[Vhfcn-l] Same As Alaska Air

[Arnold B Christensen]

Remember this as he flew it to their deaths...but there was nothing 
at all the pilots could have done.  The stories behind these 
crashes  just piss me of to no end. Imposter Wife and I will never 
fly in anyones aircraft ever again.  The jack screw is a lousy 
mechanical set up at best.  Requires lubrication and it is hidden and 
should be a mandatory Quality Inspection point while it is being 
performed. Why ? Because it takes time and the airlines...depending 
on who is running the maintenance show do not have time. At least 
that would be the damned excuse they would use. So someone...always 
Quality Guys or Gals need to watch it be done because at least in my 
mind having been on of the first Chief Tech Inspectors and Quality 
Supervisors at Bell Helicopter for 30 yrs combined are the only guys 
who do not give a crap about how long it takes you to do your job or 
your bosses schedule and will keep you on the ground until it is done 
correctly. And if you are flying foreign airlines there is a whole 
nuther problem with time and schedule.  At Bell I got the chance to 
look at Bell Dynamic components sent in for repair or overhaul from 
foreign Commercial and Military Aircraft.  They were sent in for 
specific work to be done. Several times those components were sent 
back from whence the came from because they were not safe to fly and 
had not been so for many hours of operation. Received in 
Unserviceable Condition Red Tag with my name on it. I have looked at 
unserviceable transmissions that had been written off as such which 
came into the shop accompanied by not only a FAA guy to watch the 
teardown but also an FBI Agent.  Why...cause some unscrupulous SOB 
had made up new records and somebody decided to check the records on 
the thing before using it. Bell keeps the total record of serialized 
major components in a very large warehouse. Those Hueys you guys flew 
around in ages ago the names and stamps of every one that assembled 
them are in old files. In the field someone can create new records to 
hide things but if caught because the originals are still on file 
where they cannot get ahold of them they can go to jail. Don't trust 
anything that somehow has a schedule applied to it!
Da Foot


At 04:20 AM 3/16/2019, Roger W. Ek via Vhfcn-l wrote:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgkmJ1U2M_Q
>
>An Alaska Air Had this happen more than a decade ago, so being a 
>former military pilot, he rolled the aircraft inverted and flew that way.
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWmLZ_C-rM8
>
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