Awesome video ! ----- I don't know how many times i've done that job, the brake stack is one large brake unit and has (rotors and stators) rotating pads and stationary pads seen here at @ 2:10 next to the mans head. The brake stack has keyways and you will see them rotate the tire to where the wheel lugs slide into the keyways as the tire and wheel slide on. The Red colored item @ 2:33 is the outer wheel bearing that is coated in Red Grease, the wheel has an inner and outer wheel bearing just like on a car. They then install a big washer and nut and they torque and retorque the nut (seen at @ 3:30 ) and then they install small safety lock bolts onto the nut to keep the nut from backing off as the wheel and tire rotates as the plane taxi's and on takeoffs and landings. The last item they will install is a dust cap that is used to protect the large nut and outer wheel bearing from damage from dirt and debris. At @ 5:20 you can see a maintenance technician (mechanic) installing the dirt/debris cover onto the outer wheel assembly and securing it with a piece of (safety wire) that is steel wire made for securing fasteners/bolts or screws.
@@sferg9582 - Good Eyes - Yes that is true, normally you at rotate the tire/wheel while applying the torque to help fully seat the bearings and the video has a couple edit spots in it and that was why I didn't say anything. After looking again, the older technician did hand rotate the tire/wheel assy slightly at @ 3:12 just prior to beginning the torqueing process and again only very slightly at @ 4:26 . Normally by checklist you would give the tire one full revolution each time. They did do a high torque (supposed to be around 500 ft lbs) and then they backed it off and they did a final lower torque (approx 150 ft lbs) by torque specs which would be normal by the checklist.
I didn’t see the mechanics spinning the tire wheel assembly when they were torquing it to seat the bearing assembly. I was taught to do that when changing out the tire assembly. I’m a retired A&P mechanic that worked at McDonnell Douglas factory in Long Beach, California on MD-80s MD-90s MD-11s & C-17s. Thank you for sharing this and bringing back memories
From now on no complaints about buying a tire & changing it for my truck. You never know how big main tires are until you watch this video. Thanks sharing it. :-)
@@davidwalters7600 David, I am sure like the B747’s DC-10’s like that must have been very large next to B737’s. Hard to grasp size until you see this especially distance away.
Thank you! What a great look behind the scenes. It takes a lot to keep every plane flying. Great teamwork and exceptionally skilled workers. I'd be willing to bet that plane left on time too.
Awesome probably 1 of the most intriguing things to watch on top of watching a engine change or fixing a nose gear. If you haven't already suggest watching Stig Aviation. He does that kind of stuff and has very interesting content showing more the inner working of a plane that we never would see nor know about as a regular ramper
Pretty sure you’re the coolest, most positive person on the tarmac. Amazing what can be done at the gate to keep these planes moving. Cheers to those mechanics.
Hi Jessica, you are a smart girl and show exactly how a wheel is assembled on a plane. Now I can finally stage this whole process myself at home, because even big boys have to have something to play with after work. 🤣🤣🤣 Great pictures, thanks for sharing. Greetings from Micha from Dresden (DRS).
To my klowledge they use nitrogen to inflate, because it's an inert gas that can't burn and has a lot higher capacity to take up heat energy, the tire heats up lot less and much slower, reducing the risk of tire decomposition and fires, and extends tire life, as the temperature changes are not that extreme... Thats what I heard of...
I want to get a job working around planes like this, it is so cool. Always love how happy and enthusiastic you are ma'am. Brightening everyone's day with your smile.
Just found your channel and love it, could you use an insta 360 camera? if you can that would make some of your videos really interesting, especially if you can make the video so that we the viewers can move the video around while you are working, i have seen a completely different channel do this and its spectacular.
We have a bad tire experience in Vancouver, BC several years ago. The airline (that begins with Del and ends with ta) landed, unloaded, fueled up, loaded baggage and us (passengers) for a non-stop to Atlanta. I sat looking out the window as the pilot walked around doing the usual check of important things that help the things takeoff, fly and land. I noticed the pilot come out and wave to the ground crew to check something out. Two or three more disappear under the plane. Hey, we are loaded and ready for push back. We have a connection to make in Atlanta. Lets go. The pilot comes on the intercom to let us know we have a flat tire and this 757 can't fly until it is repaired. The airline has no maintenance crew in Vancouver so the 'service' will have to come out and change it. We should have it changed by 1PM and be in the air in plenty of time to make our connection. At 1 PM I see the 'service' truck pull up with a tire in the back. Our tire. Forget a 1 PM flight. At 2:15 , after the tire change, the service calling Atlanta to document what they did, we take off. Missed the connection and had to stay in Atlanta at the airlines expense. At 12:30 AM we sat in a hotel eating nasty McDonald's burgers because we had not eaten since breakfast the day before, only to have to be up at 5:30 AM to go back to the airport to make the final leg home. My nagging question has always been, how come we were on board before the bad tire was found. The ground crew walked all around the landing gear for at least an hour, but no one noticed.
Oh what a frustrating experience! One issue can create such a ripple effect. I am not sure in that situation why there was that delay. I know in this situation, this was maintenance that was scheduled and the mechanics were there immediately. And timed it fit exactly the time it took the ground crew to load the plane. I am so sorry about your experience :/
Twenty-minute tire change, :47 minute paper-chase for A/C logbook entry and MX database-update and sign-offs. When I entered a tire issue I knew I had time to get a Cinnabon for me and my FO in the terminal. Things you learn in 40 years of flying.
@@ladyandtheramp Yup, retired in 2023- I had a reunion on the ramp in SAN when I recognized a HS classmate she was marshaling me in when I was cpt on 727. Considering we both were from SW Michigan what are the odds.
Thank you for the video! I can see by the comments people are very interested in what you're doing when showing us all about airport operations. Great idea to spread the coverage around. Now you can think about fueling, catering (many have never seen what happens outside with catering), not sure about Lav servicing, ha ha!, but the other departments can be interesting, too.
I was going to say the same thing on my retired A&P and we always spend the tire for initial torque and final torque to seat the bearing. By the way I worked at McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach when they were brand new. So I’m a little old guy I worked on MD 80s MD 11s.
Thanks for the comment and reply. I am a heavy equipment mechanic. And we have to do the same thing with bearings and inspect the brakes, internal wet brakes.
Wish you had shown the maintenance technician safety wiring the bolts. Back in my avionics tech days in the USAF almost every bolt or nut got safety wired.
What do they call them in the auto racing world? Slicks? I think that replaced tire looked like it could have been put on a race car. Next joke: something funny related to not having to call AAA for a tow since you are there. Always good to watch professionals doing their job. Thanks for the inside view.
I need to get me one of those pneumatic jacks for my 2-1/2 ton truck!! In the words of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor, "MORE POWER!!!!" * grunt * * grunt * * grunt * * grunt * * grunt *
I was sitting on a Southwest flight many years ago, and noticed that the left side of the aircraft was getting higher. Looking out the window, I saw some mechanics doing exactly this.
I was a small business owner …and several of my friends got hired on with American. So I wanted to join the fun! And I feel I love with planes and aviation 😁
@@ladyandtheramp same thing when I was in Vegas changing out the tire or brake during the day in the summer time. Even at night at the ramp is still so freaking hot even when the sun is out already
The walk-round is always done prior to passsengers boarding. It could have been spotted then, or more likely, it was noted as approaching the minimum of 1/32" on any groove on a previous walk-round and deferred to a suitable location/time.
@@Terminator2310 They might have done it while the Pax were boarding..or once they got it off the jacks, allow Pax to board. As the paperwork, all the little things takes time
I know each airline has their own mechanics and equipment. I know certain stations are used for specific repairs and maintenance. In PHX, they change a lot of tires :)
Depending upon the airports they land at for the different tire wear patterns, they can get from 200 to 400 landings out of these tires. Many don't make it that far due to regular damage to the tires during ground operations. Towing and taxiing the aircraft all over an airport can be very bad for the tires. You'll see construction at most major airports quite often, and that leaves a lot of extra FOD in the areas where these planes will be moved through.
@ladyandtheramp - Jessica, what i can't help but wonder is this. Unless that plane was on a red-eye, shouldn't the low tread on that tire been caught and addressed during night maintenance, rather than on the line, where it no doubt delayed that flight and all following flights for that plane?
Yes, you would think that it would cause a delay…but since the mechanics were all ready to go, it fell in perfect timing with loading the aircraft. They seem to change a lot of tires here…they must have the proper team and equipment here at our station.
Just wait a few hours and the news media will be saying… “Another MAJOR failure for Boeing. This time a crucial tire had to be changed. When will these maintenance failures stop? The plane’s windshield also needed to be addressed as bugs were splattered across it and it had to be wiped down prior to flight.”
American Airlines does not have Business Class ZED agreements except for Alaska Airlines. United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Jet Blue, Southwest Airlines, and Air Canada do have Business Class ZED agreements with numerous airlines including LOT Polish Airlines. So coming to American Airlines I want to have a lifetime United Airlines mainline pass travel and Business/Economy Class ZED agreements. Then again American Airlines is the only one that gave the most job offers to upgrade from the ramp.
It's a real pain for the mechanics when they have to put on snow tires when the planes go to a winery destination like Denver, then swap them back when returning to Miami.
I miss being on the ramp. I worked there at Sky Harbor for Piedmont Airlines GSE mechanic. Piedmont is the regional airline of American. Or like I used to call it The red headed step child of American Airlines. Because that's how we got treated.
That is what I have heard it called too…so sad :( I view us all as one big team…all working together. Our customers are the same, bags going on both airlines, etc…
@@ladyandtheramp I agree and even though it's like that I still enjoyed my time on the ramp. I'm actually trying to get on there with American as GSE maintenance. Wish me luck! 😊
Terrible ! When the old wheel nut was loosened the mechanic dropped the torque wrench on the ramp . That tool should now be sent for calibration . When the new wheel went on they didn’t spin the wheel while torquing the axle nut to ensure the nut is properly seated . Also improper. There are certain things you just don’t do even on something as simple as a wheel change .
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Awesome video ! ----- I don't know how many times i've done that job, the brake stack is one large brake unit and has (rotors and stators) rotating pads and stationary pads seen here at @ 2:10 next to the mans head. The brake stack has keyways and you will see them rotate the tire to where the wheel lugs slide into the keyways as the tire and wheel slide on. The Red colored item @ 2:33 is the outer wheel bearing that is coated in Red Grease, the wheel has an inner and outer wheel bearing just like on a car. They then install a big washer and nut and they torque and retorque the nut (seen at @ 3:30 ) and then they install small safety lock bolts onto the nut to keep the nut from backing off as the wheel and tire rotates as the plane taxi's and on takeoffs and landings. The last item they will install is a dust cap that is used to protect the large nut and outer wheel bearing from damage from dirt and debris. At @ 5:20 you can see a maintenance technician (mechanic) installing the dirt/debris cover onto the outer wheel assembly and securing it with a piece of (safety wire) that is steel wire made for securing fasteners/bolts or screws.
Agree...
That is incredible! Thank you so much for all the info! 😁
I thought they were supposed to be rotating the wheel during the final torque to make sure there's no binding and bearing damage.....
@@sferg9582 - Good Eyes - Yes that is true, normally you at rotate the tire/wheel while applying the torque to help fully seat the bearings and the video has a couple edit spots in it and that was why I didn't say anything. After looking again, the older technician did hand rotate the tire/wheel assy slightly at @ 3:12 just prior to beginning the torqueing process and again only very slightly at @ 4:26 . Normally by checklist you would give the tire one full revolution each time. They did do a high torque (supposed to be around 500 ft lbs) and then they backed it off and they did a final lower torque (approx 150 ft lbs) by torque specs which would be normal by the checklist.
It's like watching a monkey F a football. You can tell it has been a LONG time since they changed a tire.
I didn’t see the mechanics spinning the tire wheel assembly when they were torquing it to seat the bearing assembly. I was taught to do that when changing out the tire assembly. I’m a retired A&P mechanic that worked at McDonnell Douglas factory in Long Beach, California on MD-80s MD-90s MD-11s & C-17s. Thank you for sharing this and bringing back memories
😁👍 you had a cool job!
Let's not talk about that and just have a nice flight...🤥
From now on no complaints about buying a tire & changing it for my truck. You never know how big main tires are until you watch this video. Thanks sharing it. :-)
Very true!
@@ladyandtheramp :-)) I agree.
The main gear tires only get bigger with the Airbus series and the different wide body models
@@davidwalters7600 David, I am sure like the B747’s DC-10’s like that must have been very large next to B737’s. Hard to grasp size until you see this especially distance away.
LOL look up the Firestone 707057SRG, it has the same diameter as an airbus 320 fuselage (4m)
Thank you! What a great look behind the scenes. It takes a lot to keep every plane flying. Great teamwork and exceptionally skilled workers. I'd be willing to bet that plane left on time too.
Glad you enjoyed it! And it does take teamwork! That is one of the aspects I love about my job 😁
Definitely teamwork and skilled workers involved, but I don't know about the on-time part.
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Awesome probably 1 of the most intriguing things to watch on top of watching a engine change or fixing a nose gear. If you haven't already suggest watching Stig Aviation. He does that kind of stuff and has very interesting content showing more the inner working of a plane that we never would see nor know about as a regular ramper
Oh that is great info! I will go look him up!
Considering a tire just fell off a jet recently, this was interesting to watch. I'm surprised the tires are as small as they are actually 😏
Well , that was fast.
WE love your positive attitude. Your videos are brilliant. Keep them coming.
Thank you so much! 👋😁
They're pros! They do an amazing job!
Pretty sure you’re the coolest, most positive person on the tarmac. Amazing what can be done at the gate to keep these planes moving. Cheers to those mechanics.
Couldn't agree more! 😁 they are great!
very interesting! I had no idea what the process was to change a tire on an airplane of that size. Bravoo👏👏👏👍
Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for this video!!! For geeks like me we only ride in the airplane and don't get to see this stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
Hi Jessica, you are a smart girl and show exactly how a wheel is assembled on a plane. Now I can finally stage this whole process myself at home, because even big boys have to have something to play with after work. 🤣🤣🤣 Great pictures, thanks for sharing. Greetings from Micha from Dresden (DRS).
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Your live stream was outstanding
As an AvGeek I can’t wait for more inside information
Glad you enjoyed it! More to come!
Surprised they don’t get changed as a set.
It's the first time I've seen a video like this. I had never seen how to change aircraft tires. I liked. I also liked your glasses, very cool.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ready for Take-off! Thanks for the Video!❤
Thanks for watching! 😁
0:40 I've actually never seen a "nitrogen inflator/compressor" or whatever these devices are called in real life... Great Video!
Thanks! I don’t know what kind if compressor it is either…but it was super cool!
To my klowledge they use nitrogen to inflate, because it's an inert gas that can't burn and has a lot higher capacity to take up heat energy, the tire heats up lot less and much slower, reducing the risk of tire decomposition and fires, and extends tire life, as the temperature changes are not that extreme... Thats what I heard of...
Oh wow! That is good info! Thank you :)
All that weight resting on those bearings
That was pretty awesome to see Jess
Glad you posted 🎉
Thanks 😊
@@ladyandtheramp more like this, it's brilliant to see what happens behind the scenes 👍
Ok I will try to keep them coming :)
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Thats a big rubber bag or air! Nice 👍👍
Thanks 👍
Have never seen a tire change. Great video! Thanks!
Thank you!
The Dedication for the love of airplanes is the best ❤️
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Nice video, really interesting 😉👍
Thanks! 😃
Great video Jessica…job well done.
Thank you!!
Maybe u could make a video of a plane arriving and everything thats follows, from parking to.... the rest? I think it would be interesting too.
Great idea!! Thanks for the suggestion!
That is very cool
Thanks 👍
Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Really interesting. Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome rare glimpse into what goes into what it takes to keep those planes going. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
nice job
Thanks!
Hopefully I’ll talk to you on the headset when I get through PHX one of these days.
Oh yes! I hope so 😁👋
Hi👋 Jessica that is so cool changing a tire on a 737-800 aircraft
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Fantastic video, those workers a so skilled at their jobs. Thank you for this educational video!!
Thank you!
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other amazing video :)
Thanks again!
Very cool ❤I have never seen a tire change on a passenger plane before,really interesting how it's done thanks for showing us.😊
Thanks for watching 😁
I want to get a job working around planes like this, it is so cool. Always love how happy and enthusiastic you are ma'am. Brightening everyone's day with your smile.
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What a good service ramp!!! Clap clap clap!!!
I agree!!
First time watching. Love it but way too short your videos are
Glad you like them! 😁
An amazing video 📹 👏 ❤️.
Thank you so much! 😁
I’d love to do your kind of job, great work and keep these great videos coming 😊 all the best from the UK
Thanks 😊
Kudos to you and all the amazing people who keep these aircraft in top shape ✈️✈️
Thank you! 😁
Just found your channel and love it, could you use an insta 360 camera? if you can that would make some of your videos really interesting, especially if you can make the video so that we the viewers can move the video around while you are working, i have seen a completely different channel do this and its spectacular.
Oh cool idea! I will look into that!
Wow! Never seen anything like that before!!
Not really common on the ramp, but pretty cool to see how quickly they got the job done!
We have a bad tire experience in Vancouver, BC several years ago. The airline (that begins with Del and ends with ta) landed, unloaded, fueled up, loaded baggage and us (passengers) for a non-stop to Atlanta. I sat looking out the window as the pilot walked around doing the usual check of important things that help the things takeoff, fly and land. I noticed the pilot come out and wave to the ground crew to check something out. Two or three more disappear under the plane. Hey, we are loaded and ready for push back. We have a connection to make in Atlanta. Lets go. The pilot comes on the intercom to let us know we have a flat tire and this 757 can't fly until it is repaired. The airline has no maintenance crew in Vancouver so the 'service' will have to come out and change it. We should have it changed by 1PM and be in the air in plenty of time to make our connection. At 1 PM I see the 'service' truck pull up with a tire in the back. Our tire. Forget a 1 PM flight. At 2:15 , after the tire change, the service calling Atlanta to document what they did, we take off. Missed the connection and had to stay in Atlanta at the airlines expense. At 12:30 AM we sat in a hotel eating nasty McDonald's burgers because we had not eaten since breakfast the day before, only to have to be up at 5:30 AM to go back to the airport to make the final leg home. My nagging question has always been, how come we were on board before the bad tire was found. The ground crew walked all around the landing gear for at least an hour, but no one noticed.
Oh what a frustrating experience! One issue can create such a ripple effect.
I am not sure in that situation why there was that delay. I know in this situation, this was maintenance that was scheduled and the mechanics were there immediately. And timed it fit exactly the time it took the ground crew to load the plane.
I am so sorry about your experience :/
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agreed, it is so cool. Thank You.
Glad you like it!
that's is so cool congrats
Thank you!
That was absolutely tiring ! 🙂 Enjoyed it. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
I want this jack for my car!!
Isn’t it awesome!
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Twenty-minute tire change, :47 minute paper-chase for A/C logbook entry and MX database-update and sign-offs. When I entered a tire issue I knew I had time to get a Cinnabon for me and my FO in the terminal. Things you learn in 40 years of flying.
😂😂 that is cool you have the timing down pat :) 40 years?! Congratulations!
@@ladyandtheramp Yup, retired in 2023- I had a reunion on the ramp in SAN when I recognized a HS classmate she was marshaling me in when I was cpt on 727. Considering we both were from SW Michigan what are the odds.
Wow! That is so neat! Maybe the airline world is smaller then we think! 😁 happy retirement!
Yeah make it look to easy. Very cool young lady. You have such a cool job. 😎👍🏻
Thanks so much 😊
The landing gear must take a very hard beating with all that landing and taken off and all that weight on it.
Thank you for the video! I can see by the comments people are very interested in what you're doing when showing us all about airport operations. Great idea to spread the coverage around. Now you can think about fueling, catering (many have never seen what happens outside with catering), not sure about Lav servicing, ha ha!, but the other departments can be interesting, too.
Great suggestions! Thank you! 👍😁
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over 2-300 psi per tire! really impressive!!! :D TX for the video!!! :D
Glad you liked it!
At London Heathrow Airport they scrape up all the skid mark tire rubber off the runway and recycle it.
Oh I have heard of that! So interesting!
My dad did that a few times for Delta in Atlanta.
That is cool!
Torque to spec.
That was very interesting to watch. They may not be NASCAR pit crew ready....
but they know how to get the job done. 😊 Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nope... Union workers take their time.... LOL Been there and done it so many times at a gate.
I don't think I'd want my aircraft tire changed in 6 seconds.
They need a tire cart it'll lift it right in place and Align it perfectly. I did not see them preload the bearings and then back them off.
I was going to say the same thing on my retired A&P and we always spend the tire for initial torque and final torque to seat the bearing. By the way I worked at McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach when they were brand new. So I’m a little old guy I worked on MD 80s MD 11s.
Thanks for the comment and reply. I am a heavy equipment mechanic. And we have to do the same thing with bearings and inspect the brakes, internal wet brakes.
I think this is the first time I've see a tire change on a commercial aircraft. I wonder how much the tire and wheel weighs??
Great question. I will have to ask one of the mechanics!
You'll notice that the guys handling those tires are all beefy dudes, not some soy boy with a man bun. 😁 Very impressive work. Great video!
It definitely takes some muscle to move them around.
5ft nothing women can do this without much issue. It's more about how you use your head than strength.
Looks like the opening of the old joke, "How many mechanics does it take to change a tire?"
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Wish you had shown the maintenance technician safety wiring the bolts. Back in my avionics tech days in the USAF almost every bolt or nut got safety wired.
Oh yes…I did see him do that! The video was edited down for time purposes.
What do they call them in the auto racing world? Slicks? I think that replaced tire looked like it could have been put on a race car.
Next joke: something funny related to not having to call AAA for a tow since you are there.
Always good to watch professionals doing their job. Thanks for the inside view.
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I wish you had not sped up the end.
0:31
*"Let me just set my expensive piece of precision equipment down for a moment...."*
*"CLINK!"* 🤦♂
Almost as fast as for Max Verstappen 😀
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I need to get me one of those pneumatic jacks for my 2-1/2 ton truck!! In the words of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor, "MORE POWER!!!!" * grunt * * grunt * * grunt * * grunt * * grunt *
50 tons! That is a lot of lifting power.
I was sitting on a Southwest flight many years ago, and noticed that the left side of the aircraft was getting higher. Looking out the window, I saw some mechanics doing exactly this.
Oh wow! You got to feel it from the inside! :)
Look how bald that tire was compared to the new one put on. Eesh!
I would imagine those tires take a lot of abuse.
Lol 😂 first time i think there helicopter pyr pyr pyr pyr doing .. 😂
Very cool. What did you do before you got into aviation? And how/why did you make a transition into the aviation field? Thanks!
I was a small business owner …and several of my friends got hired on with American. So I wanted to join the fun! And I feel I love with planes and aviation 😁
@@ladyandtheramp Very interesting! I think I would enjoy it from September thru May :)
In few more months is going to suck changing out either the tire or the brake when the temperature is in the gate of hell 🥵
Phoenix is always difficult in the summer, but down on the ramp is a crazy hot!
@@ladyandtheramp same thing when I was in Vegas changing out the tire or brake during the day in the summer time. Even at night at the ramp is still so freaking hot even when the sun is out already
@@als8127 Try doing this in a blizzard...or a thunderstorm
Wow, were the passengers already onboard and the pilot did the walk around and reported the faulty tyre perhaps?
The walk-round is always done prior to passsengers boarding. It could have been spotted then, or more likely, it was noted as approaching the minimum of 1/32" on any groove on a previous walk-round and deferred to a suitable location/time.
@@Terminator2310 They might have done it while the Pax were boarding..or once they got it off the jacks, allow Pax to board. As the paperwork, all the little things takes time
Correct! The mechanics were all ready to go as soon as it came in.
So how’s does this works? Every airline keeps every machinery at every airport?
I know each airline has their own mechanics and equipment. I know certain stations are used for specific repairs and maintenance. In PHX, they change a lot of tires :)
@@ladyandtheramp very interesting, thanks.
Hi Jessica, beautiful blue (or may be purple) glasses. Hard work to change this tire. How many landings these tires support? Kisses from Brazil.
I am not sure. I am part of the ground crew. Those men changing the tires are aircraft mechanics :)
Depending upon the airports they land at for the different tire wear patterns, they can get from 200 to 400 landings out of these tires.
Many don't make it that far due to regular damage to the tires during ground operations. Towing and taxiing the aircraft all over an airport can be very bad for the tires. You'll see construction at most major airports quite often, and that leaves a lot of extra FOD in the areas where these planes will be moved through.
How many landing and take off? Can they do on one tire before they have to put a new 1 on?
New tyre fitted captain. Comes with 3 months warranty. How will you be paying?
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@ladyandtheramp - Jessica, what i can't help but wonder is this. Unless that plane was on a red-eye, shouldn't the low tread on that tire been caught and addressed during night maintenance, rather than on the line, where it no doubt delayed that flight and all following flights for that plane?
Yes, you would think that it would cause a delay…but since the mechanics were all ready to go, it fell in perfect timing with loading the aircraft. They seem to change a lot of tires here…they must have the proper team and equipment here at our station.
@@ladyandtherampso kind of like a NASCAR pit crew 😊
😂yeah I guess so! Just a lot slower then NASCAR :)
Just wait a few hours and the news media will be saying…
“Another MAJOR failure for Boeing. This time a crucial tire had to be changed. When will these maintenance failures stop? The plane’s windshield also needed to be addressed as bugs were splattered across it and it had to be wiped down prior to flight.”
Hello, I have a question, does the aerobridge needs to be detach from aircraft during a tire change?
The keep it attached so if by chance something goes wrong, there is an exit for those people on board
Is in phoenix all year sun and hot weather ?
Phoenix averages over 300 days of sunshine per year and is routinely over 110 degrees (Fahrenheit) in the summer.
No pinch points here. Lol
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American Airlines does not have Business Class ZED agreements except for Alaska Airlines. United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Jet Blue, Southwest Airlines, and Air Canada do have Business Class ZED agreements with numerous airlines including LOT Polish Airlines. So coming to American Airlines I want to have a lifetime United Airlines mainline pass travel and Business/Economy Class ZED agreements. Then again American Airlines is the only one that gave the most job offers to upgrade from the ramp.
How long does it take to Change A Tire?
It's a real pain for the mechanics when they have to put on snow tires when the planes go to a winery destination like Denver, then swap them back when returning to Miami.
How many pounds can one tire carry?
I miss being on the ramp. I worked there at Sky Harbor for Piedmont Airlines GSE mechanic. Piedmont is the regional airline of American. Or like I used to call it The red headed step child of American Airlines. Because that's how we got treated.
That is what I have heard it called too…so sad :(
I view us all as one big team…all working together. Our customers are the same, bags going on both airlines, etc…
@@ladyandtheramp I agree and even though it's like that I still enjoyed my time on the ramp. I'm actually trying to get on there with American as GSE maintenance. Wish me luck! 😊
Oh great! I hear that is a great job! Good luck! 👍
@@ladyandtheramp Thank you!
how much the price for one tyre?
Good question! I will find out that information!
To change out a big wheel, you've got to have a big Johnson.
Terrible ! When the old wheel nut was loosened the mechanic dropped the torque wrench on the ramp . That tool should now be sent for calibration . When the new wheel went on they didn’t spin the wheel while torquing the axle nut to ensure the nut is properly seated . Also improper. There are certain things you just don’t do even on something as simple as a wheel change .
I loved you before but now ... listen all you social media freaks, moms and wannabes... here we have an example of a competent individual using HORIZONTAL view - providing that - cinematic view that you usually use and enjoy while watching those crappy TV series. See the difference? Yeah. That's what professional people do. Warmest from LOWL.
😂😂 thank you!