Does anyone understand the fact that mechanics are like firemen? They get their work done and are done until another job pops up. I have worked numerous nights where everyone was done working in the hangar by 3 am. What do you expect the mechanics to do when all the work is finished. If you would like them to continue doing preventative maintenance on the aircraft, none of them would make it out on time. Management does not want extra work done on the aircraft that would jeopardize their flight schedule. Maybe we can start having firefighters go out and start fires in the middle of the night just to save the counties or cities money. Talk to 95% of local management and they would rather have their guys sleeping and accessible than causing more headaches.
How do do you think these MEL s would go over, autopilot inop... :angry:
or cabin crew rest door damaged, door secured and locked closed DO NOT USE.
lavs by door 1L and 1R inop {crew lavs on 777}
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crew rest seats recline inop, parts nis this station
2 ovens inop aft galley etc
There are plenty of mels that can go on, and the A/C will depart too. But we try to get as much done as fast and as
SAFE as possible so that OUR planes are ready at departure. So instead of milking a job, you work through breaks and lunch to get the job done, then kick back and relax and hope you don't get any call backs. also don.t forget to do all the paper work and sign offs that take longer to do than the job did. lol Remember the rest of the airline only sees MX when it is a call back, most of the heavy work goes on at night, on turn arounds we try to do as much as possible for a SAFE departure.
I don't think there are that many that go out of their way to make a nest and plan on sleeping, some might. But most are just relaxing after busting a** to get their plane out of town, on time.
Like I said before have you ever heard a mechanic say "I'M OUT OF HOURS" I didn't think so. Most will work the plane till it's ready or if lucky enough have another shift take over.
I suggest we close this now as we will never agree, if you never worked a/c mx you will never know what goes on there, it's not all coffee and newspapers,tv etc, there is a reason that American airlines aircraft are some of the most reliable. We may bit@h about alot of things but most of us like seeing our planes leave on time.
