Ronerone From Jordan, joined Aug 2004, 1541 posts, RR: 54 Posted (6 years 8 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2774 times:
Apart from the usual cleaning that aircraft recieve while on the ground in between flights, how often do they recieve a more thorough cleaning on average?
Once a week? twice maybe?
What is the procedure like and how long does it take?
Thanks
Roni
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AirTran737 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3639 posts, RR: 12 Reply 1, posted (6 years 8 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2763 times:
We clean our planes every night. There is a sheet that has about forty to fifty items that need to be accomplished, and verified before the night crew leaves. We clean the lavs, galleys, floors, walls, windows, seat back pockets, mirrors, hard surfaces, tray tables, and cockpit. In total it takes about 3 1/2 man hours to clean a 717, and about 4 man hours to clean a 737.
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EK413 From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 3898 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (6 years 8 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2679 times:
Its varies and depends what route the aircraft operates...For example the A333 aircraft that operates the QF123 SYD-DRW-BOM-SYD sector receives a deep clean once it returns to Sydney....Let me you this aircraft really,really stinks once it has operated this sector
Swissy From Switzerland, joined Jan 2005, 1734 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (6 years 8 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2596 times:
Quoting EK413 (Reply 2): Its varies and depends what route the aircraft operates...For example the A333 aircraft that operates the QF123 SYD-DRW-BOM-SYD sector receives a deep clean once it returns to Sydney....Let me you this aircraft really,really stinks once it has operated this sector
Agree 100%, based on my own experience, however each airline has different requirements and most of them get a light clean between flights and over night a more detailed clean and "once" in while a so called "deep groom" which is very time consuming as they basically clean the inside from top to bottom.
VgnAtl747 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 1492 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (6 years 8 months 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 2457 times:
On EV aircraft, there is a section that is "Deep Cleaned" on specific days of the week. Essencially, the Galley is concentrated on twice weekly, as is the Lav, and other areas are concentrated on once a week, such as the overhead bins, seat backs, etc.
Now this is entirely different from the OH cleaning policy (which takes about an hour longer to do every night), which includes doing all of these areas every night and actually hand scrubbing the cabin walls, etc.
Comair has really set the bar high on our cleaning standards- unfortunately we now only get EV aircraft in my station which generally are a pain to clean since the EV cleaning policy isn't exactly in-depth. We tend to do a hybrid of the two programs on our EV aircraft, going a bit beyond the EV program simply for customer service sake- nobody wants to get on an aircraft that hasn't been thoroughly cleaned- at least that's the way I look at it.
EK413 From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 3898 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (6 years 8 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2128 times:
Its varies and depends what route the aircraft OPERATED...For example the A333 aircraft WHICH operates the QF123 SYD-DRW-BOM-SYD sector receives a deep clean once it returns to Sydney....Let me TELL you this aircraft really,really stinks once it has operated this sector....
Sorry, I had to correct my self as it didnt make any sense after reading it!
ATLflyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 704 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 8 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2127 times:
I was on an evening Air Tran flight out of Atlanta a few weeks ago, and it was absolutely filthy. Underneath where the seat is bolted to the floor were crumbs, gum and candy, and small pieces of trash. It really looked like this area of the plane had never been cleaned. The plastic over the lights was a dark yellow/orange and made the cabin look dirty and old. I wrote Air Tran to tell them that this was not the first impression I was looking for and never received a response from them.
Dl1011 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 386 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (6 years 8 months 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2002 times:
1 certain airline that shall remain nameless, only cleans the exterior during heavy checks. The interiors are "cleaned" by a contract company. They usually manage to get all of the big pieces of trash but the little stuff under the seats and in the seat tracks are members of the frequent flier club.
If one needs to work under a seat, one ends up feeling scuzzy and in need of a shower.
6thfreedom From Bermuda, joined Sep 2004, 3265 posts, RR: 22 Reply 11, posted (6 years 8 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1810 times:
Quoting EK413 (Reply 2): Its varies and depends what route the aircraft operates...For example the A333 aircraft that operates the QF123 SYD-DRW-BOM-SYD sector receives a deep clean once it returns to Sydney....Let me you this aircraft really,really stinks once it has operated this sector
Is it the fact that the aircraft has operated to BOM, or are u just assuming this.
Could it be it gets cleaned after BOM simply due to aircraft rotation and ground time in SYD??
The flight departs at 1000 from SYD, and doesn't get back in til 1405.
If its next mission isn't til the following morning, that might explain the cleaning after the BOM flight.
Vulindlela744 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 517 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 8 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1778 times:
Airtran 737.....you are completely dreaming. As a f/a for the same airline I can assure you this 40 to 50 checklist thing is almost never done. I cannot begin to tell you how many mornings I have been on one of our a/c that has barely had the seatbelts crossed. And the galley being cleaned. Yeah....right. Don't think so. Sad but true.
EK413 From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 3898 posts, RR: 4 Reply 13, posted (6 years 8 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1660 times:
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Reply 11, posted Thu Sep 21 2006 01:55:09 UTC+2 and read 149 times:
Quoting EK413 (Reply 2):
Its varies and depends what route the aircraft operates...For example the A333 aircraft that operates the QF123 SYD-DRW-BOM-SYD sector receives a deep clean once it returns to Sydney....Let me you this aircraft really,really stinks once it has operated this sector
Is it the fact that the aircraft has operated to BOM, or are u just assuming this.
Could it be it gets cleaned after BOM simply due to aircraft rotation and ground time in SYD??
The flight departs at 1000 from SYD, and doesn't get back in til 1405.
If its next mission isn't til the following morning, that might explain the cleaning after the BOM flight.
Based on experience its due to the route the aircraft operates. . . Believe me no one enjoys servicing this aircraft once it returns to Sydney. . .
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