HP 757's Perpetual Maintanance

[soc-hpjester]

Yes, and 196 was an airbus, thank goodness.

 

[delta777]

Point taken: at least it was better to reduce the load as oppossed to cancelling the flight. It would have taken hours for the parts to come from PHX. All connections were rebooked by the HP team at the gate.

Don't you mean all connections were made by the LCC team? I thought HP was no more.

 

[BuffaloJoe]

Point taken: at least it was better to reduce the load as oppossed to cancelling the flight. It would have taken hours for the parts to come from PHX. All connections were rebooked by the HP team at the gate.

Can't the part come from PIT,CLT or PHL?

 

[soc-hpjester]

Nope, very hard to get 757 parts on the east coast.

 

[twoturnin]

Well I worked an east 757 last night. The first one with the winglets and I don't think ANYTHING worked on that damn thing. One of the most horrible I have been on in some time. I sure hope they are going to do MORE than just put the envoy seats in. That baby needs a serious overhaul inside. I know it was going in for maintenance last night after we got off in CLT.

Hmmmmmm guess I need to look at that thing a little closer on pre-flight----ex A/C 632 with winglets---updated FMC---HF'S -- Heavy GTOW configuration--only 7 will get winglets---flew the CLT RNAV depart on 36R as a test with TRACON and all worked great !

 

[Jetsetter2Ord]

Many of the West 757s are from Eastern Airlines.
Amazing that we are flying these old birds across the Pacific over to Hawaii on a daily basis!

I worked on one my last trip they took our good plane (ac 904) to give to the KOA flight that did a turn back due to hydrallic leak and had to burn fuel for 3hrs (ac 901 Arizona flag paintjob)

Our FLL flight was scheduled for a 3pm departure...we left at 730pm because we had to await the DCA flight to arrive back in PHX so we would have a working aircraft to take.

Reason we were short 2 - 757s since 2 of them were over in the islands broken down. Parts for them were on the ac that returned to PHX.

Interesting the aircraft we took (ac 913) had in inop video system..so no movie. Outbound flight 2days later. (Ac905)..no working video system so two aircraft with broken movie system again!

What an embarrassement...long haul and no movie.

I think another poster is right...we were known as America Worst back in 2000, seems we are repeating that year with the NEW US Airways!

 

[Itestwell]

I think another poster is right...we were known as America Worst back in 2000, seems we are repeating that year with the NEW US Airways!

That post just gave me indigestion. What the &$$& is going on????

 

[JMM]

Our 75's suck butt big time. When I got to the islands to relax, I take Hawaiian because they have newer, cleaner, widebodies and still feed you in cattle class and actually treat you like a person.....

I pick up 75 trips on occassion and everyone I have picked up has been canceled and I have gotten paid for the trip .... very nice. We need new freakin planes!!!!!

 

[soc-hpjester]

Yes, as long as we don't get 340's or 330's. 767's would be good.

 

[700UW]

East has plenty of 757 parts on the east coast the do operate over 20 of them with plenty of spare parts, guess no one thought to check with US/East MTC Control on parts availability.

East has the first 757s ever produced, they came from EA.

 

[700AW]

East has plenty of 757 parts on the east coast the do operate over 20 of them with plenty of spare parts, guess no one thought to check with US/East MTC Control on parts availability.

East has the first 757s ever produced, they came from EA.

maybe they did, maybe they were out... do we really know if the exact part(s) needed were on hand anywhere???

 

[Travelpro72]

Hmmmmmm guess I need to look at that thing a little closer on pre-flight----ex A/C 632 with winglets---updated FMC---HF'S -- Heavy GTOW configuration--only 7 will get winglets---flew the CLT RNAV depart on 36R as a test with TRACON and all worked great !

Oh it flew great it was everything in the cabin that was falling apart.

 

[700AW]

here are the hp birds

http://www.psa-history.org/awa/757.php

 

[Travelpro72]

There are only 20 east 757's now?

 

[soc-hpjester]

Usually its a part number compatabilty issue from what AOG says.
Today is a good mx day, no 757 OOS.