by expat » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:46 pm
Or how about suing Air France maintenance for leaving out a spacer assembly that held the front two wheel assemblies straight and apart so that they would not shake themselves to death under acceleration (shopping trolley principle). A spacer that was found on the shelf in the hanger and missing from the recovered landing gear. It was found by the UK team investigating the accident, but the French did not want to know. As for a small strip of metal on the runway, sorry I don't buy it as the reason. In fact anyone who wants to try and cut a main wheel tyre, come down to my hanger and I will supply the axe for you to try.
However whist we are on a roll, how about suing Air France's training department. The flight engineer who shut down the engine without authority of the pilot some 20kts below a safe handling speed for two engines, that can be clearly head on the cockpit tapes. Or how about taking off with a tail wind of 15 kts and 2 tons over weight. All available to see in black and white in the accident report...........but which the French say played no part in the accident. Sorry, did we forget to also mention that at the time Air France was being privatised.
Matt
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals.
B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
