If the turn round was 75 minutes I very much doubt that any engine related components were changed. (Ten minutes to open and correctly close the cowlings, Half an hour for the red hot engine to cool enough to work on it, fifteen minutes to do the paperwork Ten minutes to drink tea etc, etc)
Also doing an engine run to leak check or validate a component with passengers on is a no-no.
I suspect the reason you were treated to the high power run was that it would have been full of fuel, passengers and luggage full of straw donkeys. I don’t know about the runway length at Cancun but it would have been hot so the aircraft would have been heavy and Biggles would have wanted to know that he could get full power before he let his brakes off.
As for de icing the engine I have never heard of that procedure myself so I can’t coment.
At full power a 767 will jump about a bit, GREAT WASN’T IT!!!!
Rgds Cking

It may remain a total mystery on why this happed, Cking just to let you know we were at Manchester heading out to Barbados so I don’t think runway was an issue. It was along blooming flight as well, was suppose to be 8.5 hours ended up just a tad short of 11.

See the mistake Greyarea, “2010” it was indeed,

G-PJLO

Doesnt seem to be looking too bad inside these days -> Photo Here

It looks ok in a picture, but when you get on board and start notice things are a bit different. Don’t get me wrong, the seat pitch and the 2x3x2 is very good, just the general cabin condition was woeful, seat back tables with missing clips were wedged in with paper, arm rest broken which pointed floor bound, flickering lights and much more without going into full detail. The other strange occurrence which someone with an engineering or pilot back ground might want to answer.
Our 767 came in from Cancun, was on stand for a round 75 mins “we were already into a four hour delay”. We boarded and taxied to 25R at Manchester, lined up then a PA from upfront which went something like this “ ladies and gentlemen just to let you know we will be powering up the engines for 30 seconds and holding the brakes, the aircraft will bounce and twitch a bit, this is just to check the engine parameters. If ok we will continue as normal”
I have never heard this before or experienced this sat there engines screaming and our 76 was jumping all over the place then 30 sec later we shot off. They were a few worried faces I can tell you.

Thomson Airways is the European launch customer for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which made its UK debut at the 2010 Farnborough Air Show. Thomson is due to get its first 787s in January 2012, several years late due to development issues with the new aircraft, which has a mainly carbon fibre construction.

Quoted from one of their websites.

I think the first was slated for Jan 2011, so I would of thought they should of had a few by now if they were on time!.

Flew on G-PLJO ex fc 767 late last year to Bridgetown, was very shabby looking inside to say the least, fellow passenger commented that he had found “Amy Johnson’s sandwiches on the seat”

Just been watching this myself, think there are need now of the 787s. those poor old 76s are tired now.

Doesn’t half remind me of the old Airtours color scheme, the sun bit in the tail is very similar?.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Airtours-International/Boeing-757-225/1629898/L/&sid=9159f1d2fef209011bcb2c10d08c6e6b

Very good, I have been Lucky to visit the airport for the past two years running whilst on a p&o cruise, was quire surreal when I first stepped foot seeing all the vids and pic of you tube and such like, cant think of anything better, planes,beech and a cracking bar with all the arrivals for the day, pure heaven.

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