Maybe for ground crew, it is groundmanship............Put the chocks in. At least it was an old 310 that was soon to be phased out rather than a newly purchased 330.
A bit strange as my experience with military has usually been larger than normal chocks.
I am trying to think of any chocks stories that I have like this but not right now. I remember back in the baggage handler days putting the chocks onto the 737-200 that arrived at the gate on a snowy day. Back in those days, you de-iced at the gate and there was plenty of orange snow around(no green in those days). The gate had a bit of a slope and after the brakes were released, the aircraft started rolling backwards pushing the chock along the slippery slushy snow. Another guy ran back and jammed the chock in with his foot(seems a bit dangerous). After that, I always jammed those heavy rubber chocks in with my foot after putting it in place on snowy days, on the downslope side(when the plane was not moving of course).
"In 2019...plane was put out of commission for nearly a year-and-a-half after it rolled away and collided with a hangar wall at CFB Trenton, causing $11 million in damage to its nose and an engine."
You'd think chocks would be on the top of everyone's mind. It's not like they got pushed out of the way on snow either. Guam and the inside of a hangar.
While scrapping it is not surprising now that the 330's are coming on line - I question the need to scrap it in Guam. Looks like it just needs a rudder and vertical fin. You would think they would replace that and sell/ferry it to a scrap dealer. Can't be that expensive to replace those. And then the dealer could litterally strip everything off it. Hell - they could rent or borrow the tail from one of the scrappers as they would get it back again.
boeingboy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:19 pm
Looks like it just needs a rudder and vertical fin.
The public report says it rebounded 8m from point of contact.... If true, that's a lot of energy given the aircraft size/weight. Could be much more significant structural damage than just the rudder / vertical stab.
boeingboy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:19 pm
While scrapping it is not surprising now that the 330's are coming on line - I question the need to scrap it in Guam. Looks like it just needs a rudder and vertical fin. You would think they would replace that and sell/ferry it to a scrap dealer. Can't be that expensive to replace those. And then the dealer could litterally strip everything off it. Hell - they could rent or borrow the tail from one of the scrappers as they would get it back again.
How many scrappers want an A310? Can't be much need for parts on that type anymore.