Belatucadrus Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Add to the fact it's a major league dumb idea, the silvery sheen to the front of the log makes me think it's secured with gaffer tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 What's your problem with gaffer tape? I use it all the time. A few years back I was sitting in Dubai airport business lounge waiting to board a flight to London. My plane was parked at the air bridge and I had a good view of the right hand side of the plane. The captain and first officer were there with a small gang of blokes looking at the front of the engine and poking the intake cowling. A guy appeared with a step ladder and the first officer climbed up to check the top of the cowling. He came down and had a conversation with the captain who called a bloke over and said something to him. Another guy appeared with something in his hand and climbed the ladder - it looked like he was putting gaffer tape round the joint in the cowling which was possibly coming loose. This made me nervous and I phoned my son, who is an airline captain, to tell him what was going on. He assured me that it was normal practice. The service guys could only do it if the captain authorised them to do so and it had to be recorded in the flight log. Hence I am a convert - gaffer tape has magic powers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 They mustn't have had any Superglue to hand or they might have used that instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.