Yeah, IDS. I worked at MSP the year before, here in Aspen last season + this one.
All CRJ-700ās here, and pretty much everything imaginable has gone wrong at one point or another during an event, including all 3 trucks running out of fluid, only 1 truckās burner working, cab starting on fire etc.
Had some Benny Hill moments, only 1 truckās burner working but itās type4 wouldnāt spray. So truck 1 deiced, truck 2 anti-iced. Around and around, plane after plane for the whole day.
Canāt check the tire pressure, we have cameras everywhere and OPS constantly driving past. The Aspen airportās Deice pad is also inbound and outbound staging/run-up area for ~150 flights a day so things get interesting. First flight 7AM, last flight 10:30PM and we get 37 commercial flights a day.
Have to drive past the commercial ramps, plus private parking area, thereās only 1 road and 1 taxiway so it can take an hour+ just to go get fuel/fluids on a busy day. We usually end up single-trucking a plane while another 1 or 2 go to refill.
Oh, and did I mention our only mechanic would always call in sick every time it snowed and/or got cold? For a company thatās whole business model is based on cold/snow days.
Still had fun though. Even got to spray the Patriots plane after they lost a game to the Vikings at Minnesota a couple years ago.
Aspen is a different beast, lots of restrictions because of the mountains. Tower opens at 7AM, no flights before then.
Planes can still land after 10:30, but planes must be wheels up by 10:30:00 or else they canāt take off. FAA rules up here.
37 flights a day doesnāt sound like much (it isnāt), until you also figure in 3 deicers total on a 13+ hour shift 7 days a week. And those 37 flights are mixed in with 130+ private flights. And the ~150 inbound flights. And all of them usually end up touching our deice pad at one point or another.
Itās made to fit 3 CRJ-700ās. But weāve had 3 parked there, plus 2 we were deicing at one point. I was actually sitting in the travel lane/safety zone while deicing the tail (which was hanging over the safety zone) because it was so damn full.
Top is north, bottom is south. Commercial has to take off to the north, and land south. Weāve had it so windy, there were so many jets lined up waiting to take off it was blocking entrance to the deice pad so we couldnāt get anything else in to spray.
edit: plane behind me we finished, they working on that one in front of me, and the other 3 jets are waiting for a slot to open up at the terminal to go unload passengers. Which they canāt, because the two weāre working on have to take off to make room for some to leave the terminal for deicing.
Normally, youād want to take off and land with a headwind. And if you have relatively normal weather, most planes should be taking off and landing in the same direction.
I imagine that this is at KASE, and youāve got a bit of a crosswind right now:
Yuppers, 15 is southbound so thatās the landing direction. Runway 33 is northbound. Same runway, different direction. Privates can takeoff/land either direction, they just have to get the OK from Tower. Commercial canāt due to FAA regulations because of the mountains.
My mother (in her 80ās) still lives on the farm. Sheās one of those nothing is gonna hold me back kind of people. From generations of farmers.
Just to let you know how that works, I got a text a few years back, āI ran over the propane tank with the tractor, but itās o.k.ā For reference, I had no clue what āitās o.k.ā meant, and she drove an Allis 7060 over a 500 gallon propane tank.
Anywho, I bring this up cause last year she decided she wanted the house painted and she wants it done her way. So she bought a goverment surplus de-icer. A.K.A. āThe Beastā
I spent last Christmas fixing the Hydraulics and bucket controls. God only know how this plays out, but at least sheās not planning to go up in it herself.
Just to clarify, the massive spray rig will not be used. Itās just to run some poor guy who didnāt run fast enough away from the project 30 ft up in the air with a paintbrush.
Dug out some old Wyze V2 cams I had and finally got around to getting setup. Loaded with Dafang firmware: GitHub - EliasKotlyar/Xiaomi-Dafang-Hacks
No cloud, no internet, no subscription needed. Tied into my Homeassistant server so now I get notifications on somebody in the driveway.
No Iām not showing off, in fact most of the time I donāt even care and just want to finish whatever Iām doing and go home. So itās probably not even the best effort Iām capable of, fuck off!
Why are some cultures like this!? Why are people like this!? I donāt like to compare myself to others and seriously donāt care. If you want help ask, if you want to learn how I do things ask, but donāt belittle me because you lost a dumb competition that I wasnāt participating in and probably only exists in your head.[/vent]
People suckā¦ This aspect about Latin America sucksā¦ And I need a hugā¦
