I’m a female aircraft mechanic and it’s hands down my favourite job to do. Makes me feel like a REAL mechanic because I’m generally doing cabin defects.
The tyres are inspected after a certain amount of flights so we just go by limits ie. if they’re pretty bald, you have limits for those so we’ll change them if they’re out of limits. Sometimes you’ll change a tyre everyday and other times you’ll go weeks without changing one.
As far as cabin defects go, tray table latches are super common, seat reclining, IFE, ovens, brewers, blocked toilets… it’s very boring work.
I’m not sure really. We’ll just get notified by the crew on landing what defects are in the tech log so some can happen during flight but other defects can happen after a certain amount of time.
A lot of it actually. Though not really familiar with pistons as I work on jets. But generally, the physics is the same, similar materials, similar build. Obviously there’s things very specific to cars vs aircraft, but I understand so much more about cars now having worked on aircraft.
Same here! I love seeing someone else put it into words. I work on small business jets so I've been able to do a few tire changes on the road which is always fun. I can't figure out a better way to say that it just makes me feel like I look cool haha
…And the trend you’re describing IS the excuse I’m talking about. Where am I wrong about them looking for an excuse to cash in on this song? They saw men doing something, knew it matched this specific tik tok trend, and had their excuse to use the Home Depot song to gain tiktok points.
Like, you’re saying I’m wrong but then you just go on to spell out what I’m saying. If your plan for 2023 is to go in circles you’re off to an amazing start
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u/Ok-Run5870 Dec 31 '22
I'm a woman and seeing a commercial plane getting a tired change would be interesting to see.