Just Venting
#12
A real captain knows better than to take an airplane (especially the crj200) without an APU in the summer! Refuse the AC. God forbid maintenance would actually fix it. I have been quoted on more than one occasion as saying "if you're not going to fix this than you're left with two choices, find me another airplane or this airplane another Captain." things seem to magically get fixed.
Same goes for having no APU in Canada during the middle of winter . . . . NO THANKS!
#13
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: DC9 Flap Operator
Posts: 172
JFK Delays...
I have spent alot of time sitting on taxiways in kennedy, with the door closed thank you very much! The APU is a MEL'able item and not very strong arguement for refusing airplane, regardless of how hot it is outside. There is a more diplomatic solution to the problem. You accept the airplane ask for extra gas (since you will have to run a motor the entire time) and you go out and taxi. If you just so happen to go below min T/O becuase your delay was too long.... OH WELL!!!!! You will then return to the gate, hopefully sometime the same day
Beagle
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#14
#16
quick question....
Several folks have mentioned the horrors of being aboard an airplane in the summer time w/o an operating APU.
Is this to say that the aircrafts air conditioning system cannot/is not run by the engines while the plane is on the ground?
I always thought that once the engines were running, power for the a/c systems came from that, and not necessarily the APU.
Obviously Im missing something here, guys. Heh.
Several folks have mentioned the horrors of being aboard an airplane in the summer time w/o an operating APU.
Is this to say that the aircrafts air conditioning system cannot/is not run by the engines while the plane is on the ground?
I always thought that once the engines were running, power for the a/c systems came from that, and not necessarily the APU.
Obviously Im missing something here, guys. Heh.
#17
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 440
As many have commented, the captain could have refused to take the airplane. Sure, the APU is deferable, but this is where judgment and thinking outside the box come in. In extreme weather, whether it be hot or cold, this borders on a safety issue as well as a comfort issue.
There is one option that I would have exercised: I would have run an engine on the ground until it flamed out from fuel starvation. Now the aircraft has to be towed to the gate.
#18
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 440
quick question....
Several folks have mentioned the horrors of being aboard an airplane in the summer time w/o an operating APU.
Is this to say that the aircrafts air conditioning system cannot/is not run by the engines while the plane is on the ground?
I always thought that once the engines were running, power for the a/c systems came from that, and not necessarily the APU.
Obviously Im missing something here, guys. Heh.
Several folks have mentioned the horrors of being aboard an airplane in the summer time w/o an operating APU.
Is this to say that the aircrafts air conditioning system cannot/is not run by the engines while the plane is on the ground?
I always thought that once the engines were running, power for the a/c systems came from that, and not necessarily the APU.
Obviously Im missing something here, guys. Heh.
However, so many companies are feeling the pinch of high fuel prices that the crews feel pressured/intimidated to save fuel at just about any cost.
#19
was it only the APU deffered or was there more? The door to the airplane seemed open in the video, they were talking to some ground crew, seemed to be lightning outside, and you could see other RJ's in the background, which looked an awful lot like they were @ the gate already, and weren't being allowed off the plane because of lightning.
But as said earlier, once an engine is started, airconditioning can be run off of it as opposed to the APU, if the plane didn't have an APU they should have/could have started an engine, if the plane wasn't at the gate, and there was no apu, then an engine would have already been running, cause these things aren't like cessnas....the engines don't start off the batteries.
But as said earlier, once an engine is started, airconditioning can be run off of it as opposed to the APU, if the plane didn't have an APU they should have/could have started an engine, if the plane wasn't at the gate, and there was no apu, then an engine would have already been running, cause these things aren't like cessnas....the engines don't start off the batteries.
#20
quick question....
Several folks have mentioned the horrors of being aboard an airplane in the summer time w/o an operating APU.
Is this to say that the aircrafts air conditioning system cannot/is not run by the engines while the plane is on the ground?
I always thought that once the engines were running, power for the a/c systems came from that, and not necessarily the APU.
Obviously Im missing something here, guys. Heh.
Several folks have mentioned the horrors of being aboard an airplane in the summer time w/o an operating APU.
Is this to say that the aircrafts air conditioning system cannot/is not run by the engines while the plane is on the ground?
I always thought that once the engines were running, power for the a/c systems came from that, and not necessarily the APU.
Obviously Im missing something here, guys. Heh.
Also on the EMB-120. running the bleeds in auto on the ground is WAAAAAY better to cool the cabin. If you forget to change them back to low for TO they should "automatically" switch back. If you get a hot smelly pack on the ground with the bleed in Auto, your pack cooling fan is F'd up. Write it up.
Thanks in advance from all your suffering passengers.