Us71 Snn/phl 8/15

[LGA / 037]

An M.E.L. on the L2 slide for US71 Acft 649 caused Rows 22-30 to be blocked causing the denial and reroute of 60 customers in SNN 8/15. Ther customers were put on EI132 SNN/DUB with a connection again on EI204 DUB/MAN to connect with US197 MAN/PHL.

 

[a320av8r]

SO?

 

[robbedagain]

how much money was lost due to the inconvience and was this really a legal way to fly or should they have fixed the plane's slide?

 

[a320av8r]

It was better than canceling the flight and yes, according to the MEL it was legal.
You can't ground an airplane for days when you can fly it to a maint. base and fix it.
Look at the big picture.

 

[AP Tech]

Cheaper to do that rather than ferry an empty aircraft to Clt or Phl for repair. U has very little spare parts on hand compared to before. Slide shop was closed and farmed out so who knows.......repaired slides may be COD only?

 

[hharotz]

It was better than canceling the flight and yes, according to the MEL it was legal.
You can't ground an airplane for days when you can fly it to a maint. base and fix it.
Look at the big picture.

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It sounds crazy, but when the #### hits the fan and situations like these happen, then IMO it is easier from an ATO agent's perspecitve to have an outright cancellation. Explaining to 1/3rd of the flight why they are being refused transportation is no easy task...it is also something that sounds very disturbing to the pax who actually are travelling on the flight. Give me a full cancellation any day to work over having to deal with a mess like this.

But I presume that it was cheaper to RR the 60 pax then to pay out compensation to the entire aircraft under the new EU guidelines....

 

[Revolutions]

What the heck is a M.E.L????

 

[pitguy]

Minimum Equipment List.

It allows air operators to defer maintenance on specific items on an aircraft and has been approved by the FAA.

 

[700UW]

When US had its own slide shop we did not have this problem, another wonderful thing caused by outsourcing.

 

[justaumechanic]

I have to agree with 700. Not having the parts to fix the problem is a big issue. Now that all the shops are gone the company is at the mercy of the vendors who place US Airways just above PanAm on who's part gets fixed first.

You have 10 767 slides come in, 2 from American, 2 from Continental, 2 from
UPS, 2 from Delta, 1 from United and 1 from US Airways..

Who's slide do you think they work on first?

My money is on the company that will give them money on time with no threat of non payment for services..

US would be last on that list.

Guess what folks.. That part is NIS! (not in stock) We already robbed all the slides from the aircraft sitting at the vendor for heavy check... Can't buy one because we have no money, can't get one because the vendor does not trust us and can't borrow one because the other carriers don't believe we will give it back.

 

[a320av8r]

We had a shop in SNN?

 

[700UW]

The slide shop was in CLT, third floor of the hangar. They were overhauled and serviced inhouse and readily available, I am surprised we did not have one in SNN, that is a standard rotable to stock.

 

[Kev3188]

The slide shop was in CLT, third floor of the hangar. They were overhauled and serviced inhouse and readily available, I am surprised we did not have one in SNN, that is a standard rotable to stock.

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Really? Even overseas? At any given European station, how much/many parts do you guys normally have on hand?

 

[700UW]

Every foreign station has a limited supply of parts, things necessary to maintain the ETOPS of the a/c, slides, batteries, wheels, brakes, and common used everyday things as a/c engine oil is even shipped from the US to the international destinations in order to have them on hand.

 

[real world]

When US had its own slide shop we did not have this problem, another wonderful thing caused by outsourcing.

[post="288590"][/post]​

That is BS