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The one thing I noticed at O'Hare that everyone ignores
I was waiting for a layover last month and watched three different line crews swap out an LRU on a 737. They used the same torque wrench for every fastener, even though the spec sheet in the logbook called for two different settings. I get that time is money, but that's how you get a cracked bracket six months down the road. Am I the only one who actually double checks the torque value per bolt on the ground?
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mark7318d ago
Man, I've seen this exact thing and it drives me nuts. Here's the deal, you write the torque values on a piece of tape and stick it right on the wrench before the job even starts, takes ten seconds and saves you a callback. Those line guys are under crazy pressure to turn the plane fast so they cut every corner they can get away with, and nobody checks because the plane flies out and looks fine. Six months later that bracket cracks and now it's somebody else's problem. Keep doing your checks, you're not the only one, just the only one on that crew apparently.
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