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Pilot lets car mechanics `fix' copter, grounded
A pilot of private chopper owned by a Mumbai-based company has landed in trouble for allegedly allowing two car mechanics to fix some problem in the engine of the helicopter. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grounded the pilot after getting information about the matter. “On October 12, 2016, the company's Agusta Westland AW 109 chopper (VT-VCA) was flying from Goa to Pune via Kolhapur.Our Mumbai office got information and pictures that at the Kolhapur stopover, car… (epaperbeta.timesofindia.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Sounds like a weird decision
Obliged .
I meant on the pilot's part, to allow unqualified and inexperienced individuals to perform repairs on a sophisticated turbine engine!
Sounds like a weird decision.
ThanX
Confused, let's clear up your confusion. Automobile mechanics possess a licence to work on cars, trucks if endorsed, Trains if endorsed. Aircraft mechanics work on aircraft that they are certified to work on, it's on their licence. Now, a car mechanic that has both types of licences, well he gets to work on both. The aircraft mechanic also has to have the extra endorsement to be able to sign off the work being done and the aircraft returned to service. If I remember correctly.
Is aircraft engine “totally” different? Does is not belong to genre of “ENGINES”, or more precisely I.C. Engines?
There is no preliminary info available about nature of fault or the corrective measure that was necessary or the action taken!
The result, however, is mentioned – that helicopter landed safely at destination.
The AME was not available, so what should have been the option/s?
I wonder !
Aviation history is full of ‘stories’ about passengers helping the crew during flight for almost every possible problem that an aircraft or passenger/s can encounter during flight, fiction excluded.
So, was grounding the pilot a wise decision? How so ever short it may turn out in due course.