Pilot to passengers: The fire is out. Prepare for takeoff...

[A930Rocket]

This is why we have unions !!

Tourists on Burning Russian Jet Force Pilot to Abandon Takeoff
Jul 11, 2011 5:28 AM EDT
Passengers on a Russian charter flight forced the pilot to let them off the plane, when he attempted to take off with one of the engines on fire, The Moscow News reported Monday.

About 150 Russian vacationers were about to head home to the city of Samara from the Turkish resort of Antalya when an engine of the Russian-made TU-154 aircraft caught fire.

The plane, which was becoming increasingly hot, taxied around the airport for an hour while emergency crews doused the engine fire, the report said.

When the flame was extinguished, the pilot announced that the problem was fixed and they would be leaving, at which point passengers demanded to be let off.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Unions would protect that idiot and ensure that he went through company paid "retraining" and was back in the cockpit in three weeks.

Left to its own devices, I can think of no private sector entity that wouldn't immediately terminate that pilot, deservedly.

And BTW once you start a turbine engine, it IS always on fire!

[romad]

Yes, please explain now is this a union thing? This is just SOP for Russian aviation.

[A930Rocket]

Edit. I'm on my iPhone and couldn't use green font for the union comment...

[rattlsnak]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Unions would protect that idiot and ensure that he went through company paid "retraining" and was back in the cockpit in three weeks.

Left to its own devices, I can think of no private sector entity that wouldn't immediately terminate that pilot, deservedly.

And BTW once you start a turbine engine, it IS always on fire!

Youre still missing the point. If they had a union, he would have cancelled the flight and not have to worry about getting fired. Since they don't, he feared termination if he didnt complete the flight.

[Scuba Steve]

They've still got a couple more engines to fly with...

[rouxroux]

Now is time we tie moose and squirrel to wing!

[red-beard]

Coffee out the nose...

[sammyg2]

I get the humor and find it extra funny, considering that unions are an important part of marxism

[Normy]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Unions would protect that idiot and ensure that he went through company paid "retraining" and was back in the cockpit in three weeks.

Left to its own devices, I can think of no private sector entity that wouldn't immediately terminate that pilot, deservedly.

And BTW once you start a turbine engine, it IS always on fire!

POP you know better than this! This is not a "union versus non-union" issue.

Anyway, when I flew 747's for Kalitta Air, I used to tell my co-workers during my briefing that unless a section of wing was missing at speeds greater than 80 knots/90 mph, then I was going to continue the take-off and bring it back around for a landing.

Why?

The 747 typically weighs upwards of 833,000 pounds at takeoff. If you reject the takeoff at greater than 80 knots, in my experience, you are going to have a brake fire. Even normal landings on long runways [25L at Los Angeles: 13,000 feet] resulted in brake temperatures moving up into the yellow caution range. I used to look over my right shoulder and watch the brake temps quickly rise after landing. I could feel it too- they started to get weak due to heat soak. We would land in Anchorage in 20 degree F weather and the rampers used to bring big fans up the the four main gear trucks to try to cool them down! These tires had thermal fuse plugs that would melt if the tire got too hot and blow out all the 300 psi nitrogen, flattening the tire. In 3 years at that airline I never ONCE blew a tire! All because of recognition of the problem and CAUTION.

CKS was a small company, and if we had to buy tires all the time, I'd find myself out of a job. So I was really careful- I wanted my boss to be able to pay me each month. Those wheel and brake assemblies? They cost $26,000 each, and the 747 has 14 of them.....

N!

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by rouxroux

Now is time we tie moose and squirrel to wing!

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha