Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry Luckily the responsibility to accept an aeroplane rest solely with the pic. In some cases we reject a plane which is legal . On nacelles sheet metal work there is a lot of leeway for mechanics to be inventive. Boeing does not particularly care how some parts hang onto secondary structure . That,s not the same as replacing an engine with a forklift obviously. Sorry for the Ot simon > Don > > I have seen some of the "amazing" things that your Delta mechs have > done, and the FAA should have them fired and charged with criminal > negligence. This was on engines and nacelles for 747, MD11, and > other jet aircraft. > > ALL work on commercial aircraft MUST be accomplished exactly > to the manufacturer's and the FAA's required maintenance and > repair manuals. Any deviations must be approved by the maker > and the FAA. > > Lots of lives have been lost because of the "amazing" things done > when management and engineers were not looking. > > Jerry > > Jerry > > Don Dory wrote: > > > Simon, > > you already trust them with your Leica. Don't you take it up with you? > > > > Seriously, look in the archives, John Collier posted a ling to a supplier > > of lubricant for lenses that will work for what you want. I just didn't > > keep the link. But I also think that if you picked a synthetic lubricant > > used on you planes for high altitude work using a very thin film on the > > rewind crank would work very well indeed. > > > > As to trusting the mechs, the Delta mechs here in Atlanta do some truly > > amazing things when management isn't looking. > > > > Don > > dorysrus@mindspirng.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html