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DALLAS — Brad Bisallion, a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 1203 from Toronto to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, never expected what he saw from his window seat last Friday.
A patch on the engine housing of the 737-800 appeared to be duct tape.
The FAA does not allow ANYTHING to be put on commercial or certificated airplanes that it has not approved.
This was a special metal patch, designed for high-speed aircraft such as jet airliners. Fully tested and approved by the FAA. Very little in common with duct tape.
DALLAS — Brad Bisallion, a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 1203 from Toronto to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, never expected what he saw from his window seat last Friday.
A patch on the engine housing of the 737-800 appeared to be duct tape.
The FAA does not allow ANYTHING to be put on commercial or certificated airplanes that it has not approved.
This was a special metal patch, designed for high-speed aircraft such as jet airliners. Fully tested and approved by the FAA. Very little in common with duct tape.
Seriously it wouldn't surprise me because I knew a woman who was a flight attendent. She could have retired a few years earlier than she did but she loved her job. That was until she saw some mechanics at a stopover taping together something on the wing of the plane. She retired not long after that. She swore up and down it was true and that other flight attendants saw it too.
Who knows. Maybe it was that metal patch. At least it wasn't gum.
Seriously it wouldn't surprise me because I knew a woman who was a flight attendent. She could have retired a few years earlier than she did but she loved her job. That was until she saw some mechanics at a stopover taping together something on the wing of the plane. She retired not long after that. She swore up and down it was true and that other flight attendants saw it too.
Who knows. Maybe it was that metal patch. At least it wasn't gum.
at least they fixed it if only temporary. most of the temporary repairs on my Jeep become permenant
Seriously it wouldn't surprise me because I knew a woman who was a flight attendent. She could have retired a few years earlier than she did but she loved her job. That was until she saw some mechanics at a stopover taping together something on the wing of the plane. She retired not long after that. She swore up and down it was true and that other flight attendants saw it too.
Who knows. Maybe it was that metal patch. At least it wasn't gum.
None of the Flight Attendants I've worked with in +20 years of service have ever quit over something they knew nothing about. They are, however, trained to the highest standards to help passengers in emergency situations.
Many passengers (and flight attendants) bring what they percieve as problems to the Captain and the situation is given the highest level of priority. When a passenger notes something of concern, it is taken as seriously as if a crewmember reported it. Regardless of the concern, a follow up is made with the person reporting so they know the situation has been given the highest level of attention possible.
Please don't hesitate to bring anything that concerns you to a crewmembers attention, that's why we're here. It's also part of the assurance you get when you pay to fly.
The concern is only exasperated when a passenger like the one who took this photo, runs screaming to the media (who know as much as nobody when it comes to aviation) without first bringing it to the attention of the professionals in charge of their care.
Last edited by amerifree; 04-21-2010 at 12:58 AM..
There is most definitely a type of "tape" that looks like duct tape used on planes. It is far stronger and much more expensive than ordinary duct tape.
This caught my eye because not long ago at a seminar for public buyers, someone who buys the airplane tape brought it up.
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