, two union employees at fault -- the one who didn't pin the gear, and the one who pulled the gear without double checking that it was safe to do so.

But please do keep trying to make this something that management is trying to spin in their favor. Really.

 

[aamechntx]

If you watch the story again you can clearly see that the pictures were taken by mechanics on duty. They were all still photos. Easily emailed to the news sites and blogs like this one. I got pictures of the incident emailed to me about 15 minutes after it happened.

 

[aamechntx]

I am retracting the last post. I had some bad info from a crew chief.

Moderator note:
I helped you out & deleted the last post.

 

[700UW]

Any update?

 

[Rogallo]

All involved promoted to management...FUMU...