Today, this sh*t hit the fan (quite literally) and we were frantically running around trying to organise and authorise repairs and overhaul of 2 engines so that we could get the aircraft flying asap.
Ended up leaving work at 0200 after having handed over to Derby. The paperwork sequence is a nightmare.
The night was made longer by a routine inspection going wrong and having to steal parts from the spare engine. Again, the paperwork was what slowed us down
I did, however, learn that Boeing operate slightly differently to us. We have a team that covers all 4 engines. They have 4 teams, 1 for each aircraft. When the aircraft goes off sight, they all go with it. There are some interesting "team photos" pasted on the walls of the cabin.
I sat in on a couple of post flight de-briefs. The scariest thing about them was that the 2 people in the room that were the pilots were not the people I thought should be the pilots; they looked like typical American Tourists.
Equally, the 737 paint shop hanger has had to be expanded to fit the 737's with winglets. There's a slot running half way up the walls that the winglets run down.
Right, time for work!
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