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[CRJ's suck]

To Pilots:

If you are going to call for maintenance, please write up what you are calling for. I'm tired of going out to a plane that has no crew and no writeup, only to have the crew call when they get back from lunch (mind you, I know how little time you have to eat and use the restroom). Help your MX guys out. Don't worry about a "grounding " item. That's my problem, not yours. If the plane is grounded it's grounded, but the more time we have with it the more time we have to fix it without a delay and get it (and you) on it's merry way. It's not your fault the plane is broke, but it's our problem. Help us do our job and help you at the same time (by not taking a delay for something that could have been resolved if we had known the problem). No, MX Control is not a substitute for a write-up. Most of the time, we get a a half-a$$ed description at best. If you want it addressed, write it up.

Thank you for your time,

Brian

P.S. I get paid for the hours I'm at the airport, you only get paid for the hours you fly.

 

[flyboyike]

You mean the writeup "the airplane flies funny" doesn't quite do it for you? Damn....

 

[EWRJ0225]

P.S. I get paid for the hours I'm at the airport, you only get paid for the hours you fly.

Dont rub it in!!!! jk

 

[ReverseSensing]

To Pilots:

If you are going to call for maintenance, please write up what you are calling for. I'm tired of going out to a plane that has no crew and no writeup, only to have the crew call when they get back from lunch (mind you, I know how little time you have to eat and use the restroom). Help your MX guys out. Don't worry about a "grounding " item. That's my problem, not yours. If the plane is grounded it's grounded, but the more time we have with it the more time we have to fix it without a delay and get it (and you) on it's merry way. It's not your fault the plane is broke, but it's our problem. Help us do our job and help you at the same time (by not taking a delay for something that could have been resolved if we had known the problem). No, MX Control is not a substitute for a write-up. Most of the time, we get a a half-a$$ed description at best. If you want it addressed, write it up.

Thank you for your time,

Brian

P.S. I get paid for the hours I'm at the airport, you only get paid for the hours you fly.

Brian:

Thanks for that advice. Except for your P.S., I agree with you (some of us have duty rigs and get paid to watch you try to fix the a/c). Too many pilots seem to internalize and agonize over the whole MX write-up process. Anyone working for an airline ought to be able to write a decent description of the problem, then walk away and forget about it.

Most of the wrenches I've dealt with have your (in my opinion, correct) attitude. We didn't break it; it broke. Write the shiznit up and let the experts defer it....I mean fix it.

 

[CRJ's suck]

My apoligies for the p.s., didn't mean it as a flame. Just trying to get you guys out with the doors closed so you can start getting paid.

 

[COOPERVANE]

Wait!!! I don't get paid unless I'm flying? No wonder my paycheck is so small!!!

They never told me that at Gulfstream, just showed me a picture of a jet.

 

[PunchTheClown]

Wait!!! I don't get paid unless I'm flying? No wonder my paycheck is so small!!!

They never told me that at Gulfstream, just showed me a picture of a jet.

LOL thats funny!

 

[OPECJet]

Bic does not make wrenches!

 

[dukeaviator]

To Pilots:

If you are going to call for maintenance, please write up what you are calling for. I'm tired of going out to a plane that has no crew and no writeup, only to have the crew call when they get back from lunch (mind you, I know how little time you have to eat and use the restroom). Help your MX guys out. Don't worry about a "grounding " item. That's my problem, not yours. If the plane is grounded it's grounded, but the more time we have with it the more time we have to fix it without a delay and get it (and you) on it's merry way. It's not your fault the plane is broke, but it's our problem. Help us do our job and help you at the same time (by not taking a delay for something that could have been resolved if we had known the problem). No, MX Control is not a substitute for a write-up. Most of the time, we get a a half-a$$ed description at best. If you want it addressed, write it up.

Thank you for your time,

Brian

P.S. I get paid for the hours I'm at the airport, you only get paid for the hours you fly.

THATS SOOOO TYPICAL OF EXPRESSJET AIRLINES....If they haven't been fine for doing this, eventually their luck will run out. before the flaming begins...if you have to call mx out to the airplane for something that may seem to be of little significance, take note of ACA J41 crash in KCHO. Unfortunately, that crashed made ACA change the mx write-up procedures. You may commence the flamming!

 

[John Pennekamp]

To Pilots:

If you are going to call for maintenance, please write up what you are calling for. I'm tired of going out to a plane that has no crew and no writeup, only to have the crew call when they get back from lunch (mind you, I know how little time you have to eat and use the restroom). Help your MX guys out. Don't worry about a "grounding " item. That's my problem, not yours. If the plane is grounded it's grounded, but the more time we have with it the more time we have to fix it without a delay and get it (and you) on it's merry way. It's not your fault the plane is broke, but it's our problem. Help us do our job and help you at the same time (by not taking a delay for something that could have been resolved if we had known the problem). No, MX Control is not a substitute for a write-up. Most of the time, we get a a half-a$$ed description at best. If you want it addressed, write it up.

Thank you for your time,

Brian

P.S. I get paid for the hours I'm at the airport, you only get paid for the hours you fly.

PS, Brian, we don't get paid overtime (like you do) to sit after we finish work and wait for the mechanic to show up!

 

[Nindiri]

Fair enough, but do me a favor in return. Next time I write up the same exact problem for the ninth time in three days, please don't write "ops check good, unable to duplicate on ground" in the corrective block and return it to service.

 

[CRJ's suck]

PS, Brian, we don't get paid overtime (like you do) to sit after we finish work and wait for the mechanic to show up!

That's fine, just write it up and go home (or to the hotel), or sit there and wait. That's your choice. But the sooner we know about the problem, the sooner we can get it fixed or ground it.

 

[CRJ's suck]

Fair enough, but do me a favor in return. Next time I write up the same exact problem for the ninth time in three days, please don't write "ops check good, unable to duplicate on ground" in the corrective block and return it to service.

Can do. I'll do one gaff check good, but that's it. After that, it's getting fixed or deferred.

 

[whatfuelpolicy]

M.E.L. = Mechanics Evading Labor

 

[CRJ's suck]

M.E.L. = Mechanics Evading Labor

I like that one

 

[DrewBlows]

take note of ACA J41 crash in KCHO. Unfortunately, that crashed made ACA change the mx write-up procedures. You may commence the flamming!

Enlighten me. The only ACA "crash" that I'm aware of is the CMH J31 accident that led to the "green-on-green" rule, that all American airlines now observe.

 

[John Pennekamp]

Fair enough, but do me a favor in return. Next time I write up the same exact problem for the ninth time in three days, please don't write "ops check good, unable to duplicate on ground" in the corrective block and return it to service.

Squawk: "EFIS failure on takeoff, third writeup".

Corrective Action: "Reracked component, cleaned cannon plug, unable to duplicate on ground, ops check good, aircraft ok for service".