2k Boeing 737s Must Get Tail Inspections After Jets Pitched Up&Down Mid-Flight (simpleflying.com)

23 points by firesteelrain 21 hours ago

laweijfmvo 20 hours ago
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  > It is estimated that each inspection will take six work hours and cost $510 per aircraft, putting the cost across the US fleet at over $1 million, not including the price of replacement parts.
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trivial, to ensure that hundreds of people don’t die, so of course several airlines pushed back on the requirement.
- ericpauley 17 hours ago
  These FAA compliance cost estimates are always hilariously nonsensical. In what world are turbine AP hours being billed at $85/hr?
  - JumpCrisscross 15 hours ago
    > In what world are turbine AP hours being billed at $85/hr?
    $54.74 for non-lead technicians [1] plus up to an $8.50/hour A&P premium [2] sure sounds like about $85/hour after benefits.
    [1] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58a881f81b631b59405f6...
    [2] https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/TA-plus-Appe...
FrankWilhoit 21 hours ago
No inspections. Only bribe. That's where we're heading, even if we may not quite be there yet.
- gs17 18 hours ago
  > The FAA rejected these requests, saying the inspection intervals were to ensure excessive freeplay does not develop in either original or replacement parts. It is estimated that each inspection will take six work hours and cost $510 per aircraft, putting the cost across the US fleet at over $1 million, not including the price of replacement parts.
  Doesn't sound like it.
siva7 18 hours ago
this plane got too complicated for humans to steer. time for the new 737 copilot frame where pilots get replaced by ai
- dlcarrier 18 hours ago
  The 737 is one of the few remaining airliners that you can turn everything off in, and still have full manual primary flight controls.
bix6 21 hours ago
Amazed any 737 is still allowed to fly at this point.
- gs17 18 hours ago
  The 737-NG is relatively safe. By hull-loss accidents per million departures, it's safer than the A320ceo, less safe than the A320neo. You're thinking of the 737 MAX.
- SR2Z 17 hours ago
  Previous generations of the 737 are among the safest jetliners ever built. The MAX will eventually end up there, too - keep in mind that aviation disasters are increasingly less common as time goes on.
  This issue (wearing on the trim jackscrew and hinges) is not one that you would expect to see for many, many years. It's the kind of issue that you see on jets approaching 30 years old, and it's really hard to predict how and when this kind of thing happens.