Pax to freight 76s for FDX ?
06-22-2017, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by PurpleToolBox
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.
06-23-2017, 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by KnightFlyer
Last week, brand new 76 we were jumping to MEM on broke ..... No problem; MD-10 flew in and rescued everything.
06-23-2017, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by MaydayMark
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 ...
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Where is it? Somehow we managed ...
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"What's wrong?"
"I can't find the battery master switch."
06-24-2017, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Huck
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.
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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