Whoops! ASA MX Nightmare Grounds Fleet
03-31-2009, 07:52 PM
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I hope everything works out for everyone and that nobody is stranded at an outstation.
A similar situation happened at TSA when a AD wasn't properly complied with pertaining to the nosewheel steering. We had crews that were stranded at outstations in the middle of nowhere, and even had some crews leave their overnights and non-rev back to STL. Nothing as huge as 60 aircraft though.
A similar situation happened at TSA when a AD wasn't properly complied with pertaining to the nosewheel steering. We had crews that were stranded at outstations in the middle of nowhere, and even had some crews leave their overnights and non-rev back to STL. Nothing as huge as 60 aircraft though.
03-31-2009, 07:57 PM
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From the MEC:
The company has notified the MEC this afternoon that our maintenance leadership has discovered about 68 aircraft that missed mandatory engine inspections recently. As a result, the company has “self disclosed” to the FAA and subsequently grounded the 68 aircraft from service and will be ferrying these aircraft to the ATL hub to undergo these mandatory inspections. Monitor your email for more information from the MEC and the company. In response to this obvious scheduling nightmare, our scheduling committee is working hard with scheduling management to get most, if not all, pilots released as early as possible from their canceled schedules
The company has notified the MEC this afternoon that our maintenance leadership has discovered about 68 aircraft that missed mandatory engine inspections recently. As a result, the company has “self disclosed” to the FAA and subsequently grounded the 68 aircraft from service and will be ferrying these aircraft to the ATL hub to undergo these mandatory inspections. Monitor your email for more information from the MEC and the company. In response to this obvious scheduling nightmare, our scheduling committee is working hard with scheduling management to get most, if not all, pilots released as early as possible from their canceled schedules
03-31-2009, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by atlmsl
From the MEC:
the company has “self disclosed” to the FAA and subsequently grounded the 68 aircraft from service
the company has “self disclosed” to the FAA and subsequently grounded the 68 aircraft from service
04-01-2009, 03:27 AM
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Found this:
http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/0...-aircraft.html
ASA Grounds 60 Aircraft
By
Jon Lewis
@ April 1, 2009 6:55 AM Permalink | Comments (0)
(WSB Radio) Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a member of the Delta Connections Network, has voluntarily grounded 60 aircraft in its fleet.
ASA spokeswoman Kate Modolo tells WSB's Mark Alewine the airline has pulled the 50 passenger CRJ200 commuter jets from service to conduct safety inspections on the planes' engines. The potential problem was found during an internal audit of the company's maintenence and safety file.
Modolo says the inspections should take between 36 and 48 hours to complete, with most of the work being done at the ASA hangar at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The airline has not determined how many flights or passengers will be affected by the grounding of the aircraft. ASA reservation specialists are contacting customers who are scheduled to fly today or tomorrow and are rebooking them on other flights.
ASA has notified the Federal Aviation Administration about the inspections.
http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/0...-aircraft.html
ASA Grounds 60 Aircraft
By
Jon Lewis
@ April 1, 2009 6:55 AM Permalink | Comments (0)
(WSB Radio) Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a member of the Delta Connections Network, has voluntarily grounded 60 aircraft in its fleet.
ASA spokeswoman Kate Modolo tells WSB's Mark Alewine the airline has pulled the 50 passenger CRJ200 commuter jets from service to conduct safety inspections on the planes' engines. The potential problem was found during an internal audit of the company's maintenence and safety file.
Modolo says the inspections should take between 36 and 48 hours to complete, with most of the work being done at the ASA hangar at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The airline has not determined how many flights or passengers will be affected by the grounding of the aircraft. ASA reservation specialists are contacting customers who are scheduled to fly today or tomorrow and are rebooking them on other flights.
ASA has notified the Federal Aviation Administration about the inspections.
