When I was at DL they had a poster up that had how much each part of a CRJ-700 cost, I think one static wick was $400. Has to be a big deal though, because it was a big deal when one of our guys snagged their vest on one and snapped it off the other night.
What stupid stuff have you done?
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dark_reaper
Airport Bum!
a while back I saw a Dl guy try to drive airstairs under the breezway under the terminal, the only thing that made it in the accident was the airstars. The terminal took damage and the driver ended up in the hospital.
I also saw a 10k fuel truck run over a DL tug. The tug had so many scraches and dents I dont think they noticed anything, the fuel truck had a damaged finder.
I also saw a 10k fuel truck run over a DL tug. The tug had so many scraches and dents I dont think they noticed anything, the fuel truck had a damaged finder.
haha, the exact same thing happened at my airport with a DL guy. Luckily nobody got hurt but it destroyed the brand new stair truck and did 80 grand worth of damage to the building. Great way to start off the new ground handling company's contract... which will hopefully be ending next month. :rawk:
R
Roger, Roger
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FAIL.
Haha.. well the FAs usually start with "Welcome aboard United Flight XXX nonstop service to XXXX."
But since we can't count on airline passengers to remember how to breathe I think expecting them to catch that is a stretch.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
Or the fact said passanger checked their passport at one gate then got in line to board my flight, and the person's seat number happened to be the seat number of the only misconnect on a full flight. Mistakes like that are kind of like plane crashes, it takes a perfect storm of a ton of little things adding up to one huge fudgefest. This passanger flies 100+ segments or 100,000+ miles a year on the Star Alliance, too.
I don't get it. "Todays flight to Eugene will be about 1 hour and 10 minutes once we're airborne". I know it was my fault in the end, but seriously I had one chance in a mad rush of boarding an oversold flight on a quickturn with the gatereader out to notice the boarding pass said "Calgary", the passanger had way more chances to catch on than that.
I don't get it. "Todays flight to Eugene will be about 1 hour and 10 minutes once we're airborne". I know it was my fault in the end, but seriously I had one chance in a mad rush of boarding an oversold flight on a quickturn with the gatereader out to notice the boarding pass said "Calgary", the passanger had way more chances to catch on than that.
bundee80
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You guys top off the trucks from the top? Literally? I thought all of them get filled via a single-point-like connection?
Speaking of which, we had a guy get busted in the face with the Avgas hose doing that one night. Knocked a hole under his lip haha. Then some newbie overflowed the truck by a couple hundred gallons more than me. Woo!
We did use the single-point connection. However, we had to open the lid on top of the truck (to relieve pressure) and stay there to make sure the overflow shutoff did it's job. Sometimes a flashlight or something would fall in when opening/closing the tanks.
KSCessnaDriver
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Lucky. Where I worked, one of our trucks was single point fueled (Jet A). The other (Avgas) was loaded from the self-serve pump through the top of the truck. One day, I made the decision to carry one of the T-Hangar key's in my shirt pocket while fueling the Avgas truck. When I go to let go of the fueling nozzle, after filling a 700 gallon truck, said keys fell out of the pocket into the bottom of a 700 gallon truck. We can solve this right? Nothing like getting one of the mechanic's magnetic grabber and attaching about 3 feet of safety wire to go fishing.
n57flyguy
Well-Known Member
Lucky you get to run them to the pre-check, we have to time it to it gets to a mark in the tank, about 400 gallons less than topped, topped off. Then again, they have overflowed before.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
Way to start the new year. Today a flight attendant and I were struggling to lift a PLB that got stuck between the CRJ and the jetway somehow(maybe someone kicked it real hard or something). The other agent tells her to standback and I use all my strength to pull it lose and it pops up and pins her hand on the door and dislocates 2 of her fingers.:drool: Needless to say they then needed to find a new F/A, but she was really a trooper and even tried to let the CA let her work the flight regardless with an ice back and bandage. Everything was fine in the end, except the new F/A wasn't too happy when she didn't get to go home that night.
Also needless to say I was the butt of A LOT of jokes tonight since everyone had 8 hours to think them up. Obviously I wasn't in trouble or anything for a freak accident, but I still felt like crap, especially when passangers who came back to SFO on that same delayed plane came to me stuck overnight since they missed their connections.
Also needless to say I was the butt of A LOT of jokes tonight since everyone had 8 hours to think them up. Obviously I wasn't in trouble or anything for a freak accident, but I still felt like crap, especially when passangers who came back to SFO on that same delayed plane came to me stuck overnight since they missed their connections.
dark_reaper
Airport Bum!
Here is another one I have witnessed lately.
Before my shift started, there was a hydrolic fluid all over the ramp at Jet Blue and they laid down some absorbent pads on the right side by the gear. They fixed and pushed back the flight and forgot the pads were on the ground. Shortly after my shift was started I was waiting for my SW and talking to my fellow ramp rats out there and we all saw the Jet Blue pulling into the nearby gate. I looked over and seen the pads on the ground. When the engine got near the pads, "thruump," and some other funny noises. I just fell on the ground laughing my @$& off. It took maintenence more than four hours to clean out the engine. That there made my week.
As for topping off, I had a +200 gal spill, plus I dropped a radio in one of the trucks. I never lost a flashlight though...
Before my shift started, there was a hydrolic fluid all over the ramp at Jet Blue and they laid down some absorbent pads on the right side by the gear. They fixed and pushed back the flight and forgot the pads were on the ground. Shortly after my shift was started I was waiting for my SW and talking to my fellow ramp rats out there and we all saw the Jet Blue pulling into the nearby gate. I looked over and seen the pads on the ground. When the engine got near the pads, "thruump," and some other funny noises. I just fell on the ground laughing my @$& off. It took maintenence more than four hours to clean out the engine. That there made my week.
As for topping off, I had a +200 gal spill, plus I dropped a radio in one of the trucks. I never lost a flashlight though...
bundee80
Well-Known Member
200 gallons? Did you tip over the truck?
I would think dropping a radio is worse than a flashlight?
dark_reaper
Airport Bum!
nope, just over fill it a bit, besides the radios are crap so I dont think anyone will notice
beechpilot
Well-Known Member
I remember one time a former coworker of mine was filling an Avgas truck and the only way to do it was to fill it through the hatch on top. So, he walked off for awhile (with a chalk holding the trigger on the nozzle) and forgot about it...next thing he knows airport maintenance comes in and says for him to come take a look outside. Fuel was pouring down the sides of the truck...probably dumped 200 gallons or so on the ground.
By the way, how's the new job Paul?
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
I sense something stupid may happen shortly. With our deice trucks somebody has to stand on top and stick their toes in the water tank to know when it is full.:crazy: