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Re: Leaving Tortola - can be entertaining
[Re: CGB]
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03/16/2017 01:25 PM
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Being a mechanical issue, why didn't the airline provide a voucher for hotel?
Curious to see what George has to say. I would think the airline could check the mechanics credentials too.
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Re: Leaving Tortola - can be entertaining
[Re: CGB]
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03/16/2017 03:52 PM
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I have often had mechanics flying as a passenger volunteer to assist in a repair at a out station. Many out stations use contract maintenance and a mechanic who actually works for that airline is normally better qualified to work on the airframe. Some smaller and low cost airlines contract nearly all their maintenance. Crew duty limits used to have a lot more leeway then today. The new FAA rules that went into effect about 3 years ago have hard limits that can't be exceeded under any circumstance. The hotel situation sounds like owners trying to take advantage of the weather in the NE as well as the mechanical situation.
Last edited by GeorgeC1; 03/16/2017 03:54 PM.
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Re: Leaving Tortola - can be entertaining
[Re: LocalSailor]
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03/16/2017 10:36 PM
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LocalSailor said: Charlotte? N. Carolina? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> You knew exactly what the OP meant don't be such a _ick <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/smashpc.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Leaving Tortola - can be entertaining
[Re: CGB]
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03/18/2017 01:28 PM
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CGB said: LOL... wait 'till I use the word "Tola" and see if that gets him in a knot
Anyways - a follow-up:
Would you believe - the passenger that saved the day by fixing the wing-flap - was still allocated to the last group to board - and still had to sit at the very back of the plane
((((sigh)))))
......woulda thought someone from 1st Class would have been bumped to make room for this guy That almost certainly means he was a "non-rev" employee pass riding. You can't just have anyone work on the plane and sign it off it has to be part of the airlines maint program or by special exception.
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Re: Leaving Tortola - can be entertaining
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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03/20/2017 06:16 AM
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GeorgeC1 said: Prior to FAR117 the new rule once you pushed off the gate you were legal to continue. With FAR117 if the planned flight time will exceed the max duty time prior to pushing the throttles up for takeoff you must return to the gate with no exceptions. Sadly much of this came about because some less then ethical airlines abused the intent of the old rules. We've spent some long nights in terminals due to this as well but it is a reg for a reason.
"Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you.” -Anthony Bourdain
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