HSLD

Over the past few years many of us have watched our respective companies cut costs and services internally (hows that for an understatement).

One of the things that bugs me at my airline is the general cleanliness of the cockpit. A few years ago, cleaning the cockpit was taken away from maintenance and assigned to the outsourced contract cleaners. I know cleaning the flight deck isn't all that glamorous, but when maintenance performed this function they took pride in their work and planes were spotless.

Now, I honestly don't think the cockpit of our jets have been cleaned since.

I carry wipes to scrub down boom mics, hand mics, and maybe the yoke. Today I decided to wipe out the handhold used to get leverage to adjust the seat, and was pretty well convinced of the cleaning schedule of these jets.

So my question is: how does your company take care of your workspace - mine doesn't.

C-17 Driver

Hey, at least you don't fly the BUFF (B-52)! Can you imagine reaching under your seat in that thing and finding 50 year old boogers and chicken bones!!??

I hate "Filty" cockpits too.

aero550

Are you sure those were chicken bones? Could be the remains of a mechanic that went under there to clean the boogers.

FlyerJosh

Since I fly the same airplane every trip (and consider it as "mine" without the benefit of having to pay the bills), we keep our office clean ourselves.

Screen wipes and a little shop vac with the computer cleaning accessory kit can do a lot of good. It also gets a good detailing when it goes in for phased maintenance (about every 4-6 months).

AV8ER

Mine doesn't either...dust, crumbs, sticky substances...ugh...

bravo24

Doesn't this say something about the folks that work in these "filthy" cockpits?

DustoffVT

I was in seat 1A on a 145 this summer...I was amazed at the junk the crew had lying around. USA Today sections everywhere, bid pack, and the F/O couldn't find the MEL 'cause it had slipped into a dunkin' donuts box. It was literally spilling out of the cockpit. What a mess. If I was a fed who wanted to ride observer, my first impression would have been terrible, not to mention the impression passengers (customers!) get. Not saying the crew would let anything slide, but a clean, neat cockpit can speak volumes about our professionalism. Not to mention save your life (fire, etc). I always tried to leave just a pad and pen for the next guys. HSLD is dead on about MX, too...

hangaber

HSLD,
Is that an Airbus cockpit?

kalyx522

well some of us clean whatever we can (wiping down yoke, screens, power levers, etc. with alcohol wipes.. and boy do those wipes end up so very nasty)... but there really is nothing we can or want to do about other stuff.. like dusty crumb-y dirt-filled floor which can only be scooped up by a (powerful!) vac. I thought only a crummy regional plane like mine would be dirty but it's not that much better in 777s huh. but you're right dustoff about the stuff that CAN be cleaned.. it's annoying when the pilots before you leave their trash lying around. kinda like those self entitled pax leaving their trash everywhere...

flaps 9

Puleez, don't insult the man!!!

That's a fine Boeing product.

Those brown color tones are a dead giveaway