RemoveB4Flight

My brothers friend told me he heard from his cousins ex who has it on good authority from her friend, who used to work mx there, that he talked to old coworkers who told him that they heard BOI is supposed to open the same day as Honolulu..which they swear is supposed to be any day now I guess.

hawk21

I think it's a legit rumor along with DFW. I think we just need more 175s to justify opening it up. Maybe if we pick up even more CRJ flying for AA we'll see DFW open up. Who knows.

RJDio

Does ASA still have a DFW domicile?

squib

No ADG on any airplane drops while on the ground. Nice try though. They only drop in flight with the loss of all AC power. With your logic it would drop every time airplane is completely shut down for the night.

Battery master switch should always be off while on ground power without the APU running in the event ground power is pulled or fails and no one is on the airplane to prevent draining the batteries.

Tippy

ADG drops if all power is lost IF parking break is dropped and last source of AC power was INTERNAL. So if the plane was powered down wrong and left in chocks the ADG will drop. Urban legend that a ramper was pulling the cord and the parking break was off and the ramper was impaled by the ADG.

So yes it can happen, that's y parking brake is on the safety check before powering up anything

hawk21

This guy knows his systems.

Caution Terrain

They like to sear this into the side of your head with a hot iron in Salt Lake. Sometimes it sticks.

amcnd

What im saying is MX leaves the batt master off and AC external in.. this way if it fails. The airplane goes dark. (Everyone knows the ADG won't drop on external power...) And the battery's dont die or the screens on bat power more then 5 mins... they dont watch the airplanes that carfully durring there lunch break..

rickair7777

The ADG used to drop on the ground on a regular basis. SKW had bombardier add the parking brake to the logic, so it should never drop with the brake on.

I still am very careful about the power-down sequence because I'm not sure if the logic comes from the position of the brake handle or from the actual "PARKING BRAKE ON" bit. The bit is only set when the brakes are actually pressurized so it's possible to have the handle set but no brakes or advisory message if the hydraulics are off...and you turn the hydraulics off during the terminating flow.

Same reason you may not get the acars out time when you drop the brake if the 3B pump is off.

Also...I don't know if the brake being in the logic is just a SKW thing, or if all CRJs have been modified. Don't assume this is true at other airliners.

Never leave the plane powered with the battery off, that's a MX (and ramp) procedure only. If you find the airplane powered make sure the battery is on before you go fly. I don't think it will give you any cautions on that.

The ADG couldn't impale anyone, but it could cut you pretty good or give you a nasty bruise.

mainlinesalad

Piedmont is growing.