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Originally Posted by PurpleToolBox
(Post 2383067)
My expectation when I fly a new airplane, drive a new car, or fly an airplane away from a maintenance check, is that everything is working properly because the QA folks have refined the processes good enough to ensure they're delivering a perfect product the first time.
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Originally Posted by KnightFlyer
(Post 2381921)
Last week, brand new 76 we were jumping to MEM on broke ..... No problem; MD-10 flew in and rescued everything.
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Originally Posted by MaydayMark
(Post 2383186)
I once worked at a Legacy carrier that had 22 different model 727's. Sometimes simple things like, "SQAUCK IDENT" would get a response on the flight deck ...
Where is it? Somehow we managed ... MM "What's wrong?" "I can't find the battery master switch." |
Originally Posted by Huck
(Post 2383135)
New aircraft at Boeing are given a ~1 hour test flight by Boeing pilots.
They are not acceptance-tested by Fedex test crews. Don't know why - that's how it used to be done. Not quite right. Boeing first flight, B-1, is about 3 hours. They refly if there are any flight related squawks. After they sign it off, FDX Capt flys left seat with a Boeing pilot in right seat and they fly the complete B-1 flight again. Refly again until there are no more flight squawks. Plane is then ferried back to MEM where the HUD and a few other minor mods are done. That takes about 7 days. Then it is flown again to align the EFVS and verify the HUD is working properly. Then to the line. |
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I stand corrected.
Are they doing that with the 777 also? |
Yes, same program.
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