Not exactly modern, but we pinned the nose gear on the SAAB when we installed the lockout clamp for the NWS in LGA. LGA was the only place Colgan pushed back, so that was procedure (for us lowly FOs).
I recall back in the olden times at KBUR there was a 727 that wasn't derelict but it had changed ownership and the new owners wanted nothing to do with the current interior. Part of the deal was the seller would remove the seats, carpet, galley and any other detritus. The folks that sold the plane were strapped for cash so they went with the cheapest contractor they could find to remove the interior. That industrious fellow went to Home Depot, bought a few hand tool sets, walked out to the parking lot and organized a cheap work crew (this was when the airport was literally split between GA and 121). The workers were shown the airplane and what their job was so they did the logical thing and started at the front and started taking stuff apart and removing it piece by piece as they worked aft. I recall landing a Warrior on Rwy 8 and seeing the airplane sitting on its tail and thinking someone was filming a movie. Nope, I still wonder what the folks involved thought when they unloaded the straw that finally caused the camel to take a seat, there had to have been people still in the cabin. I'd moved on from working at KBUR at that point but it was still my home field.
Did they provide latex gloves or wet wipes?
idk some sort of mx function involving hyds, pseu (or 787 equivalent) where they simulate weight off wheels
Commuted to LAX the other day on one of UA’s new 321s. We couldn’t deplane until the ramp unloaded the aft cargo so as to keep the CG forward. It was comical watching everyone stand in the aisle for 10 minutes with nowhere to go. Less funny was being in uniform and getting all the questions about basic physics.
This was Colgan Air. We're lucky they provided a seat for us.
I remember when the TSA used the pitot tubes like a rock climbing wall on an Eagle ERJ in ORD.
