Of course the answer to both of these questions is: YES! We at SWA have our own lingo we revert to when we are in the break room or trouble shooting, etc. We have the tried and true 3 letter (or more) acronyms such as APU, CDS, EGT, FMC, and on and on and on.
There are other things that we say which are airline maint. specific. I started to compile a list of these sayings. Although I am not close to being finished with my list I figured I would share some with you guys and see if you readers have anything to add. With just one weekends work we at the shop came up with the following:
Aisle Donkey a flight attendant
Dip-Shittery your basic cluster in progress
Angle of the Dangle this refers to using wrenches or tools and how the angle of the fastener relates to the angle of the wrench you are using to remove it.
German Torque unspecified torque on a bolt or fastener.
Pretzelized when something is totally out of shape or crushed up
PBA Prolly-Be-Alright
Lick it, Stick it and Kick it!! MEL the thing and get it out of here.
Pushin' Tin The process of keeping planes in the air. Doing maintenance so the plane keeps flying.
These are just a few of the things we say at work and I will keep adding to the list as time goes on. Until then keep Pushin' Tin!!
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ReplyDeleteIndeed! This is one very interesting blog!
ReplyDeleteHow about these words:
FUBAR -- F@%#*%@ up beyond all repair.
Richard Cranium -- A pilot who will not listen to reason.
Second Officer -- The Flight Attendant who bypasses the Captain and has Operations call you out for an item that he / she thinks will cause tragedy to the airplane unless its fixed ten seconds ago. See: Passenger overhead light and coffeemaker.
Pressurization Event -- When the F/O gets his piece of pizza and the landing altitude mixed up and the plane has the wrong landing altitude put in during set up between flights / lunchtime.
Overspeed Flap Inspection -- What Maintenance Control want you to do on a turn when a monster (AKA a “mountain wave”) has mysteriously grabbed the airplane and hurtled it like a toy 1 knot over the flaps down speed limit. These monsters are related to the same one that William Shatner saw on the wing of his flight in a Twilight Zone episode.
X-Men -- A special team of guys in Dallas and Phoenix Management who have done it all on a 737 and have no problem in telling you exactly
what you need to do to fix your problem. See: Maintenance Control, Hangar Foreman, anybody in Inspection, and any Dallas Manager regardless if they are in the Cleaning department, Stores, Payroll or Planning.
Rogue Screw -- See: Chuck Martin
did you know "Pushing Tin" is also a movie????
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