Passenger revolt...
I think it would have made better PR to just fly it to a maintenance base empty.
I think it would have made better PR to just fly it to a maintenance base empty.
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Better to fly it home empty...
- Thread starter Flugelman
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Your link is goofed up.
Unfriggen believable.
ORM - Learn it, Love it, Live it. Assuming risk like this in civilian flying is completely unacceptable. Under most circumstances, I'd say the absolute same for military flying. Unless you're saving lives or taking lives, there is no reason to do something as foolish as what the company wanted.
Disclaimer: The above opinion is from someone who's never worked the civvie side of the house.
ORM - Learn it, Love it, Live it. Assuming risk like this in civilian flying is completely unacceptable. Under most circumstances, I'd say the absolute same for military flying. Unless you're saving lives or taking lives, there is no reason to do something as foolish as what the company wanted.
Disclaimer: The above opinion is from someone who's never worked the civvie side of the house.
Actually ... it's totally believable.
We're not talkin' airlines here as we've come to know them, we're talkin' SriLankan "Airlines" -- BIG difference.
Winglet
The missing winglet is allowed to be missing for several aircraft types.
Ofcourse there should be a damage assessment for structural damage to the wing, but the winglet itself gives only a fuel penalty according the dispatch deficience guide (DDG). The component defeciency guide (CDL) will express how much penalty will be taken in account.
Ofcourse it's a poor show to the pax but there are more things at stake here. Ferrying a fully operational aircraft for non-tech reasons like this will be hard to except for a company's operations control.
If there is no reason to ground the aircraft, the technical dept will release the airplane for further flight. With such big damages, the Engineering dept of the company and the manufacterer will be involved in that decision as well, never a call from one Aircraft Maitenance Technician on the ramp.
The missing winglet is allowed to be missing for several aircraft types.
Ofcourse there should be a damage assessment for structural damage to the wing, but the winglet itself gives only a fuel penalty according the dispatch deficience guide (DDG). The component defeciency guide (CDL) will express how much penalty will be taken in account.
Ofcourse it's a poor show to the pax but there are more things at stake here. Ferrying a fully operational aircraft for non-tech reasons like this will be hard to except for a company's operations control.
If there is no reason to ground the aircraft, the technical dept will release the airplane for further flight. With such big damages, the Engineering dept of the company and the manufacterer will be involved in that decision as well, never a call from one Aircraft Maitenance Technician on the ramp.