Sabotage on the ATL ramp?

[30West]

Is there video surveillance of that area?

 

[duck_killer]

Why are you assuming the most African American men were in jail at one point in their lives? You are obviously a racist and biggot.

Where did he say ALL black people have been to jail?

 

[79%N1]

Don't you guys do a walk around before you get in the airplane for god's sake? I would bet the faa would have an issue with someone taking off with melted glove on their pitot tubes. But that's just me.

Maybe you are clueless. Maybe the walkaround was completed long before someone intentionally or otherwise left a glove on a pitot tube. In fact, window washes are done after the doors are closed just prior to pushback. Would you have the FO jump out and do another walk around to ensure nobody left a glove?

 

[buscap]

It's quite possible this was a bone-headed but honest mistake. I can't see anyone who is drawing a paycheck doing this on purpose.

And yes, Browntothebone, we are all racists. Including you. It's based on pattern recognition imprinting which occurrs the first few months after birth. Why do you think Tarzan didn't like people?

(and no, that is not a racist comment, I just thought it had more impact than a 'boy raised by wolves' analogy)

Read a book you.

 

[JettBoii]

Where is my sheet? Ohh....left it at the cleaners.

 

[settogathrust]

This is as dangerous as someone trying to access the flight deck!!! These people need to be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

 

[atlcrjdriver]

You are saying the entire ramp crew was so POed that nobody else spoke up that something was sticking out of both pitot tubes. That they were bold enough to do this on the ramp were god knows how many people would see them do this. Not to say that unbelievable crap is posted on this site but I would want see the pix of this or here about it on the company site from Les himself before I call this one fact. Most of the rampers wouldn't know what a PS/1 or PS/2 tube looked like or how to disable it. Most pobably don't even know that they are heated.

 

[regionalcap]

Is there video surveillance of that area?

Yes, there are cameras on the ramp.

 

[COOPERVANE]

Latest info. The melted material was at first assumed to be from rubber gloves, but that is not confirmed. It might be from closed cell foam "grip" material from the bug wash ladders, or other unknown source.

If it was an accident, it sure seems odd that the ladder was placed in such a way as to come into contact with BOTH pitot tubes. Are the ladders tall enough? Do they have foam grip material on them? I've never noticed.

Maybe someone wearing workout gloves grabbed those convenient "handholds" on the side of the plane and left a coat of rubber on them?

Maybe we will hear something soon.

 

[regionaltard]

Uh, why were the probes on at the gate? Is that some special RJ kung-fu?

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

The probes are function of power configuration of the airplane, not of switch position.

 

[CRJ puppy]

Latest info. The melted material was at first assumed to be from rubber gloves, but that is not confirmed. It might be from closed cell foam "grip" material from the bug wash ladders, or other unknown source.

If it was an accident, it sure seems odd that the ladder was placed in such a way as to come into contact with BOTH pitot tubes. Are the ladders tall enough? Do they have foam grip material on them? I've never noticed.

Maybe someone wearing workout gloves grabbed those convenient "handholds" on the side of the plane and left a coat of rubber on them?

Maybe we will hear something soon.

yes, they do.

 

[CRJ puppy]

The probes are function of power configuration of the airplane, not of switch position.

actually, it's a W.O.W. function (fail safe)...plus switch position....from one who has touched them on the ground when the switch is left ON

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

actually, it's a W.O.W. function (fail safe)...plus switch position....from one who has touched them on the ground when the switch is left ON

Ah! Well that won't be the last time I'm wrong on these forums. I would imagine the probe switches would have already been in the "ON" position by the time this occured anyways...although I'm not familiar with ASA's checklist.

Thanks for the refresher, haha... each day (and drink) that goes by I forget more about that plane.

 

[EdAtTheAirport]

Isn't there an "airspeed alive" callout, or something similar, before V1?