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You're not suggesting that "e" would...lordy lordySomeone suggested in a round-about way that AA should have found the loose seats when the plane was accepted back from the contractor?
Who accepts the work when it comes back from Timco?
That outsourcing don't seem to be working to well so far. Wonder how well China does 777's ?
I remember doing interior inspections after seat row installs. I would grab every row and lift, pull, and shake as hard as I could, then sign off the inspected box. (I also did that after I installed seats, even though I was never really an interior guy, we sometimes would get called in at the end of a check to gang install seats to get the A/C out). I would occasionally find one that would wiggle. They got tightened up.It happened before... on a MD80 out of check in tulsa a couple of years ago.
As a result all seat installations are a mandatory QA buyback now.
Someone suggested in a round-about way that AA should have found the loose seats when the plane was accepted back from the contractor?
I am sure they have a "Farm-out" manager (or 2) on site to oversee the check work. That is mostly a paperwork oversight position. That is how it was done at NWA vendor sites. It would be impossible for someone to find a loose row of seats unless he/she was an actual part of the work team (AMT/Inspector). It is highly unlikely that an actual AA manager is buying off individual work cards of a vendor (like a seat install task card).I'm more curious who is overseeing the work. Did AA put anyone onsite, or are they just trusting a signature on the work-card? The only way outsourcing something like this works is when there's reasonable oversight by the client.
Ditto, I can't imagine any competent mechanic leaving a seat he did not visually ensure had been secured. You can't even tighten the latch if it is not properly aligned with the holes in the seat track. Major incompetence.No way seats come loose unless they were not checked after the install.
I've worked with Tech Reps from other airlines, and as stated, they are more interested in keeping the paperwork straight, and keeping their costs down, than following an AMT around. The bottom line here is someone screwed up! And the last person who signed off for installing that seat, and the inspector who bought it off, are the people the FAA will want to talk to!----- As it should be!------ Good Luck on that one! Just another example of the responsablity taken, vrs. compensation given!----- As stated many times in this forum, that ratio is way out of balance!I'm more curious who is overseeing the work. Did AA put anyone onsite, or are they just trusting a signature on the work-card? The only way outsourcing something like this works is when there's reasonable oversight by the client.
I remember doing interior inspections after seat row installs. I would grab every row and lift, pull, and shake as hard as I could, then sign off the inspected box. (I also did that after I installed seats, even though I was never really an interior guy, we sometimes would get called in at the end of a check to gang install seats to get the A/C out). I would occasionally find one that would wiggle. They got tightened up.
No way seats come loose unless they were not checked after the install.
This is what is know in the Industry as " Cover thy tailfeathers!"