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777 Horizontal Stabilizer

Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:15 pm
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
3931 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:15 pm
Simple Flying

Paging 777, how big of a deal will this be this summer. Is there a good chance of flights on 777's being affected with the testing and maintenance?

And for someone that's taking two 9hr flights on them in July, how about some reassurance they will stay on the plane where they belong?
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
72954 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:20 pm to
One little loose screw and it’s curtains. Binge watch aerial disasters on the Smithsonian channel a few days before you fly.
Posted by waiting4saturday
Covington, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9721 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:20 pm to
777s been flying for like 25 years- I wouldn’t worry.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

With inspections expected to cost in the region of $4,300, the need to inspect all of their 777s presents a significant financial outlay for airlines. 


Panic in the crawfish futures market.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:21 pm to
Double post
This post was edited on 5/30/23 at 1:22 pm
Posted by auwaterfowler
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
1943 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:21 pm to
Don’t worry. I guarantee you that both flights will make it……..all the way to the crash site.
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
3931 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:22 pm to
I know they're extremely safe. This seems to be a recent find that's causing concern.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119180 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:23 pm to
If you have trouble, grab a walkie talkie from the captain, crawl up to the wing, and use your pocket leatherman to make repairs.

Posted by Roberteaux
mandeville
Member since Sep 2009
5809 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:27 pm to
American Airlines 587 went down from the vertical stabilizer sheering off. I'm for any and every preventative measures to avoid things like this
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15103 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:30 pm to
quote:

777s been flying for like 25 years


I guess when your flying that fast fuel mileage must be awesome
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
3008 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:32 pm to
quote:

how about some reassurance they will stay on the plane where they belong? 


If 777tiger retires end of June that may tell you all you need to know.
Posted by HeyCap
Member since Nov 2014
612 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:33 pm to
You should've booked on Delta! They parked their 777 fleet years ago.

As for $4300, that's pocket change! You can't replace a nav light for that.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:33 pm to
took my 787 rating ride today
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120274 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

And for someone that's taking two 9hr flights on them in July,


Subtle “im flying to europe” brag
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:37 pm to
could be SA
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:39 pm to
AA587 that crashed in Queens in 2001 after the FO ripped the vertical stabilizer off the a300 when he overreacted to wake turbulence would have been a terrible way to go.

That’s the last mainline crash in American aviation. 22 years is a pretty good streak.
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
54920 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

took my 787 rating ride today


Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
14543 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:40 pm to
quote:

took my 787 rating ride today


I didn't want to inform you this way, but you failed the ride.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:42 pm to
you mean the new license in my pocket is fake?!?!?
Posted by Traveler
I'm not late-I'm early for tomorrow
Member since Sep 2003
24263 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:48 pm to
Does your new license still have Wilbur and Orville’s pictures on the back or did they change it to a trans couple now?
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