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While you where sleeping pt3

Postby expat » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:18 pm

Got a call Tuesday morning and was asked told that I have to drive to Munich to change an engine on an A320 that night. Here are a few pictures of what a 19 hour shift looks like :-?

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Cross dressing
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This should be, "Whilst you where having breakfast"
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And this should be"Whilst you where having your evening meal/tea"
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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.
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby beaky » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:30 pm

Fascinating. I'd never realized that the bypass section is actually part of the clamp assembly that holds the engine in place (on that model, anyway)... smart.

Looks like an honest days' work...  ;D
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby eno » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:32 pm

I just hope you weren't left with a small box of left over bits at the end of the shift  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby expat » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:46 pm

Fascinating. I'd never realized that the bypass section is actually part of the clamp assembly that holds the engine in place (on that model, anyway)... smart.

Looks like an honest days' work...  ;D



What is harder to realise and it gets me every time I have to think about it, is that the bypass is also the thrust reverse unit and the outer slides back to expose the cascades and blocker doors. As for an honest days work, I will have to decline to answer that one ;)



I just hope you weren't left with a small box of left over bits at the end of the shift  ;D ;D ;D


May I also decline from having to answer that question too please :-/

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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.
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby eno » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:50 pm

I just hope you weren't left with a small box of left over bits at the end of the shift  ;D ;D ;D


May I decline from having to answer that question please :-/

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I'll avoid flying Air Berlin in the future then  :-/ :-/ :-/ ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby expat » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:59 pm

I just hope you weren't left with a small box of left over bits at the end of the shift  ;D ;D ;D


May I decline from having to answer that question please :-/

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I'll avoid flying Air Berlin in the future then  :-/ :-/ :-/ ;D ;D ;D ;D



No worries eno, stores always send far to much. I had enough left over to change half the second engine :o

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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby eno » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:06 pm

Matt ....thank you for your informative reply ....... I still won't be flying Air Berlin .... cos I don't live near one of their hubs  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby expat » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:19 pm

;D ;D
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby ATI_7500 » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:14 pm

Bummer, Air Berlin flies into EDDV regularly. :o


At least I could watch from my window if one fell out of the sky (on approach into 27L/R).  :o Image
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby Stubbedtoe18 » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:23 pm

this is what I want to do when I get older ;D
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby Rifleman » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:21 am

How many guys on the team ?......I'm sure it would take more than one person to do the entire job in short time....... :-?
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby Fly2e » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:21 am

Great shots!!
Very interesting & thanks for sharing!!

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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby expat » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:18 pm

How many guys on the team ?......I'm sure it would take more than one person to do the entire job in short time....... :-?



8 guys on the day shift and 4 on the night shift. The night shift (me) did the cross dressing and pylon inspection and positioning the engine, does not sound like much, but it is. Then after sleeping a few hours we joined the day shift for the run to the finish. Normally if it was "at home", 5 guys per shift would work the engine, MUC was a quickie.
Another reason it took so long, was that this Air Bus has a V2500 engine and not a CFM56. The 56 can be changed by 3 people, the V2500 is a pig from start to finsh.

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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby eno » Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:04 pm

How many guys on the team ?......I'm sure it would take more than one person to do the entire job in short time....... :-?
The night shift (me) did the cross dressing

Another reason it took so long, was that this dress was  a V2500  and not a CFM56. The 56 can be changed by 3 people, the V2500 is a pig from start to finsh.

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Ahhhh the stockings and suspender belt ment you needed a bit of help ....... and you needed more help because the V2500 buttons  up the back .... as opposed to the CMF56 dress buttoning up the front.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: While you where sleeping pt3

Postby expat » Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:35 am

How many guys on the team ?......I'm sure it would take more than one person to do the entire job in short time....... :-?
The night shift (me) did the cross dressing

Another reason it took so long, was that this dress was  a V2500  and not a CFM56. The 56 can be changed by 3 people, the V2500 is a pig from start to finsh.

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Ahhhh the stockings and suspender belt ment you needed a bit of help ....... and you needed more help because the V2500 buttons  up the back .... as opposed to the CMF56 dress buttoning up the front.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Na, CFM56 has a nice zip ;D

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PS Oh how quick an innocuous (cross dressing) remark can change the whole direction of a thread ;D
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