The link really isn't working for me. I never worked the Fokker 100, but a lot of aircraft have the ELT antenna on the top, rear of the fuselage, usually a blade style antenna. Other antennas on top would be a VHF, usually towards the front that is blade type with a trailing round portion at the top...
Jump to postI always preferred the 145 over the -200. I worked for ExpressJet for many many years and for a while we had both flavors. From the maintenance side, the 145 was hands down a better airplane. The airframe systems were simpler and the avionics were more advanced. It was designed from the beginning fo...
Jump to postYes cargo operators care about gate size. Companies like FedEx and UPS have gates designed very close together to maximize the space available, especially at hubs and larger bases. These gate often times have teather boxes which house the hooks for the anti-tip teathers, so changing a gate would req...
Jump to postE145 has two screws, but it all one unit. Either motor can run both screws if needed.
Jump to postTraining was to look for the window. Door with a window means conventional door, no window means airstairs. Trans States was a mess for a bunch of different reasons though, their procedures and equipment was always different from the other 145 operators. Did the E145 ever fly as UAX or was it after...
Jump to postSo if the outboard ailerons are locked out during high speed cruise, I guess the 747 I was on was in the approach phase if I was seeing those move since they wouldn't move during cruise. I still can't quite see why the DC-10 showed less aileron and speed brake movement during the approach. I only f...
Jump to postLess airspeed requires greater deflection of the flight control surfaces. Some, like the 10-10 and 10-30, have an inboard and an outboard aileron. The inboard is an "all speed" aileron that is always active and the outboard is only active at lower speeds. So there is a lot more movement, i...
Jump to postLike what was said before, all airplanes have the good and the bad. I enjoyed the E145, the ATR, A300 and 757/767. Don't have very many good memories from working on the CRJ200 but the 700/900 was better. Didn't like the E120. The MD10/11 are a mixed bag. The 10's aren't bad except for the #2 engine...
Jump to postSince it's a 65-88 seater that puts it right in the regional range so I guess SkyWest will operate them. Can't pay top wages to pilot flying a jet with 70 seats.
Jump to postIts been a long time since I worked the 320s, but the 300/310 and others (Boeing, MD etc..) will start on GPU, if the GPU can handle the amp draw. We have one GPU that will start the APU without the batteries, but it isn't happy about it and the other GPUs we have can't provide enough amps and the a...
Jump to postI would imagine that they did not have any kinda of vendor agreement in place. Without AA being an approved vendor the is no way for them to transfer the part legally, at least not quickly. Every part has to have a paper trail to satisfy the FAA requirements. Personally, I had an AA aircraft on a we...
Jump to postMost of the time it is the operators GMM (General Maintenance Manual) that will specify conditions where a test flight is required beyond anything called out in the AMM (Aircraft Maintenance Manual). The AMM usually has very few, if any requirements for a flight. Some will have certain calibration f...
Jump to postDon't suppose anybody has any information on the load they where carrying? Was it full? Did they have a bunch of voided positions? Just curious if there was the possibility of a shift in CG due to some of the cans coming loose in the turbulence. Shouldn't be a way for them to come loose, but nothing...
Jump to postYou can get a marked improvement in efficiency by going to a single engine, half the engines half the fuel, duh!
BTW its a joke for those of you whom have lost their online sense of humor. Oh, and a manual transmission is driving, automatic is riding.
Lost revenue is not counted directly in the cost of checks. Most operators, except around Thanksgiving and Christmas, plan on having planes in check all the time. They are usually scheduled into heavy mx "nose-to-tail", meaning when one is released the next is ready for induction. For exam...
Jump to postWhen I was working EMB-145s, the jet bridges would scratch the first window to the point that it would become hard to see through.
Jump to postYup, Skywest used legacy XJT and ASA to gain more profitable routs for Skywest while pushing all of the less profitable 50 seat routs onto XJT. I worked there for nearly 20 years and watched a great company be torn apart by Skywest. Every time we made progress or get close to being profitable we wo...
Jump to postYup, Skywest used legacy XJT and ASA to gain more profitable routs for Skywest while pushing all of the less profitable 50 seat routs onto XJT. I worked there for nearly 20 years and watched a great company be torn apart by Skywest. Every time we made progress or get close to being profitable we wou...
Jump to postCould be also, the air gets "squeezed" between the engine and fuselage if they are on top of the wing and can cause some drag and design consideration. I remember when the EMB-145 was being developed, one of the original designs had the engines on top of the wing. Basically, converting a E...
Jump to postWhen I was working for the regionals, we made up a lot of time on turns. The plane would come in 20-30 minutes late on a 45 minute turn and leave a few minutes early. Especially, when they were tankering fuel for short hops.
Jump to postSome planes, like the EMB-135/140/145 the wicks themselves are threaded on the end and screw into the base. The base however is basically, glued to the aircraft and is usually what gets blown of during a lighting strike or knocked off. They are easy to replace, but require cure time.
Jump to postYou would also need to make changes to other infrastructure that supports the flight. For example, currently when I go out to my plane to change a NAV light or other routine maintenance I use a lift truck to get to what I need, under your system I would need some sort of bridge system to perform mai...
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