Delta Plane Loses Wing Panel During Flight

[RT8VA]

Lol +1

 

[HowardBorden]

I personally pop the hatches and walk out on both wings during my walk around. I strap a seat cushion to my butt in case I fall off the wing.

Agreed, unless I'm going to begin using non destructive testing equipment on each walk around, I'm going to miss this every time. How does this radiography testing equipment work again and more importantly how am I going to fit it in my flight bag?

 

[say again]

If it wasn't there before the flight, I have a feeling that numerous passengers would have noticed and said something.

 

[Tanker Clown]

Like I said, lack of attention to detail and focus on safety seem to be a condition of the corporate culture. Crummy wages, furloughs, bankruptcy. I'm sure all of this has led to an erosion of the professional pilot at Delta. I guess the lack of caring could be justified if you had to work there.

 

[SMcC]

Do you routinely check this area during your preflight?

 

[Tanker Clown]

Do you routinely check this area during your preflight?

How much effort does it take to flip on a wing inspection light and walk to the over wing? I guess it matters how much you care. Maybe the amount you care is in directly proportional to your compensation.

 

[SMcC]

You already made that point. Do you routinely inspect this area in your preflight?

 

[HowardBorden]

How much effort does it take to flip on a wing inspection light and walk to the over wing? I guess it matters how much you care. Maybe the amount you care is in directly proportional to your compensation.

What could you possibly see with a wing inspection light illuminated? Are you implying there was a section rolled back like a sardine can or something?

I realize you carry a large unexplainable grudge against all things Delta, but get a hold of yourself for goodness sake.

 

[Noserider76]

I guess there's no windows in the over wing section? Come on guys. Put a little effort into it. Take I seriously.

Take I seriously? Seriously? No way I.

 

[Scoot 11]

tanker clown is a doosh.

As professionals, we have to take safety seriously. From the mechanics who look like they probably lacked attention to detail to the pilot that missed this on the walk around. It seems like a corporate culture of not making safety a priority.

You're slipping. I expected better. You better brush up!

I guess there's no windows in the over wing section? Come on guys. Put a little effort into it. Take I seriously.

Reading what you write is like trying to smell the color 9!

How much effort does it take to flip on a wing inspection light and walk to the over wing? I guess it matters how much you care. Maybe the amount you care is in directly proportional to your compensation.

Then proportionately, the DL pilots the best compensated in the industry.
BTW, did you ever get hired at SW, or are you still sucking the government's teet?