http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/a...h-missing.html Read some of the emails below the pictures.
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Originally posted by SGTDThats what happens when you divert your money away from maintence. It happens and that FA is really stupid " I will never fly with him again he risked my life", shut up and give me a soda, and let the pilot fly the damn plane.
As for the FA...she should be fired plain and simple. She's acting as an agent for the company spreading unfounded rubbish that's simply not true. If AA sacked her it would be of her own doing. Let the professionals do their job and investigate why this took place and then lay blame where it truly belongs.
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Originally posted by tommyalfWhat proof do you have that this is because money was diverted away from MX? Only three weeks ago a US Air 757 lost a panel. These things are machines and this stuff happens. I'm rather confident in AA's ability to maintain its fleet of aircraft. The last thing an airline the size of AA needs right now is to be caught taking shortcuts on MX and have it lead to an accident.
As for the FA...she should be fired plain and simple. She's acting as an agent for the company spreading unfounded rubbish that's simply not true. If AA sacked her it would be of her own doing. Let the professionals do their job and investigate why this took place and then lay blame where it truly belongs.
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Originally posted by SGTDGotcha I understand that these are machines, but more and more of this has happened in the past few years I dont blame the MX, but rather blame the higher ups for trying to do too much with too little......
The panel shown in the picture was not a structual panel, nothing more to help airflow. This flight lost a couple miles to the gallon in fuel costs because it was missing.-Not an Airbus or Boeing guy here.
-20 year veteran on the USN Lockheed P-3 Orion.
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Originally posted by cegro27Well, exactly what part of her story is untrue?...The part about feeling like her life was being put in jeopardy, or about there being a big hole in the bottom of the plane...or maybe the part about the captain continuing on with the flight, or that he/she wasn't asked to contribute to an incident report? Look, this person is entitled to having an opinion, it's not like they blasted the airline all over the tv news and in every major newspaper in the country.
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Originally posted by tommyalfWho said the story was untrue? However I do not feel an FA has the proper training nor authority over a Capt and the FO. The Capt and the FO according to reports followed the SOP and made a decision to continue on with the flight. Simply because the FA's panties got a bit ruffled is no cause to turn a plane around.
And besides looking good, taking crap, and serving drinks and snacks, F/As are able (and trained) to be alert for any safety related concerns that may pop up, in which the flgiht deck crew may not be aware of. As you stated, aircraft are machines, and that loud noise could've easily been something more serious that would'nt have alerted the pilots, had an F/A not been vigilant enough to report it. It should've been treated as such by the Captain.
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In the absence of alarms or alerts and flight handling issues, the captain probably looked in the maintenace log and saw that work was performed in that bay and figured, at worse, the panel ripped off. My money says Maintenance Control had a borrowed panel waiting for the aircraft. It only takes the two forward latches to be improperly latched before a panel like that becomes an air scoop.
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