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1. Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 12:39:25 JST Sick Burn, Bro
   we switched to only 2 because the chances of both failing was supposed to be astronomically small
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 12:41:31 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @sickburnbro I'm sure this will be water cooler talk tomorrow but I fully expect that we'll see some interesting shit in the parts chain on this one

     ICR if I mentioned it on poast but there was a venezuelan that started a biz selling aircraft parts, faked paperwork pretending the stuff was new and built to spec when it was chinese shit or scavenged from junk birds around the globe. FInally got caught out by eagle eyed boomers seeing very worn out "new" landing gear on a piper matrix or something.

     His company pumped out a good number of parts throughout the ecosystem, and to my knowledge we've never been briefed on what exactly we need to look for. Threadbare scrimp n' save operators can find all sorts of ways to save money, and I'm guessing this guy's failure - if it wasn't simple fuel starvation since I'd guess someone would have told me about it by now, but it's the most likely if it hasn't been ruled out - was caused by some very sub-par maintenance somewhere in his system

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 13:01:09 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @sickburnbro Okay I can't find the email and I'm bad at navigating the FAA's dogshit site but I think they sent out a notification that was somewhat thorough in describing the situation, the company name was AOG Technics

     Maybe it was EASA or the brits?It's pretty embarrassing, the guy was a DJ in shitholia before he got some crypto money and just bought in. Thank those awesome "give business to brown entrepreneurs" laws, I bet. https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID135893139620231219205538.0001?modalOpened=true

   • Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 04:50:09 JST Sick Burn, Bro

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     • Wolffkran
     @Wolffkran @WashedOutGundamPilot the systematic approach says "probably a combination of all"
     
     You could have engine 1 fail due to fake parts, and engine 2 due to lazy DEI mechanics.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 04:50:09 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @sickburnbro @Wolffkran I have to assume fuel starvation though, it's just too improbable to have two bum engines, they're too reliable even with used parts, and it woudl be weird for them to have been installed with the same bum units of whatever had to be replaced at the same time.

     Even so, I find it a little weird that they'd do simultaneous work on them, too. Seems like most planes we sell have asymmetric times on them, from overhauls, swaps, etc. Simplest is them having clients that kept whining about heading out, and overloaded w/ baggage so they had to cut into the fuel payload.

     I know there's one charter op out there whose interview questions want you to say "oh I would accept the client's overweight baggage and fedex my own luggage to our endpoint to stay in W&B", these ritzy folk are often the root of their own death

   • Wolffkran (wolffkran@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 04:50:10 JST Wolffkran

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @sickburnbro There are a lot of nigger mechanics in the airport I work at so I can imagine this being the case. They're VERY lazy too.