Manager and Mechanic's Letters Challenged

First Letter:

I have read the published letters from the mechanic and the manager and my comments are as follows: I have worked for a major airline for 33 years now. In my career there I have worked in the engine overhaul shop for eight years; the line and station for 22 years; aircraft major operations for 1 year; and a maintenance coordinator for 2 years.

I have been in management for 14 years now. First as a line and station supervisor; next as a maintenance coordinator; and I am presently working in the engine overhaul shop as an inspection supervisor.

I cannot substantiate one word in either of these letters. I leave your web site wondering if I can believe anything printed or shown there.

I worked the line and station as an A and P mechanic for years and I worked every part of my assigned aircraft that my specialty could contractually work. I did not work avionics or metal. I worked lavatories, cabin, flight controls, tires, brakes, hydraulic systems, fuel tanks and systems, water systems and the like.

There is no such thing as a pecking order. We worked wherever our Lead mechanic assigned us. Our Lead kept a log of who did what and tried to rotate us so we would keep current on all jobs in our specialty. When assigned to an overnight aircraft, we worked every routine and non-routine job on that aircraft including log book write-ups.

The mechanic who's letter you continue to publish has quite an imagination. To paraphrase, his letter is hyperbolic crap. Everything in his letter is a complete fabrication.

You need to consult an aircraft engineer and ask him what it would take to equip a commercial airliner to do this. You can't do just anything to an aircraft without involving a lot of different specialties. This would all have to be checked out for weight and balance also.

Ask yourself this. What airline pilot in his or her right mind would spray dangerous chemicals on their own loved ones throughout the U.S.

Please don't publish my email address or my name. Thank you

Second Letter

I don't know what our government is up to. They are capable of almost anything I believe.

I am saying that I do not believe the airlines are involved in what you suspect our government is doing.

I know that the letters from the mechanic and the manager are complete fabrications. Go look at the rear spar of any commercial jet wing and see if there is any room for additional equipment like feed lines.

If this equipment was mounted in the fuel tanks, a hole would have to be drilled in the rear spar to spray out of a static wick mounted on the trailing edge of the wing. You just can't do that without the approval of the manufacturer. The front and rear spars of an aircraft wing support almost the whole weight of that aircraft in flight. Static wicks are a CDL controlled item and when one is missing they are counted from the inboard to the outboard so the missing one is known and can be placarded. Too many wicks would be a dead giveaway.

The only other way would get you into the fuel tank vent system and that would be dangerous.

I have seen just about every one of our aircraft disassembled, (opened up) for inspection at major ops. and they are inspected from wing tip to wing tip and from nose to tail. All airlines do the same thing. You could not hide this from anyone.

I hope we are not being sprayed, but I wonder why a military pilot would spray harmful chemicals on their own loved ones throughout the U.S. Hope this answers your question,

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