bristolflyer From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 2135 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 4435 times:
I'm sire they get their fair share of dust and grime from dirty fingers etc - how are they cleaned? I can't envisage a regular cleaning person being allowed in there with a damp cloth. FYI I'm talking about screens/switch panels etc.
oly720man From United Kingdom, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 6182 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 4371 times:
Things might have changed, but it's (or was) an engineer's job
KingairTA From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 445 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 4325 times:
Here's what we do with Navy C-130s and C-12s.
Window cleaner for the glass, stiff painbrush for getting all the dust and stuff off the panels and a vacuum for the floors.
B6JFKH81 From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2767 posts, RR: 7 Reply 3, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 4252 times:
For the DU's, Tech Ops and Flight Crews are provided with EFIS wipes to clean the screens. Info on those here:
KingFriday013 From United States of America, joined May 2007, 1277 posts, RR: 10 Reply 4, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 4140 times:
Quoting B6JFKH81 (Reply 3): For the DU's, Tech Ops and Flight Crews are provided with EFIS wipes to clean the screens. Info on those here:
(I typically carry a couple of these in my laptop bag too so I can clean my screen...I get lots of smudges LOL)
Very interesting! Are those for sale to the public as well? I use a tablet computer so my screen gets dirty very quickly; I could see these being very useful to carry around.
B6JFKH81 From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2767 posts, RR: 7 Reply 5, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 4130 times:
Quoting KingFriday013 (Reply 4): Very interesting! Are those for sale to the public as well? I use a tablet computer so my screen gets dirty very quickly; I could see these being very useful to carry around.
I don't see why you wouldn't be able to procure them. If I remember correctly from my "Stores" days, they come in quite a large case (for the pre-packed wet/dry towel combo...the cleaning product is also available in bottles which is a different story). The wet towel does dry out over time. Not sure how much it would cost to procure a small amount (1 case) at a time. I think the average cost is ~$60/case.
There is some interesting feedback on this site for tablet cleaning wipes:
N901WA From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 382 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 4024 times:
I know at Delta, The AMT's use to clean the Flight deck, but after we did the overnight work. As we got leaner we ended up cleaning the Flight deck less and less. So now they have a Cabin AMT's and ASM's that clean and fix the Cabin and Flight Deck at certain Line Stations and in ATL. They do a great job too. The first time I saw them replace the carpet in the Flight deck, I swore the carpet was the OEM and was as thin as a sheet of paper
DashTrash From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1314 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3799 times:
Never worked for an airline that cleaned up there. Most of the time we did it.
474218 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 6340 posts, RR: 10 Reply 9, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3793 times:
Cleaning up the flight station was he job of the "Flight Engineer". Now that they are gone, you can't expect the drivers to actually do manual labor, so it more than likely just doesn't get done.
PGNCS From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 2513 posts, RR: 45 Reply 10, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 3707 times:
Quoting 474218 (Reply 9): Cleaning up the flight station was he job of the "Flight Engineer". Now that they are gone, you can't expect the drivers to actually do manual labor, so it more than likely just doesn't get done.
Oh, what are you talking about? The most important FO preflight duty is getting us a trashbag!
vc10 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 1381 posts, RR: 17 Reply 12, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3653 times:
Quoting 474218 (Reply 9): Cleaning up the flight station was he job of the "Flight Engineer". Now that they are gone, you can't expect the drivers to actually do manual labor, so it more than likely just doesn't get done.
Not in any airline that I worked for , instead everybody picked up a sick bag and put their rubbish in them. During flight a damp flannel was used by crew members to clean old round dials and dirty panels
Now back in the days of Navigators with periscope sextant mounts, one of the crew realized that the opening for the sextant was the same size as a vacuum cleaner pipe, so on the next trip he brought a pipe with him and during the descent when the diff pressure had reduced somewhat, he connected the pipe to the sextant mount, opened the valve and he had a very good vacuum cleaner with which he cleaned the flight deck and all the dust went overboard
Now as the story goes it was all OK and considered quite a good idea until it was tried with too much diff pressure and apparently the rubber liner on the inside of the tube was sucked out and flapped about on the outside skin of the aircraft.
The solution was to get rid of Navigators and you all thought they went because INS had come along
phunc From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2011, 63 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 14 hours ago) and read 3483 times:
We used to have glass cleaner wipes but now, nothing! Alot of crew bring their own wet wipes in (KFC branded) or they'll use a "hot towel" from the cabin. I know one chap carries a paint brush with him and brushes down the MCDU and all the surfaces. (just moves the dust around)
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58 Reply 14, posted (2 years 2 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 3210 times:
Out here its Mx that handles cleaning of the flight deck too.
Its normally Vacuum cleaned under Mx supervision & then a Disinfectant is applied with cheesecloth over the Instruments & controls.
regds
MEL.
phunc From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2011, 63 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (2 years 2 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3008 times:
Probably shouldn't say this but I've been told the best way to clean a flight deck of all dust etc...is to have a rapid decompression up in the cruise. Not ideal but I'm certain it'l clean the dirt out of those heard to reach areas.
413X3 From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 1983 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (2 years 2 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 2930 times:
Quoting 474218 (Reply 9): Now that they are gone, you can't expect the drivers to actually do manual labor, so it more than likely just doesn't get done.
KingairTA From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 445 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (2 years 2 months 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 2763 times:
Quoting vc10 (Reply 12): Now back in the days of Navigators with periscope sextant mounts, one of the crew realized that the opening for the sextant was the same size as a vacuum cleaner pipe, so on the next trip he brought a pipe with him and during the descent when the diff pressure had reduced somewhat, he connected the pipe to the sextant mount, opened the valve and he had a very good vacuum cleaner with which he cleaned the flight deck and all the dust went overboard
In our Herc's we had a hose that would slip onto an overboard vent. We used the differential pressure to vacuum while in flight. The hose had a nice container in it to catch the larger stuff so only the dust went overboard.
loggat From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 660 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (2 years 2 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2378 times:
I'm pretty sure ours might get cleaned on C checks. That's the impression I get every time I get into one of planes. Pilots are slobs, but we also don't have the time and tools to clean the floors and seat cushions.
There are 3 types of people in this world, those that can count, and those that can't.
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58 Reply 21, posted (2 years 2 months 1 day ago) and read 2277 times:
Quoting buckfifty (Reply 19):
Nevermind the stuff that goes on in the cabin, I have many many stories pertaining to that...
Discovering Gold rings,chains,cellphone are some of the interesting discoveries......Including a Bucking bar once.
Hopefully the returned items reached the rightfull owners.
regds
MEL.
type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4344 posts, RR: 20 Reply 22, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1859 times:
Nothing like getting into your seat and finding that the control column and armrests feel like somebody just finished a KFC dinner and wiped their hands on them. Doesn't anybody wash their hands after eating these days?
Fly North Central Airlines..The route of the Northliners!
Confuscius From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 3633 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1855 times:
A not too practical way but maybe effective is sudden decompression.
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