Hit the Ground Running
By Herkiechick
As i got to work, we had an inbound with an IFE, (in flight emergency).... The plane had just took off, and they were transporting a bunch of marines. #1 engine got a engine low oil light after takeoff, so the crew shut it down and returned.
The plane taxied in, with the prop feathered....as it always is with emergency shutdowns. The marines watched as we worked the writeup, to get the plane fixed so that we wouldn't have to generate a spare.....which means go to another plane to complete the mission.
It turned out that the oil filter "p" pin popped and so the oil bypassed the filter, too much pressure built up, and the oil was bled overboard. No big deal. These new filters suck, ad so we get this fairly often. We just changed the filter, serviced it up and i did a quick m.o.c. (maintenance operational check), and leak check. Everything turned out good, so we loaded up the plane with the passengers again....told the pilots "if they can't play nice with the airplane, we won't let them play at all....." The pilot (who sorta reminds me of elvis with his sideburns [I know, ...Damn reservists!!] he laughed and gave me a "hi five", & off they went.
He broke the other outboard engine by the end of the day. We had like three I.F.E.s for engines in the same day.....
The thing about engine inflight emergencies......they aren't like landing gear emergencies. The passengers can tell........If you look outside and an engine stops turning, you don't have to be an aircraft mechanic to figure something ain't right.
All in all nothing too exciting...... but it was pretty funny to see the marines expressions watching a little chick fix there ride. I'm 62" tall, and 120 lbs. So i don't look like an average mechanic, not to mention the fact that i am a female. I'm not doing anything different or weird, i have been doing this for 14 yrs. But from the marines _expression it was different or weird to them. And the pilots and flight crew are pretty funny, because it goes against their "instinct" to ask the smallest chick around...."can you fix my airplane for me?... and just stand back because they don't have anyidea what to do"..........Don't get me wrong.....They are all great guys, and for me it is like having 100 big brothers,.....but sometimes the "stereotypes"....are very funny. But then, maybe you'd have to be there.
As i got to work, we had an inbound with an IFE, (in flight emergency).... The plane had just took off, and they were transporting a bunch of marines. #1 engine got a engine low oil light after takeoff, so the crew shut it down and returned.
The plane taxied in, with the prop feathered....as it always is with emergency shutdowns. The marines watched as we worked the writeup, to get the plane fixed so that we wouldn't have to generate a spare.....which means go to another plane to complete the mission.
It turned out that the oil filter "p" pin popped and so the oil bypassed the filter, too much pressure built up, and the oil was bled overboard. No big deal. These new filters suck, ad so we get this fairly often. We just changed the filter, serviced it up and i did a quick m.o.c. (maintenance operational check), and leak check. Everything turned out good, so we loaded up the plane with the passengers again....told the pilots "if they can't play nice with the airplane, we won't let them play at all....." The pilot (who sorta reminds me of elvis with his sideburns [I know, ...Damn reservists!!] he laughed and gave me a "hi five", & off they went.
He broke the other outboard engine by the end of the day. We had like three I.F.E.s for engines in the same day.....
The thing about engine inflight emergencies......they aren't like landing gear emergencies. The passengers can tell........If you look outside and an engine stops turning, you don't have to be an aircraft mechanic to figure something ain't right.
All in all nothing too exciting...... but it was pretty funny to see the marines expressions watching a little chick fix there ride. I'm 62" tall, and 120 lbs. So i don't look like an average mechanic, not to mention the fact that i am a female. I'm not doing anything different or weird, i have been doing this for 14 yrs. But from the marines _expression it was different or weird to them. And the pilots and flight crew are pretty funny, because it goes against their "instinct" to ask the smallest chick around...."can you fix my airplane for me?... and just stand back because they don't have anyidea what to do"..........Don't get me wrong.....They are all great guys, and for me it is like having 100 big brothers,.....but sometimes the "stereotypes"....are very funny. But then, maybe you'd have to be there.
posted by militarybrat at 8:45 AM
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