You were quick of the mark mate! I was busy waiting for the SIA 380 that was on the verge of diverting in this morning!

Rgds Cking

I am interested in all aspects of aviation, not just the tin. I would love to see the artical if it not tooo much trouble.

Rgds Cking

I should imagine that it might not be the most spotter friendly place in the world either.

Rgds Cking

the in-flight dinner ladies!

You will go to hell for that one!!!!!
good one!:D

Rgds Cking

Cost.
The mesh would have to be anti iced so that would add to the complexity and therefore the weight. Also, since MOST birds don’t fly very high and airliners tend to spend only a small amount of time in the birds flying zone the mesh would be “Dead weight” most of the time.
Bird ingestions are actually quite rare and damage to an engine by them is even rarer. On “Big fan” engines like the CFM-56 and V2500, the fan tends to centrifuge the bird bits out and down the cold stream duct. Like this:

And the maintenance manuals on some big fans say that if there is no evidence of bird down the core no further inspections are necessary.
But if you find this

Now you have to start boroscoping the compressors for damage. The above example was OK, no damage found.

Rgds Cking

This one happened just before Christmas

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/15/320149/dc-9-depressurised-after-ramp-crew-covered-up-tug-strike.html

I have found numerous incidences of un reported damage to aircraft. One occasion the perpetrator actually went and got some paint that nearly matched the aircraft’s and painted over the damage!
My spies at LHR tell me that the police are involved because the people drove off and did not report it.
The traditional thing that happens if you damage an aircraft and you report it straight away is that you don’t loose your job. You will get a b*******g but what do you expect? But the important thing was, you reported a potential safety threat.
These days however………………

A bit of hype surely…?

Remember the Quantas 747 with the exploding O2 bottle? The majority of that damage was caused by the depressurization not by the bottle. Imagine a whole that size opening up on a A321 right by the cargo door.

Don’t FO’s do a walk round and visual inspection anymore ?

The primary reason aircraw do walkrounds is so say “look at me, I’m a pilot”!!!
Next time you see an aircrew walkround notice:
1. The speed they do it (A brisk trot)
2. the distance they are away from the aircraft (Never closer than ten feet)
😀

Rgds Cking

You might like this

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5IRfbC0RHsY

Must be scary

Rgds Cking