My missus does something similar with medication in blister packs. I sleep with one eye open.
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GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.ml•Boeing 737 Max 9: United Airlines finds loose bolts during inspections2·1 year agoIf it’s not in the MEL or CDL then you can’t fly without it. They’re basically a book of approvals for how long you can get away with stuff.
Btw If the tray table can’t be stowed, you can’t take off with anyone in that row because of the danger in an emergency landing.
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto News@lemmy.world•United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections1·1 year agoThey’re installed by Spirit who manufacture the airframes, which are then shipped to Seattle for assembly with the wings. No-one will have removed those bolts since manufacture. There no need to touch those bolts for the mechanics to open the door, so the airline opening it to install the WiFi seems like a red herring.
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto News@lemmy.world•United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections9·1 year agoOh shit it’s the casting mount, not the hinge retaining bolt. That’s 99% certain to be Boeing’s fault, not the airline. They’re going to try to say it was the airline because they opened the door to install the WiFi, but they wouldn’t have touched that bolt.
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.ml•Boeing 737 Max 9: United Airlines finds loose bolts during inspections16·1 year agoIt’s a door plug, which means it’s meant to be replaced with an actual door if required, so a lot of the hardware for an actual door are in place. Doors are designed to slide in, then raise up so the stop pins engage the stop fittings from the inside, so the door is in effect bigger than the hole it’s in. this video provides a detailed explanation of how it works.
The big issue here is that the airplane is only 2 months old, it was delivered from Boeing in late October. Which means it’s either a design flaw or a process flaw in the original manufacturing. This smacks of corporate cost cutting again. Boeing are totally on the hook for this and it’s only lucky there were no lives lost. You watch, they’ll blame it on the airline initially but the fault will come back round to them again.
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.ml•Boeing 737 Max 9: United Airlines finds loose bolts during inspections21·1 year agoEx-aircraft mechanic here. Nothing will have been done in this situation without paperwork backing the decision. There are often small niggles that could ground an aircraft, but there are manuals that can be consulted to see how many more flights can be taken before it must be grounded for rectification - the MEL (minimum equipment list) and CDL (configuration deviation list). So the airline will not have made the ultimate decision to keep flying, Boeing will.
The fact that this has now been found in two different airlines means that it’s a design flaw again, either the locking mechanism on the bolts is insufficient, or the reinstallation instructions in the maintenance manual is incorrect (the Alaska airlines aircraft door plug was recently removed to carry out maintenance on another part)
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto MapPorn@lemmy.world•Languages spoken by the leaders of Europe and North AmericaEnglish21·1 year agoYes, vaticanzo, that’s it
Edit: surely this should be the flag for Latin.
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto MapPorn@lemmy.world•Languages spoken by the leaders of Europe and North AmericaEnglish8·1 year agoThe pope speaks Vaticanian? Vaticanese? Vaticanglo?
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Because sometimes you forget and need a reminder1·1 year agoGonna use this as a congratulations for someone’s “we’re pregnant!” Facebook post
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto politics @lemmy.world•DeSantis Says He's Looking to Make 'Credible Case' to Remove Biden From Florida Ballot72·1 year agoGod can you imagine Biden saying, “it’s not persecution you dumb fuck, it’s consequences for your actions!”
It took me a week to get rid of the song out of my head the last time someone brought it up!
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•This is way too expensive for a drink.English1·1 year agoIt’s 2.90 in Tesco or SuperValu op, that’s centra screwing you over. 2.90 is still a lot for a 1.25l from the supermarket tho.
They had to change the law in the uk around naming companies!
With Rene Russo as his mom
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto artporn@lemm.ee•The Courtyard of a House in Delft - Pieter de Hooch (1658)2·1 year agoThe still life elements of that painting are almost photo-realistic, it’s amazing
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Can it be within human nature to be inhumane? Conversely can it be "unhuman" or going against human nature to be genuinely humane?27·1 year agoThey’re known as “suckers,” “marks,” and “airport pickups”
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.uktoPolitics@lemmy.ml•Mutiny Erupts in a Michigan G.O.P. Overtaken by Chaos7·1 year agoSurely DINO is the best description for Joe Manchin?
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.ukto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Can't play an EA game via geforce now due to quitting a couple of times in one dayEnglish34·1 year agoyOu WoUlDn’T dOwNlOaD a CoMpUtEr…
No no. You should Google young Biden.