Two Aircraft Hit Again !

[Hope777]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Plane-strikes-another-at-RI-apf-3323082746.html?x=0&.v=1

 

[AstroLounge]

Seems to be WAY to Much of this nonsense going around at all the airlines lately. Obviously the penalties/repercussions are NOT serious enough to REALLY eliminate the problem. A light slap on the wrist is hardly enough when a WORST CASE SCENARIO could be a Major Disaster and loss of lives. Does anyone know, do the Screw-Ups get Time Off or Fired. Seems pretty much a Black and White issue here when it comes to safety. What seems to be The PROBLEM? (The Blame Game holds NO CREDIBILITY with Me.......so don't play that card!)

 

[usa1]

Slap on the wrist? Fire someone? The contract guys working the ramp are so poorly paid we are lucky to have them show up for work?

 

[Hope777]

Slap on the wrist? Fire someone? The contract guys working the ramp are so poorly paid we are lucky to have them show up for work?

Come on, Mickey D's makes more an Hour,then Most.......... We get the ones that cant get Hired There !

 

[Kneecaps]

Okay!

So today we cancelled 2 flights - 1 mainline 1 express with a total of around 140 passengers between them.

Now we have to ferry the airplanes out.

How much does that cost?

Good thing we're saving that extra $7 an hour that it takes to retain skilled workers. Man Tempe, you guys have some really good mathematical formulas over there.

 

[BuffaloJoe]

Man Tempe, you guys have some really good mathematical formulas over there.

As long as nobody cuts their fingers and toes off, its not going to change!

 

[Hope777]

looks as if the E170's wingtip hit the APU Door on the A321.

http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/04_103HQ.txt

 

[The Bagfather]

Seems to be WAY to Much of this nonsense going around at all the airlines lately. Obviously the penalties/repercussions are NOT serious enough to REALLY eliminate the problem. A light slap on the wrist is hardly enough when a WORST CASE SCENARIO could be a Major Disaster and loss of lives. Does anyone know, do the Screw-Ups get Time Off or Fired. Seems pretty much a Black and White issue here when it comes to safety. What seems to be The PROBLEM? (The Blame Game holds NO CREDIBILITY with Me.......so don't play that card!)

No one could play the blame game better than you just did but I'll give it a try. How bout firing
the whole station?

 

[usa1]

Fire who ever decided to pay $7's an hour for people to push multi-million dollar aircraft around, to de-ice in the winter, oversee safety and security issues on the ramps across America.... this is an industry issue not just US airways???

I think they top out at $9's an hour???

 

[wings396]

Fire who ever decided to pay $7's an hour for people to push multi-million dollar aircraft around, to de-ice in the winter, oversee safety and security issues on the ramps across America.... this is an industry issue not just US airways???

I think they top out at $9's an hour???

Following the outsourcing of the 20+ stations back in 2005, I was told that A/C damage from that time on went thru the roof. Most of the stations were outsourced in the April-June timeframe, and the numbers for the rest of that year were more than double compared to the full prior year. Save a few bucks, only to cost the company more in the end. The company is well aware of these issues, and they could care less as the bottom line costs are lower.

 

[BoeingBoy]

Does anyone know if there was another mainline aircraft damaged yesterday? I ask because yesterday's US Daily showed 6 aircraft damaged through Monday while today's issue shows 8 aircraft damaged through Tuesday. I'm just trying to determine if the "mainline" number includes Express aircraft damaged (the Express stats don't include aircraft damaged).

Jim

 

[birdstrike]

253 in CLT

 

[Piedmont1984]

Since we are touching on the subject, I'll offer the following.

Somedays it seems to me that CLT Ramp Control operates more as though they offer suggestions rather than controlling the ramp. It is often a free for all, with aircraft negotiating traffic ever which way. The other day we were cleared to taxi to our gate. We had to stop on our own twice - once for oncoming RJ traffic, and again for two pushbacks between us and our gate. Ramp control didn't have a clue.

An accident waiting to happen.

 

[Hope777]

Didnt see anything on 253. Is this WHY Flt 807 CLT-HNL is Delayed 6 Hours today ????

But yesterday a 737-400, 440 I Think,Blew the #2 Tire and I think there was some Minor Damage to a flap.

 

[BoeingBoy]

253 in CLT

Didnt see anything on 253....But yesterday a 737-400, 440 I Think,Blew the #2 Tire and I think there was some Minor Damage to a flap.

Thanks - either way it looks like the US Daily mainline A/C damage stats are only for mainline.

Jim