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FAA proposes more than $1 million fine on United Airlines over preflight safety checks
The FAA alleged United removed a fire-system warning check from its Boeing 777 checklist. The agency said the carrier operated more than 100,000 flights that didn't meet airworthiness requirements. United has 30 days to respond to the FAA's enforcement letter. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is proposing a more than $1.1 million penalty against United Airlines for allegedly failing to perform required fire system safety checks on its Boeing 777s. (www.msn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
My question is why only United? Has anyone from the FAA checked other operators of the Boeing 777 to see if anyone else did the same thing? There are a lot of triple 7's in the sky.
The best way to shorten the life of a light bulb is to turn it on and off just to see if it is working!
I honestly can’t imagine a FMECA output of that circuit stating it was so unreliable we need to check it every 24 hrs.
I honestly can’t imagine a FMECA output of that circuit stating it was so unreliable we need to check it every 24 hrs.
10-1 it was a LED.
There goes your tungsten lightbulb analogy.
There goes your tungsten lightbulb analogy.
Boeing 777 Maintenance Planning Data (MPD) in Section 9 has a listing of Certification Maintenance Requirements (CMR's). Of note is 31-CMR-01 copied below:
31-CMR-01 * 31-100 OP Interval 24 Hrs
NOTE
ALL ALL Operationally check FIRE WARNING SYSTEM using the Fire/Overheat Test switch
(if not checked by crew).
INTERVAL NOTE: Under exceptional operational circumstances the interval may be
extended beyond 24 hours (elapsed clock hours) but not exceed 48 hours (clock time).
FAA Cannot "Approve Elimination of CMR's". Below is information regarding CMR's again from the Boeing 777 MPD.
As defined by AC 25-19, a CMR is a required periodic task, established during the design certification of the airplane as an operating limitation of the type
certificate.
I think UAL and quite possibly the FAA are a bit confused!!
31-CMR-01 * 31-100 OP Interval 24 Hrs
NOTE
ALL ALL Operationally check FIRE WARNING SYSTEM using the Fire/Overheat Test switch
(if not checked by crew).
INTERVAL NOTE: Under exceptional operational circumstances the interval may be
extended beyond 24 hours (elapsed clock hours) but not exceed 48 hours (clock time).
FAA Cannot "Approve Elimination of CMR's". Below is information regarding CMR's again from the Boeing 777 MPD.
As defined by AC 25-19, a CMR is a required periodic task, established during the design certification of the airplane as an operating limitation of the type
certificate.
I think UAL and quite possibly the FAA are a bit confused!!
The Lawer's always win...
Always
This is a non-story as usual. Years ago, we used to get in the cockpit and check everything. This was done every time there was a crew change. After a while, they realized we were wearing out systems just by constantly running checks and the checklists were trimmed. Now that the system is electronically checked and monitored, a manual check is totally unnecessary.