Co-pilot error caused AA 587 crash

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Dave wrote in message
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Yeh...

Painting "OVER" their logo, and the big red letters "Air
Canada" stretching along the length of the fuse...

Like with a roller & house paint! (!)

yep aircraft are ofen painted by roller.

Unfortunately, they also have the paint scraped with sharp-edged
implements
despite cautions not to use them. There was a story this week about
how
minute score lines are propagating into cracks, with potentially
disastrous results.

oh yes. there are AD's pertaining to.

Then the problem seems to be that the word doesn't get down to the
chippers
(where have we heard that before?), who either prefer the efficiency of
sharp-edged implements or aren't provided proper tools and supervision by
their cheapskate overlords.

One of the more effective ways to remove paint from an A/C is to apply a
non-corrosive water soluble stripper followed by use of crushed pecan shells
mixed with water used by devices resembling Sand blasters. This also removes
surface corrosion.

Have seen C-130's, C-141's, & C-5's taken to bare metal in 4, 8, & 24 hours
respectively using 2 crews on C-130's, 4 crews on C-141's, & 10 crews on
C-5's. A crew consisting of 4 people.
Ralph Nesbitt
Professional FD/CFR/ARFF Type