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Originally Posted by G2G' post='910294' date='Oct 20 2008, 02:42 PM
After a certain amount of flight hours each plane is taken out of service and the entire body and structure is analyzed to see if or where the stress concentrated cracks have formed. Any section that has these cracks are then replaced.
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Yah, sure they are.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...toryId=89355766
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Originally Posted by G2G' post='910294' date='Oct 20 2008, 11:42 AM
After a certain amount of flight hours each plane is taken out of service and the entire body and structure is analyzed to see if or where the stress concentrated cracks have formed. Any section that has these cracks are then replaced.
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i doubt that the planes in use get the maintenance that it should. nothing else did at the airport
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Originally Posted by G2G' post='910294' date='Oct 20 2008, 02:42 PM
After a certain amount of flight hours each plane is taken out of service and the entire body and structure is analyzed to see if or where the stress concentrated cracks have formed. Any section that has these cracks are then replaced.
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That's called a "D Check", I worked on heavies for several years, even went to A&P school, if you saw the $9.00 per hour dirtbags that were working under a repair station license (yes the one's doing C and D checks) you'd never want to fly again.
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Originally Posted by 94touring' post='910337' date='Oct 20 2008, 09:44 PM
The main thing we all need to ask ourselves here is, did the hobbs meter on your airplane in fact work??
Yea too bad yer buddy boxrs4ale isn't here that would make two people chuckling
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='910338' date='Oct 20 2008, 06:49 PM
Yea too bad yer buddy boxrs4ale isn't here that would make two people chuckling 
Yeah I really wish I knew what happened to that guy. Last I knew he ran off with some chubby red headed girl and got married after knowing her for 2 weeks. He probably works for United as a mechanic now. She's a flight attendant.
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Originally Posted by 94touring' post='910337' date='Oct 20 2008, 06:44 PM
The main thing we all need to ask ourselves here is, did the hobbs meter on your airplane in fact work??
astonishingly i neglected to inspect said metre
actually the pilot was so bad on the flight back, that you could have done a better job, and actually in retrospect maybe i could have too, his landing was that bad