• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

Auto ignition of oily rags

Nepal Airlines Sacrifices Goats​

https://www.peta.org/news/nepal-airlines-sacrifices-goats/

:p


and another one.....

Pakistan International Airlines goat slaughter mocked​

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38368667



Appears to be common practice in the industry.

I did a google to see if there was a proper ATA code for "sacrafices" but the AI response was this....

"AI Overview

There isn't a specific ATA (Air Transport Association) code for "sacrifices." The ATA system is a standardized way to categorize aircraft systems and components for maintenance purposes. Sacrifices, in the context of aircraft, might refer to components that are intentionally designed to be replaced or damaged during an event to prevent further damage to other, more critical components. However, this is not a formal ATA category"
Coming back to this, in a re-read of the whole thread, as it misses the basic issue at hand. They don't sacrifice the Goats, to FIX the airplanes, they sacrifice the goats to bless the Airplanes, in addition to the careful work put in to making them airworthy.

We could probably get in to some really unwelcome discourse about the perceived foolishness of a LOT of the worlds religious ceremony and tradition, but in the idea of being respectful, we we won't...
Besides, most of them don't end the day with the windfall of a fresh goat carcass for dinner! LOL!

Key takeaway is to not think that they are doing this as much to fix things, as to garner their particular deity or deity's favor towards what they have competently fixed!
Entirely different than the scenario of supposedly "Repairing" any part of an airliner, by such means.
 
Back
Top