Fedex Icing Incident(s)
12-29-2012 | 02:54 PM
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If you are on property, go to aircraft damage photos on the AOD link. Pretty awful damage on the leading edge and on second aircraft's flap hit. I heard the nose gear on tail number three was a side loading issue and the trunions had to be fixed but no pictures to confirm.
I keep asking myself why? It just doesn't seem so hard to taxi in, get shot and taxi out. There must be some systemic issue we need figure out as a group. This kind of damage just makes me sad.
I keep asking myself why? It just doesn't seem so hard to taxi in, get shot and taxi out. There must be some systemic issue we need figure out as a group. This kind of damage just makes me sad.
12-29-2012 | 02:58 PM
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12-29-2012 | 03:51 PM
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12-29-2012 | 04:46 PM
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There are plenty of photos of the damaged airplanes on the intranet (home.fedex.com) and one of the side menus. One of the MX links is damaged aircraft. The wing incident was significant.
They taxied the plane into a deice truck (crew following marshaller) and the boom went into the wing about 2-3 feet.
The other two are also true. Only photos though are of the flap/slat damage from the rear.
They taxied the plane into a deice truck (crew following marshaller) and the boom went into the wing about 2-3 feet.
The other two are also true. Only photos though are of the flap/slat damage from the rear.
12-29-2012 | 05:52 PM
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I have several thoughts ...
In the old days (does that make me an old guy?) we were deiced by Aircraft Maintenance. Like everything around this place, maintenance has now been replaced by cheaper alternatives. How much damage does it take before the cost savings is no longer worth it (aircraft damage, late freight, personnel injuries)?
It bothered me when we were doing deice training when it was 80 degrees outside (we were spraying water on outbound flights making them late at their destinations?). Something just didn't seem "right."
I can remember (maybe 10 years ago?) admiring what a great job they did deicing in IND. A few years later I noticed it wasn't as good. I wondered if they were making MEM look bad and if they sent a MEM manager up there to "fix" it?
There are locations in the world where the aircraft taxis through a permanent structure "car wash" to get deiced and it's not possible to damage an aircraft. Maybe that's the answer?
MM
Things that make you go hmmmmm ....
In the old days (does that make me an old guy?) we were deiced by Aircraft Maintenance. Like everything around this place, maintenance has now been replaced by cheaper alternatives. How much damage does it take before the cost savings is no longer worth it (aircraft damage, late freight, personnel injuries)?
It bothered me when we were doing deice training when it was 80 degrees outside (we were spraying water on outbound flights making them late at their destinations?). Something just didn't seem "right."
I can remember (maybe 10 years ago?) admiring what a great job they did deicing in IND. A few years later I noticed it wasn't as good. I wondered if they were making MEM look bad and if they sent a MEM manager up there to "fix" it?
There are locations in the world where the aircraft taxis through a permanent structure "car wash" to get deiced and it's not possible to damage an aircraft. Maybe that's the answer?
MM
Things that make you go hmmmmm ....
12-29-2012 | 07:35 PM
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