Originally Posted by
BeatNavy
Couldn’t find a current thread on it so I figured I’d ask here. Just saw these two events in recent days and had a few questions.
https://www.travelpulse.com/news/air...t-to-land.html
https://www.newsweek.com/spirit-airl...irport-1420652
Do you guys have fewer events now than you did a few years ago? In other words, is anything being done that has has a net benefit and reduction in events and/or reduced the severity of the events?
How many fume events do you guys have per month?
Do your NEOs have as many events?
Do older aircraft have more events, or is aircraft/engine age irrelevant?
Is APU oil responsible for any/many of your events?
My frontier buddies don’t seem to have any/many events. My AA buddies say they have a few but not a big deal. JB seems to have a ton. I’m convinced the IAEs and pratts are a lot worse in this regard than CFMs/LEAPs. Thanks for any input.
I agree with what everyone else has said with regards to being especially vigilant here at Spirit. I remember smelling the dirty sock smell all the time in the E145 at a previous carrier but we were just told it was damp/moldy cabin filters. I smelt it much more often at my previous airline we just weren’t aware of what was happening.
Also I’m not a engineer by the farthest stretch but the IAE’s run with an oil pressure greater than 200 psi. On the CFM’s I think it’s in the 40s. Not sure if that huge oil pressure difference has anything to do with it. I could be wrong on the exact psi for the CFMs but that’s what I remember when I was looking at in on a Southwest 737.
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