Originally Posted by
madmax757
Heard the engine is a total loss and there are no spare NEO engines to be found anytime soon. I've always used the APU since I upgraded just out of a safety standpoint. Does any other airline do this procedure? There is so much FOD on our ramps anyhow.
I thought coming in with an engine running and keeping it running until ground power was a very unusual procedure at any airline and only used when APU or APU GEN is out. Never with a perfectly operable APU turned off.
I can’t imagine this being a normal thing anywhere, is it at F9? The risks are just too high for FOD, or personal injury or death for a few gallons of fuel and APU cycles. Especially if half the jets are doing it one way and the other half the other, station ops personnel can and do make mistakes. BHM had a bad one not long ago.