How Delta Fixes $32 Million Jet Engines | Big Business
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- Delta Technical Operations in Atlanta fixes commercial jets for Delta and 150 customers, including the military and other airlines. The bustling operation runs 24-7, repairing everything from landing gear to $32 million engines. Business Insider goes inside TechOps to see how technicians nurse complex jet engines back to health.
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How Delta Fixes $32 Million Jet Engines | Big Business
In my 30 year career as a Delta Captain, I never experienced an engine failure or major aircraft malfunction. These men and women are the best in the world.
Any suggestions on where to start a career in working on engines like these?
@@PacSkivities Aeronautical engineering for sure, it covers everything on aircraft.
If you do experience even one aircraft malfunction, you ...........
@@PacSkivities In America these guys are called A and P technicians. After high school you go for apprenticeships in different airlines.
It's a bit much to say "hey, it didn't happen to me, so they must be good"... How about Delta's safety record? Not good. The National Carrier from where I live is the only Carrier to have never had a fatality on their flights since 1951. QANTAS of Australia
I like Morris' energy for his job. It has to do with safety so good energy is needed
Yeah, Delta Technical Operations better be treating him good 😤
stop sucking up
@@onazram1 who hurt you?
@Whut i guess what he meant was that it's good that someone is actually trustworthy regarding that stuff and enjoys his job in keeping people safe
@Whut uhhh, what..?
Ah yes, _The hospital for planes_
Bruh dio satama
Bro take me there
So planes get covid also??
@@computerman9971 yes, when people at airports are fueling a plane theres a chance they have Corona-19, and the Corona particles go into the engine and then the plane gets sick
@@captaincalamari7451 yes lol
32 million dollar engine: *Exists*
Seagull: “I’m about to end this mans whole career”
Have you heard of binary trading options?
You copied business insiders video about the USA's doomsday plane. Change your comment.
@Ved Daga Two things- 1. More then one person can have the same idea, nothing wrong with that. And 2, you can’t force someone to delete their comment( they did nothing wrong) you’re on the internet smh
@@acamelwholikescoke4641 Yes, but the thing is it is. the same channel
@Anthony Boag They only do that for certification, nobody's throwing chickens in the Delta repair facility.
That seriously makes me feel more comfortable onboard.
40% of airline pilots are alcoholics. I used to drink with a pilot friend of mine. He'd consume a bottle of whiskey over an evening, sleep for 6 hours, wake up, and be rolling down the tarmac for take-off, still woozy.
Happy travels!
@@onepalproductions thanks, I feel more safe 😌
@@onepalproductions just because you friend is a alcoholic doesn't mean 40% of pilots are
Lol flying isn't even scary
@@LBZDreamer At that time, 40% were alcoholics (90s) it's the lifestyle - staying in hotels with expense accounts, and escorts, err, I mean "cabin crew".
"The work never stop because the plane never stop"
covid-19: say less
He jinxed it
Still working by the way..
well that's why they are mass firing people.
Jimmy Stevens Um. I’ve got news for you
Guess people stopped ordering stuff then huh
"How dumb should we assume our viewers are?"
"Call the repair shop a plane hospital"
I didn't even know they had plane hospitals honestly. How do they even fit in an ambulance? Can you imagine 😂
Jk
You would be surprised
74 million people voted to re-elect Trump. Millions of people are ignoring the smart scientists and travelling during a deadly, out of control pandemic.
THAT is now dumb people are. Breathtakingly dumb. Any more questions?
@@elephantcup Biden is the dumb choice. This pandemic is nothing but a flu for most people. Take your politics somewhere else leftie
People are a lot smarter then you think, majority of them play dumb
My respect to all these professionals, that make flying, the safest method of transportation.
for real
I don’t even ride on planes but I’m still impressed and grateful as well.
Actually, the safest mode of travel is........................an elevator.
YEP YEP and I want to be the Aviation mechanic too...👍👍😃
@@frequentlycynical642 No, the Safest Mode is Walking and Driving on the roads without illegal Substance into our bodies.....😃👍
This just gives me so much respect for the complexity of these workers and engines
Just mechanical work
@@scallen3841 Yah, they should learn to code 😀
@@cybervigilante it's mechanic work that most people can be trained in , they take apart or put together the same section of engine daily .
@@scallen3841 You could say the same thing about surgeons.
@@dentatusdentatus1592 depends on the type of surgeon
I toured this facility back in high school. It was the coolest thing ever!
We got taken to a cigarette factory.
The Army came to our school and tried to get everyone to go to Iraq.
It's even cooler now...you should come back for another tour...
@@tima.478 you work there???
@@robbin4380 Indeed I do!
Without taking anything away from pilots; whose own roles are incredibly important; these techs are just as super important and are like surgeons. They not only need to do the right job, they need to follow rules, not cut corners, use original parts and know they are (not counterfeit) and understand everything. And not levee a single bolt, a single wire disconnected.
These people keep the actual plane in the air, keep people safe and they deserve all the money they earn. Kudos!!!
Agree - one of the reasons that crews' names are on military planes similar to the pilots. Team effort!
Sort of...your post/view is what "makes sense" to the layman but is not actually how this works on a macro level. While they are professionals who should be admired, they make mistakes (and can be dishonest, lazy, whatever) like every single human "professional" and human factors cog in the machine. What makes an operation of 2 million parts work "right" (even "right" doesn't mean what you think it means) are cascading redundancy systems and repeated rechecks/failure detection systems that reduce "entire system failure" probability down to miniscule (note non-zero) levels. I'm on the engineering side of this, and there are systems in place so that a "single disconnected wire" or "a single loose bolt" will be detected long before production deployment happens (and the offending parties isolated/reprimanded). End of the day most (including the engineers as myself) are nothing more than skilled worker bees following a very well orchestrated manual. Fault tolerance/detection is a whole discipline in itself. We don't have an accident just because a couple techs have a hangover or are forgetful at work. System is designed to tolerate those errors way way before rubber meets the road (or an air pocket meets an airfoil in this case lol)
@@thearcher1740 They do have a point. A maintainer's single mistake is far more likely to bring down aircraft even more so than one committed by the air crew. It's happened!
Without them nothing flies
I wonder who loses their job when a aircraft crash's
One of the few places on the planet where you find the concept of QUALITY taken extremely seriously. Thanks for uploading this video.
8 years working for TechOps...glad to be part of such a great team 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 #Deltaproud
May I ask why you left?
@@jronok they said glad to be part of a great team, pretty sure that means they’re still there lol
@@94macwith the payscale now and the profit sharing I highly doubt he’s gonna leave too 🤣😹
The engineering in these things is mind boggling. Not to mention building stuff to fix it is an engineering feat of it's own.
Yeah imagine those calculations within the engines
As an senior year aerospace engineer I can confirm there are a lot of calculations.
Well thanks the German engineers
@@themac9677 Cool. Just curious because of fascination. What are the type of courses you would need (pre requisite’s) in order to be accepted into a school for aeronautical engineering? Im sure a ton of math and physics. lol. Very impressive field of work.
@@stevenrivers8386 Well I am a transfer student so I started off at community college before heading to university so I only understand it from that context. Different universities have different requirements. So UC's, CSU's, and private institutions all can each have their own set of requirements for a particular program. There is a lot of overlap and generally speaking I noticed they tend to focus on you having your math up to differential equations and linear algebra, your physics sequence complete, and certain chemistry courses finished as well as your english and other general education requirements completed. These requirements may not all be strict and you may not need to complete everything in every last category to transfer. I know my answer is somewhat convoluted but the process truly does vary. Hope I helped in some way
Imagine if one of those $500k parts goes missing ...
Found some parts on craigslist for sale cheap! jk
I'm sure there is a huge demand for commercial airplane parts on the black market
Part goes missing, you go missing. ;P
The value is in the assembly and the cost comes from the precision machining. A single turbine blade is pretty useless on its own.
@@Erik-ek9du and the rare earth materials.
Lol he really said “let me put my hat on so I look like somebody” lmao
those hats are cool...😎 What do you wear during work?
that guy looks and sounds so cool and fun lol
Very impressive and super appreciated that Big businesses are showing us a sneak peek of the Engine shop. Excellent work Delta
Spent some time here as both supplier and customer, and every single time amazed by the skill and genuine care of the Delta crew. Chins up guys.
Interesting video my dad has worked for delta for almost 30 years! Started out as a mechanic so I remember going into the hangers at Dallas/Fort Worth and seeing everything like this it amazed me!
Thanks for showing my workplace in a video, just makes me happy to work for Delta Air Lines :)
"You're looking at a 13,000-pound engine!" 4:59 *Someone walks directly below it while it is just hanging by ropes*
not ropes, chains
I would trust those chains and lift more than any other human.
they know what they are doing. no need to worry
They are not ropes. It's either cables, fixtures or chains. All of them are given DAILY checks and logged to make sure the hoists are in good working order. The safety factor is well over the safety factor designed into the roof of your house. Along with the hoists any straps, chains, fixtures or cables used for lifting are given a load test every year and tagged with a date of expiration. If they fail that test they are destroyed and disposed of.
@@kdiver58 I don't believe they check all the cables every day.
Wendover Productions has entered the chat....
Points at rotor blade
"This part costs twelve thousand dollars"
Me: "damn, that's one expensive prop shaft, or whatever the hell that part is"
"There's 80 of them, the entire unit is about 2.2 million"
He was pointing at just one blade, not the entire rotor assembly?!😰😨😨
It's made from Unobtainium
Im a 737 mechanic, and theres a rubber stop around an inch wide that costs 1000 dollars.
@@Matt_10203 I wonder if the engineers who build those parts charge for restroom breaks. Line item entry: "Number two. $200 bucks."
Every part has a lawyer attached to it.
Those are High Pressure Turbine or HPT blades. They sit right behind the combustion section and drive the high pressure compressor or HPC. The HPT blades are basically what gives the engines its thrust.
To me, engines are the most mind-blowing inventions ever! 😨
Yes
To those who think covid stopped all flights, therefore halting the maintenance, you're forgetting something.
Cargo flights.
I was fixing passenger planes during COVID
Cant imagine how fun it must be to work there.
Getting to work with expensive equipment, most of which is cutting edge or extremely technical. As an engineer, that sounds like a dream.
I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the informative and insightful RUclips series produced by Business Insider on the topic of airplanes. Watching these videos has further ignited my passion for pursuing a career in aviation. The in-depth coverage and expert analysis presented in these videos have provided me with a greater understanding and appreciation for the complexities involved in the aviation industry. Once again, thank you for creating such valuable content that has inspired and motivated me to pursue my career aspirations.
Boy this is totally different than from what I saw being a contractor at Honeywell. Watching engine parts bouncing down the road on a pallet with a forklift.
you guys are so amazing and so appreciated by the traveling public . God bless and a prosperous new year to you all.
Many times I've picked up and delivered military and commercial jet engine blades, Pratt & Whitney, and GE. Some were brand new coming to and from heat treatment, some from other processes. I've been to the GE engine plant in Durham and Greenville SC, and different military bases. I won't name all the places, but modern planes are just amazing machines and the people that build and maintain them are unrecognized heroes. I'm glad this video was made to show a glimpse of this industry. Next time you board a flight, be grateful for all the people involved that made your flight possible.
Good mechanics save lives. Thank them
If only their service was this sophisticated
I have seen you everywhere
Ya I have too
like not punching passengers
it is Delta is the industry leader in customer satisfaction
Scroll down for J.D. Power’s list of the top ranking airlines:
Delta Air Lines (860 points on a 1,000-point scale)
Southwest Airlines (856)
Alaska Airlines (850)
JetBlue Airways (849)
United Airlines (810)
American Airlines (791)
Air Canada (759)
this is about Delta's maintenance base in ATL. STUPID INAPPROPRIATE COMMENT. Delta leads the industry in customer satisfaction.
Scroll down for J.D. Power’s list of the top ranking airlines:
Delta Air Lines (860 points on a 1,000-point scale)
Southwest Airlines (856)
Alaska Airlines (850)
JetBlue Airways (849)
United Airlines (810)
American Airlines (791)
Air Canada (759)
I can see that we need more of our youth to go into this field.
Thank You for your service Delta Tech Ops
The planes never stop - that quote hit different
Now this is the most amazing business idea💡
I am an engine builder myself but on much smaller scale. Loved this video. Thanks. Want me a shop like that one. WOW
This was a nice peek into the complex way planes are maintained. Thanks for the scoop!
6:54 GE90/GE9X has entered the chat
GE90/GE9X cant reach 150,000lbs of thrust
@@shahimagesyt They may not hit 150k of thrust, but the GE90 hit 127,900lbs of thrust during flight testing and the GE9X hit 134,300lbs of thrust during its flight test.
@@mh12-47 yes Ik it's still the most powerful jet engine.
Only the 115B came close. Too bad that program is closing down now.
@@notyou6950 why being sad? The 9x is bigger
It looks like Cedric runs a tight ship. You can tell some serious business goes on in that complex
Really enjoyed this video! Super impressed with Delta’s MRO operation. I am a VSTQL with GE Aviation and Delta is doing it right!
Thank you Men and woman!
Appreciate your dedication to the detailed work
I've just finished my first year as an A+P mechanic working on General Aviation stuff. I would love to work in a place like this one day.
What do I use to study for o&p test ?
Christian Beck thanks man. Taking my airframe in a couple of months. And see if (endeavor) in Atlanta has openings. They like new a&ps
Shoulda joined the navy. Coulda got your AP for free
Mauri B No sir. it’s not worth 4 years risking my life. Mines only cost 10k and the school is 18 months long. All my instructors are navy veterans tho. Also pay is way more than
@@johnnydoe9969 Look up a school called Baker's School of Aeronautics. Located in Lebanon Tennessee. They have a website. They have books for all the writtens and the O and P. Every single DME I've ever talked to has said their books are the best to study. It's based on previous tests and the questions don't change too much. Get the Oral and Powerplant study guide and the General, Airframe, and Written tests study guide. And STUDY. Game a sharpie and block out the wrong answers so all you see is the right ones. Record yourself reading them so you can listen to them throughout the day. You don't wanna skimp on it. But yeah, that's who I recommend. Baker's School of Aeronautics in Lebanon Tennessee. Just order it from their website.
I’m assuming this is somewhere in hartsfield Jackson, considering the airport is bigger than a small city
Yes it’s right next to international terminal
Ya it is at heartsfield
atlanta ga
Wow this is so fascinating. Got nothing but respect for these folks!
make's you wanna fly with Delta ...this vid - great work all involved!
They should run this video in car dealerships waiting room while you waiting for your breaks repair. Then when you get your $1200 bill, you'll be like...thanks God I don't have airplane.
you can't compare airplanes to cars. two different things
Hi Abby, loved seeing your engines at the end of the video. Looking forward to seeing more.
Facts
Excellent production, enjoyed it a lot and I have worked in the industry for 47 years!
I just had a flawless fight from St. Pete Clearwater to Knoxville and back via Allegiant all thanks to these mechanical wizards. Thank you guys for keeping us safe in the skies.
2019 Cedric: the work never stops because the planes never stop.
2020 Cedric: *ain’t got shit to do*
I miss working at DELTA. It was the best company to work for. I just couldn’t sustain two jobs. They kept upping the hours. So many great things in my life are because Delta my best friend, my house and my wife.
agreed. Delta provided a good living for employees and thier families. I worked for Delta for 32 years and my wife was a Delta flight attendant for 30 years.
Thanks for the tutorial, I can fix it by myself now
This is an excellent video. I definitely want to see more. Thanx
"See that innocuous ring? 1.2 mil. See that bolt? 40k."
When I see aircraft mechanics running Milwaukee, I know I made the right platform choice lol.
Wow very interesting to watch thanks to Business Insider for bringing great videos like this to us
Respect to these men and women. Highly technical work on something that is both astonishing technically and beautiful from an aesthetics perspective.
If I disassemble an engine like this I 100% guarantee that when I reassemble it there's going to be left over parts.
These are the kind of jobs college students need to consider. Not left handed puppetry and blindfolded jump rope.
We’re all puppets
These jobs still require FAA certification, I’m just finishing mine
@@j3en534 what's FAA certification???
@@robbin4380 In the states the FAA regulates aviation, you need an Airframe and Powerplant certification to work on airplanes.
Some countries also follow the FAA and some have their own regulations but all aircraft maintenance require training and certification
I use to work in the facility where Delta now has its test cell it use to be called ASA or ExpressJet. I'm glad they put it to better use.
Impressive by all involved! True professionalism!
The fan would make a good cpu cooler
Or just for general airflow
Imagine having to change the oil on a plane
You don't change the oil, just keep topping it off as the engine burns it up
@@salvadorrobledo1151 and who told you that? that is false
Christopher Baker I cannot speak to the operational standards of turbofan engines on Air Transport Category aircraft, however, P&WC (Pratt and Whitney Canada) have released Service Bulletins in reference to oil changes. Certain PT6 engines covered by the bulletins, for example, no longer require regular changes/servicing to the oil system. Granted, it’s up to the operator and Mx to either put it on a Mx cycle or not. Obviously certain situations exist to where one would need to service or swap, but just an interesting bit I’ve picked up along the way.
Every 50 hours on a piston engine with an oil filter.
@@yogib37 His statement is true. Jet engines aren't like car engines that dirty their oil through combustion. Jet engines are a dry sump setup that has supply and scavenge nozzles and drains at each of the main line bearings and within the gearboxes. This fluid does not get changed and as mentioned, there is a lot of oil loss through the air/oil seals. The integrated drive generator (IDG) will have it's own self contained oil supply but it too gets serviced and routinely topped off. The fluid is not changed until the engine comes in for overhaul or the individual component is replaced due to defect or failure.
Such good videos 👍🏻 keep em coming!
That's amazing struture inside Delta Techs Operations!
this part costs 12 thousand dollars
and there's 80 of em
Much longer time between overhauls that I thought!
My uncle works and represents Rolls Royce for those Trent engines, if something breaks or they have questions, he can fly to their location to assist in fixing it or tell them how to fix it over the phone. Huge huge money, no college degree, military trained him how to do it in the 70s and he's been doing it ever since. My dad was always jealous that he got his master's degree and his little brother fell into an incredible job and made 9x his yearly salary. Not a bad gig when you can work from home most of the time and fly for free.
Wow these people are so skilled! They are true professionals! Very impressive!
Cool video
Everything except the elementary school commentary is impressive.
Especially being from Business Insider. I like how she covered at the end saying covid stuff pandering to this scam to further the narrative lol
well, what do you expect? not everyone knows how plane engines work, so not everyone would be able to follow along if more complex terms were used
Best video ever seen on the entire RUclips ! Airplanes fan ♥️
This people are the real hero in making in ensuring we get travel safely
Here I am flipping the table when trying to complete a 1000 piece puzzle, can't imagine assembling a plane engine!
They come with books that have plenty of pictures.
It's not complicated if you know what your doing.
@@jadengarcia5086 ye
7:51 They looked at me first
Much props to these guys and gals.. 👍
Great video. Love to see more technical videos like this.
"The work never stops cos the planes never stop"
2020: ...
F
Maybe they’ll help their friends over at United figure out what happened to the engine on flight 328
I worked for a construction company hired to refurbish United Airline's Oakland facility back in the 90's. I was amazed at the level of work and engineering that went into each plane. I would have worked there free...
During WWII my father tested and repaired B-24 bombers. Part of his job was to load the parachutes and life rafts. Later in the war he was assigned to the Spokane, WA Air Field where planes damaged in the Pacific Theater were repaired. Planes with holes in them from enemy weapons and flak.
Having to tear down a jet engine completely and refurbish it looks like a headache from hell...much respect
Boeing: we don’t do that here.
what do they do?
just buy a new engine?
@@michaelgerlach2736 nah Boeing 747 max had this problem with the engine placement and they were too lazy to design a fix to mount on the wing, so they used software to override the problem, and that resulted in 2 crashes with their Boeing 747 max planes. All Boeing 747 max planes are grounded by the faa but only after 100s of deaths all responsible because someone wanted to make money.
@@la3478 wow that’s crazy! i never knew that!
@@michaelgerlach2736 yeah its crazy and quick correction, I meant 737 max not 747. Boeing is loosing its trust fast.
very well done, much enjoyed this doco. cheers NZ
This is badass. Would love to see this operation in person.
I wonder if the jet feels any different to the pilot pre- and post- maintenance?
Yes, every engine (even on the same aircraft) has different performances, there’s limits to how slow they can spool up before it requires troubleshooting but they won’t accelerate at the same rate, they will also have a different efficiency due to how far in their life cycle they are.
However the electronics on board do a great job of masking all of that nowadays, thus you need very little throttle adjustement.
My first thought.
I’m not first...
I’m not last...
But when BI uploads...
I can’t think of an original comment!
Loved those guys and that facility when I visited back in 2001: Former TechOps Line Maintenance Technician..
Hats off to you!
Former TechOps computer systems developer
looks like a chill place to work
They must go through truck loads of duck tape.
Most common thing to break on airplane : engine.
Oh... Yayyyyy
That’s better then the wing haha
🙂thanks for having a narrator with no fry. Very refreshing
Thank you for keeping us the flyers safe in the sky! :)
i guess this was filmed way before COVID and that engineer's badge expired march 31 2020, lol
Now that's noticing the details. Haha.
Alot easier and cheaper to go somewhere and film multiple things at once and slowly edit them over time as you need to upload.
At 0:35 the narrator literally said this was filmed in February before COVID was a pandemic.
@@sircrapalot9954 Now *that's* noticing the details! 😁
Didn't you hear what the girl said in the video?
5:42 this dude looks like the cop that got stabbed in the eye in end of watch
American heroes work at this plant. Thank you for your dedication.
This was nutz! Start to finish. All of the hoses, small parts, and big ones: inspected and installed just right. And i don't care iffa it may be a promo for Delta... I tell others all the time, that the airline traveling public is spoiled. Expect no mechanical problems, always be on time... You bet this just got shared!
The work never stops because the planes never stop
2020- stop the planes
I love flying with delta airlines. If it’s not delta I’m not flying.
J V I’m not rich. I just love their services hence why I fly with them.