Just another day in (East) Africa

[Eric Janson]

Maintenance run up - what could possibly go wrong?

[url=http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopi ... &t=1415169]http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopi ... &t=1415169[/url]

Good thinking to steer away from the hangar and run into another expensive aircraft - of course closing the thrust levers and then hitting the brakes would have been better!

At my Airline Engineers are not allowed to taxi or do run ups - mandatory to have a Captain in the left seat. Smart policy.

[David MacRay]

Sure it's expensive but for us gawkers... That's some great entertainment.

[Colonel]

I had no idea they were making yet another "Three Stooges" movie.

[JW Scud]

[quote author=Eric Janson link=topic=9481.msg26714#msg26714 date=1549747015]
Maintenance run up - what could possibly go wrong?

[url=http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopi ... &t=1415169]http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopi ... &t=1415169[/url]

Good thinking to steer away from the hangar and run into another expensive aircraft - of course closing the thrust levers and then hitting the brakes would have been better!

At my Airline Engineers are not allowed to taxi or do run ups - mandatory to have a Captain in the left seat. Smart policy.
[/quote]

Maybe you should tell us why your airline policy was made, with pictures supplied by the way.

[Eric Janson]

[quote author=JW Scud link=topic=9481.msg26744#msg26744 date=1549902839]
[quote author=Eric Janson link=topic=9481.msg26714#msg26714 date=1549747015]
Maintenance run up - what could possibly go wrong?

[url=http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopi ... &t=1415169]http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopi ... &t=1415169[/url]

Good thinking to steer away from the hangar and run into another expensive aircraft - of course closing the thrust levers and then hitting the brakes would have been better!

At my Airline Engineers are not allowed to taxi or do run ups - mandatory to have a Captain in the left seat. Smart policy.
[/quote]

Maybe you should tell us why your airline policy was made, with pictures supplied by the way.
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Certainly - our Engineers are not trained to taxi the aircraft. It requires a course (including SIM training) to qualify for engine runs.

I have been called on my standby to come to the MRO and taxi the aircraft out to the run up area and do a high power run on 1 engine then taxi the aircraft back to the MRO. Engineers in the right seat and jumpseat.

A smarter and safer way of doing things imho.

Things can go wrong very quickly - as these guys discovered:-

[url=http://avherald.com/h?article=3fd5ab56/0000&opt=0]http://avherald.com/h?article=3fd5ab56/0000&opt=0[/url]

They were very lucky nobody was killed imho.

[Nark1]

At first I was thinking, not only no, but fuck no, if the company called to have me come do an engine run. 
However, that’s a minimum 5hours of pay. Almost worth the 3hr round trip to O’hare. 

I get paid 4 hours sitting at home on reserve, if I’m not called out as it is. 

[Eric Janson]

[quote author=Nark link=topic=9481.msg26761#msg26761 date=1550030534]
At first I was thinking, not only no, but fuck no, if the company called to have me come do an engine run. 
However, that’s a minimum 5hours of pay. Almost worth the 3hr round trip to O’hare. 

I get paid 4 hours sitting at home on reserve, if I’m not called out as it is.
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My company will always have at least one set of crew on standby wherever the aircraft is.

On this occasion I was standby in a hotel on the other side of the airport from the MRO - didn't take long to get to the aircraft.