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Alaska Airlines: Note on wing 'not the best approach'
(CNN) -- It's not the kind of view you want from the window seat: a damaged wing flap with a handwritten note on it saying "we know about this," with an arrow pointing to the area in question. (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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Dear Flight Mechanic...you're doing it wrong.
A well intentioned flight mechanic for Alaska Airlines leaves a hand-written note on the flap pointing out a missing chunk of metal. The flight crew may have appreciated it, but not the best way to make passengers feel secure...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/7439398/Crew-give-wrong-sort-of-message
Dear Flight Mechanic...you're doing it wrong.
A well intentioned flight mechanic for Alaska Airlines leaves a hand-written note on the flap pointing out a missing chunk of metal. The flight crew may have appreciated it, but not the best way to make passengers feel secure...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/7439398/Crew-give-wrong-sort-of-message
Just use duct tape, that will keep there.
Years ago (1968 I think), I took a flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Freeport in the Bahamas on a now defunct airline (Mackey). It was a prop job, DC 6 I think. As I sitting in my seat I was gazing out at the wing and saw a big circle, about 6 feet across, whith "CRACK" written beside it. Sort of gives you confidence in the airline, doesn't it?
This coming from an airline who can't fix jack screws on DC-9's, Where everyone died in the crash into the ocean off the coast of California.
we used to circle those type of defects with grease pencils andlet the plane fly until next phase not a big deal
As many on here have said, this aircraft is perfectly good to fly, this repair is very common. The note was a great idea, it prevents other crews from writing it up over and over, and also prevents an unknowing pax from reporting that a corner of the flap is missing. This aircraft probably went on MANY flights before one idiot makes a big deal of it on a dumb website, using the user name "Boeing247" but has NO idea about Boeing aircraft. Stupidity is one the rise in this country and is being flat-out accepted.