"Engineer's clearance received"

What does "Engineer's clearance received" mean in a preflight
checklist for a commercial airliner? This is in a 737, which doesn't
have a flight engineer, so I don't know what it's supposed to cover.

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What does "Engineer's clearance received" mean in a preflight
checklist for a commercial airliner? This is in a 737, which doesn't
have a flight engineer, so I don't know what it's supposed to cover.


I don't think this is a real call in a real airplane. I recommend posting
the question to "alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim"

Danny Deger
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Danny Deger writes:

I don't think this is a real call in a real airplane.

It came from a revenue flight for a British Airways subsidiary, so it
is most definitely a real call.

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On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:34:00 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:

Danny Deger writes:

I don't think this is a real call in a real airplane.

It came from a revenue flight for a British Airways subsidiary, so it
is most definitely a real call.

I believe the Brits refer to their licensed mechanics as Engineers. Hence, the
call would mean that the aircraft is mechanically ready.

Ron Wanttaja

Ron Wanttaja writes:

I believe the Brits refer to their licensed mechanics as Engineers. Hence, the
call would mean that the aircraft is mechanically ready.

So would this be a reference to the ground crew? I heard it just
before they started to taxi, on a cockpit video, and if I recall
correctly the ground crew had just disconnected.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Ron Wanttaja writes:

I believe the Brits refer to their licensed mechanics as Engineers. Hence, the
call would mean that the aircraft is mechanically ready.

So would this be a reference to the ground crew? I heard it just
before they started to taxi, on a cockpit video, and if I recall
correctly the ground crew had just disconnected.

They are probably just checking that the plane was properly released by
maintenance (i.e. they have the release paperwork on board). Different
airlines probably do this different ways. In the military there is a
specific form that says the plane has been released by the last
mechanic who worked on it and is presented to the captain.

-Robert

You beat me to it, they are ever so helpful to simmers over there, they have
nothing else to do all day but answer inane questions.

"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote:

What does "Engineer's clearance received" mean in a preflight
checklist for a commercial airliner? This is in a 737, which doesn't
have a flight engineer, so I don't know what it's supposed to cover.

Why don't you take your airliner questions over to...
http://www.pprune.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

I'm sure they'd be thrilled to help you.

I some countries A&P mechanics are called Engineers. A
mechanical release after maintenance would normally be given
to the dispatcher and included in the flight manifest and
release forms.



"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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| What does "Engineer's clearance received" mean in a
preflight
| checklist for a commercial airliner? This is in a 737,
which doesn't
| have a flight engineer, so I don't know what it's
supposed to cover.
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| I don't think this is a real call in a real airplane. I
recommend posting
| the question to "alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim"
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| Danny Deger
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Mxsmanic wrote:

What does "Engineer's clearance received" mean in a preflight
checklist for a commercial airliner? This is in a 737, which doesn't
have a flight engineer, so I don't know what it's supposed to cover.

Why don't you take your airliner questions over to...
http://www.pprune.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

I'm sure they'd be thrilled to help you.

Howdy!

I'm mostly replying to Jim Stewart's message, but that message
is not available to me to reply directly to.

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Barney Rubble wrote:
You beat me to it, they are ever so helpful to simmers over there, they have
nothing else to do all day but answer inane questions.

Wow. That's a constructive response, and top-posted to boot where
it hides in the quoted reply.

"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote:

What does "Engineer's clearance received" mean in a preflight
checklist for a commercial airliner? This is in a 737, which doesn't
have a flight engineer, so I don't know what it's supposed to cover.

Why don't you take your airliner questions over to...
http://www.pprune.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

Because there is nothing wrong with asking that question
here in this Usenet newsgroup -- a distinctly different sort
of forum. I note that others here have provided meaningful
answers instead of diversionary drivel.

I'm sure they'd be thrilled to help you.

yours,
Michael


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