It is the most (AME) underappreciated job in the Aviation industry by the general public ,this job should be one of the most appreciated and respected professions out there.
@Giuliano Matrix totally agree with you buddy, whenever i do maintenance on aircraft, i always think of the pax seating in an aircraft looking out of the window at altitude of 36000 feet and thinking what if one of those technician messed up with the bolt or imporper torque.🤔😅
I worked for 45 years in aviation, now retired. This documentary was very accurate and is giving me flashbacks for my younger years. The most schedule disruptive item on the list is the finding of structural corrosion…the proverbial can of worms.
Apart from all the engineers, I think the filming team also deserves some respect. Taking shots in all kinds of confined spaces with parts worth millions of dollars, where each engineer is trying to do his job and not to hurt people or equipment, is surely not an easy task. I really hope they got along well during the filming.
As a potential Mechanical engineer, I really appreciate the great work everyone does to ensure the safety of people. Unsung heroes, exactly why I love Engineering.
The maintenance in the first world is very accurate and time consuming. How are the maintenance crews in third world countries. Are they up to standards.
I hope you are on your way to doing this! You will never be unemployed, wherever you live and you will be able to choose where to live. There is a massive, world-wide shortage of licensed aircraft engineers (as we call them in the UK and Europe, mechanics and repairmen I think in the US). I kind of wish I had gone that route into aviation, which is a wonderful business to work in.
@@jan22150 generally yes. 20 years ago or so I could not be so certain, but if you look at the accident statistics for aviation they are incredible. I think in 2017, excluding small turboprops with 30 or fewer seats, no-one in the world died in an accident in an airliner. That was an anomalous year but only possible because normal years have very, very good safety statistics.
@@randomxnpI'd say the shortage is due to the pay, a lot of people leave the job due to the small potential salary growth meaning experienced engineers will leave, which is why so many people want to be pilots (their wages continue to grow throughout their career to upwards of 400k p/a), where as an AME/LAME will go from around 30K as a 1st year apprentice, to 130k as a senior LAME. Hopefully the maintenance get the pay rise they deserve shortly.
Being an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer was my first ambition as a little boy. I am always awestruck to see how planes are taken apart and put together again. Hats off to these men....and women(edit)!
I was a Maintenance Engineer; What a mammoth task to overhaul one full aircraft to ensure that it is safe for the next 6 years and for all its passengers! How much effort in organizing every thing? And when I imagine how to organize the maintenance of Military Aircraft during a war!!
Amazing documentary...The best line was said by the technician while removing the passenger seat and seeing all the dirt the passengers leave behind... "I am always dreaming to maybe find... a diamond "
I am an Aircraft Power Plant Engineering in an Airline MRO Company its like Lufthansa Technik but different country, I have been worked for 1 year. this Video really gives me knowledge and experience to me. big thanks for this channel showing the most beautiful and high definition Video.
Proud have been part of the Aviation Mainrenance planning and scheduling! Time is of the essence, tight scheduling, in between this one also has bx1's 2's and AOG'S, additionally daily sched. of daily work for mechanics. somewhat exciting, nerve wrecking @ same time.There is no garage in the air for Passenger Travels. one small setback can turn into a huge one i.e Lcc southwest @ xmas! Big up to Maintenance so much can be said" Credit to all in Aviation Industry"✈️ 🇧🇧 A&p licensed, Planner/scheduler. Aviation school Teachers also deserve credit.🙏🏾
The satisfaction of watching the plane fly again after 40 minutes of maintenance with only me involved in the task and RUclips being my companion along the way.
Did this on corporate aircraft 42 yrs. Enjoyed the Huge amount of work to accomplish. Also liked the use of channel locks, some times ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Airplanes are not easy. Concentration is a must, the industry needs to understand that but they do not. They continue to push the techs to exhaustion. It is easy to loose the EDGE when you are worked to hard by the employer, unfortunatly they don't care.
@Flight Forensics corporate and commercial aviation are 2 dif beasts. There is a higher standard in corporate aviation in my opinion. I agree with Glenn, management will push you to the brink of sanity with mandatory hrs, days, weekends for months on end.
Corporate jobs are different than working at a repair station. You get trained on the aircraft they operate. Repair stations you train with more experienced tech's and you go from there. 2 head's are better than one. Any tech that is worth a damn always gets his work inspected. We are human
As a 45 year line mechanic, I’m very proud of this profession. I’ve worked both line and base maintenance, and despite the two being different worlds, both have enormous challenges. The level of professionalism here is impressive and the humor much appreciated. The lions share of my career was line maintenance, essentially a quicker pit stop. I loved the environment and the friends worldwide. No disrespect meant to heavy check colleagues at all. Although, I did want to strangle the guy loading up the cross point screws with white paint 😳🤣 GREAT VIDEO!
👍💕to all Aeronautical engineers kudos for all the passion, time & effort you put in in your daily work so that we can fly safe & sound. Blessings to y'all.💖💯🙏
I graduate as an aeronautical mechanical engineer. Two things about this video. First, this is not the major overhaul that must take place at a specific interval on all planes. It is rather a 'cosmetic' overhaul so to speak. Mainly interior components - including entertainment upgrades and seats refurb, ventilation, cabinets, etc. An exterior 'skin' inspection is done while there, as well a 'visual' engine check up. That is not to say this 'light' maintenance is without risks: in fact, they are dealing with cables and fire inside an airliner is one of the worst scenarios, because it can happen between the panels where it's not accessible to fire extinguishers. Same when replacing an engine: besides the various connections, engine bracket and bolts have often times a very specific removal and installing procedure, with angles to the observed and so on. Failure to follow the exact procedure may cause stress and even failure on the bracket. This caused an airplane to lose an engine. So as en engineer, I'm not very relaxed to see this maintenance going 'under a tight schedule'. Rushing is never a good thing. What is more, every single small screw/bolt has important tightening specifications: when a plane is manufactured there is a lot of important information on how to assembly every part correctly. I hope these guys who never worked for Airbus or Boeing follow correctly the entire instruction sheets. Now, this was done in Germany where work is better controlled. Imagine the same work done in Brazil or India. Aircrafts also go what is called a 'heavy' scheduled maintenance, when all 'moving' parts are being removed and inspected closely, such as flight controls on wings, landing gears, engine disassembly and wear measurement (not just visible defects). You will be little pleased to learn that this 'heavy' maintenance is now being done in cheap labor countries by local 'specialists' who actually cannot even read english - the language used for Airbus and Boeing to write the assembly and disassembly specifications
In 2022, I was on a flight that caught fire in the engine. The trained pilots saved the day. I kept thinking who was in charge of maintenance or it was just a bad day for the craft but a lucky day for us. Maximum respect to the engineers and filming crew
It's rare to see such a big High tech task. The Engineers are like Hollywood actors performing in precision. Small team doing a great job with clean maintenance. Very well directed, photographed and presented. Thanks.
I fly Lufthansa.... Great to see them taking this kind of care. All the people look like the real deal. I like all these international folks and making things happen. Great to see.. Well done.. ==BOZE==
I worked at hartsfield international airport back in the 90s as part of my security career I'm retired now. Back in the 90s I spent 3 years as a contract security officer there. One of my final assignments was working at the technical operations center that Northwest airlines operated for all of their non-747 aircraft. 747 maintenance was done at Duluth Minnesota at the TOC there. I got a chance to watch airframe and power plant personnel literally strip an aircraft down in the same way you're seeing in this documentary A medium maintenance check would run around 14 days, what you see in this documentary is a heavy check which runs between 21 to 28 days or at least it was back when I was working there as part of the facility security team. There were three shifts averaging about 400 personnel, specialist in airframe, power plant and avionics. Part of the job is to literally rebuild an aircraft from the ground up as necessary if something major requires it. One of my biggest memories was being at the East gate personnel control point guard station at 5:30 in the morning listening to twin Jet engines being run up as part of the final systems check, prior to return to service ., And feeling the guard post literally move because of the vibration, and noise from the engines. It's a memory that will stick with me forever.
Fantastic level of skill, cooperration,and consentration, those folks display. After that, the aircraft is as good as new. If not better. Facinating to watch. Respect Guys. 👍👍👍😊
Currently taking aircraft maintenance in college, hope i could work on one of these big companies someday. The work they do is just fascinating and inspiring!!!
For all those studying aircraft mx, start watching air crash investigation videos on here. Mentour Pilot and Air Safety Institute are good ones. You'll look at your job in a different light.
@@Justin-ne6rw There a book written by mechanic , but I forgot he’s name it will show you the in and outs of these career. You can google it and find out.I have done research on this career.There’s businesses that also sell books about these career including FAA. The is a school in New York a high school where you earn your high diploma along with your A&P certificate. The other way doing is joining the AirForce. Best wishes.
Have tons of family members making great money doing this work with nothing but a certificate or an associates degree and an FAA license. Highly recommend. Pay has also gotten significantly better in the last several years.
There’s a book about a guy that this work but I forgot the title or the name of the author it should be a good read you can probably google it and find it.
I flew the 330 years ago. The passenger variants sit on a roughly 1 degree nose down rake, which is why when they lifted the plane on the jacks they first had to bring the nose up level before lifting at the wings. The 330 is a great aircraft to pilot, and I miss flying it.
not too often though. You really see airlines going bancrupt constantly like Thomas Cook, Monarch, Air Berlin, Germania... . Or there are huge airlines still around which are making huge losses (South African Airways, Etihad, Alitalia..). Having a profitable airline is very hard.
I guess they do it in Malta because of the guaranteed good weather. Amazing country and wonderful language - a mixture of arabic and italian, truly unique.
At first, I thought they were speaking English for the documentary. However, I heard several different accents., and didn't hear a foreign language. I wonder if they typically speak English amongst themselves, because of the diversity.
@@carlwilliams6977 I know they introduced that Filipino girl, her title card said Lufthansa Technik Philippines rather than Malta, so they have different divisions, and she was probably on secondment, there was another Filipino guy working alongside her at one point as well. so yes, you're probably right.
I work on the Latam MRO, and we operate this kind of check, even 12 years. The safety is one of the principals that rules our work daily. We really have to disassembly all the aircraft to open access to inspections of each component and surfaces inside and outside. We realize tests and the acft goes away only when everything is operating properly. ✈
Great video! There's more to it, so i'm definitely looking forward to episode 2. I work in a company similar to this, doing heavy maintenance "C checks" for customers like UPS, Fedex, United, etc. We normally call it an MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul). I couldnt help but notice how clean and organized this place looked! the equipment from the jacks and engine cradle looked brand new. they even had a backshop for their seats! dont let me get started with the scaffolding they put up for access to different parts of the aircraft. they were right on schedule! there are other MROs that arent as advanced like this, and it must be hard for the project manager to explain to the customer representatives why their aircraft will be late. thats all upstairs in the offices.. downstairs on the hangar floor, there are no scaffolding, and the mechanics and structures department is fighting over ladders; the tooling department doesnt have the tool available for you to finish your job; the person you may be working with that day may spend all day in the bathroom while its a 2 man job; when jt comes time to put things back together, theres no hardware! ; then the project manager comes downstairs and sees that dumpster fire and is expected to succeed? the MRO i work in, planes are delivered late, consecutively! but who am i to rant, im just like them, a person with a job.
Simply Amazing... We just enter... fly off... arrive and walk away... But here is details... Very very very impressive... I feel like joining this team
This is a real responsible job, disasters happened because of fe wrong screws were used or the fuel tanks were not cleaned well. Great upload, thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it. My dad worked in airplane maintenance for Air Canada. It is indeed a job with a lot of responsibility and you have to brave icy temps in winter. He found that super tough.
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uh... they have maintenence there but they're not yet ready to have them in service? Isn't all the work done to accept the A380 at MNL, except there was not enough interest from investors to start a route to and from MNL?
Engineer: we need to use an air pump because we can't have electricity in the fuel tank. Film crew: but we need to go in with our camera equipment to film him. Also engineer: Ok that's fine
Barry Richards it is fine the electric tools have electric motors which have commutators and brushes that arc when in use unlike a camera that has no moving components
Causing static is the main issue because it builds up an electrical charge, so special footwear is probably worn. Things need to be earthed so the camera eqpt and cameraman will be fine as long as they're also earthed.
Amazing the hours and dedication put in to keeping a plane flying. The cabin engineer removing the seats saying he'd aleays dreaming to find a diamond reminds me of when my wife lost an earring in the aeroplane toilet. I was on my hands and knees looking for it. Luckily I did find it under the foot pump for basin water, and saved me having to buy her a new pair 👍
It's called combining science with technology. When the human brain understands what works in nature and then exploiting it for his ends. This is what engineering is all about. It's about finding the loopholes and exploiting the laws of physics. It's not only genius but it essential to human existence.
Beautiful.. I learn more watching how the team works and how the team leader instructs them to focus on their assigned tasks.. The team leader is very encouraging.. and. his. workers is like a family .. I learn many things watching your video.. Hope more nice video to come .
According to the math, in order to complete a 40 day "D check" like they call them in Canada, or "Block check", it would take 26 persons, working 24 hours a day, for 40 days.
I've worked at a lot of repair stations like this for 18 yrs. I like this repair station. To begin the facility is equipped with the proper stands. That makes a world of difference. The place looks properly lighted. I'ld have to see it at night to be sure. Yeah I'd definitely work here. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Uh oh you don't lift flaps with straps you will crush the honeycomb at the trailing edge. Ideally there is a lifting jig that attaches to the flap with bolts.
The turbines are removed only during Engine overhaul. What you remove from the aeroplane are engines. I know I'm just being picky. Thanks for a great presentation. Cheers.
If they made a weekly program about this, with a different plane each week, I would definitely watch. Of course if they did they would have false drama, like that dude in the wing would be overcome by fumes or they would be missing an entire row of seats.
You could do a different part of the plane each week. The difference in jobs between the cabin crew and the engine crew is pretty profound. In fact, just removing and reinstalling all that insulation so the inspectors can check the skin is a major chore. It took me longer to do insulation in the environmental area of a 737 than it normally does to replace some major components.
I worked in a large hangar in the midwestern US. We had any number of foreign nationals working there, and it's almost embarrassing how much better some of them were than our local guys. Our guys mostly saw it as a job to do. The foreigners seemed to see it as a reason for living. I could barely understand some of them when they spoke, but watching them work was mesmerizing. They were true masters of their craft.
The way the technician was maneuvering inside the fuel tanks reminds me of the superheater tubes i used to maneuver during some routine power plant boiler inspections
Probably the most underappreciated job in the whole airline industry. Respect to these guys!
Unsung heros
It is the most (AME) underappreciated job in the Aviation industry by the general public
,this job should be one of the most appreciated and respected professions out there.
underappreciated and underpaid.
Finally someone said those magical words 😂. I can feel those words because i am too an aircraft Engineer 😅
@Giuliano Matrix totally agree with you buddy, whenever i do maintenance on aircraft, i always think of the pax seating in an aircraft looking out of the window at altitude of 36000 feet and thinking what if one of those technician messed up with the bolt or imporper torque.🤔😅
I worked for 45 years in aviation, now retired. This documentary was very accurate and is giving me flashbacks for my younger years. The most schedule disruptive item on the list is the finding of structural corrosion…the proverbial can of worms.
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They left out alot
Sir your salary
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A big appreciation to the people that work behind the scenes to create such wonderful and safe flights
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Apart from all the engineers, I think the filming team also deserves some respect. Taking shots in all kinds of confined spaces with parts worth millions of dollars, where each engineer is trying to do his job and not to hurt people or equipment, is surely not an easy task. I really hope they got along well during the filming.
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Absolutely!!!!
As a potential Mechanical engineer, I really appreciate the great work everyone does to ensure the safety of people.
Unsung heroes, exactly why I love Engineering.
The maintenance in the first world is very accurate and time consuming.
How are the maintenance crews in third world countries.
Are they up to standards.
I hope you are on your way to doing this! You will never be unemployed, wherever you live and you will be able to choose where to live.
There is a massive, world-wide shortage of licensed aircraft engineers (as we call them in the UK and Europe, mechanics and repairmen I think in the US). I kind of wish I had gone that route into aviation, which is a wonderful business to work in.
@@jan22150 generally yes. 20 years ago or so I could not be so certain, but if you look at the accident statistics for aviation they are incredible. I think in 2017, excluding small turboprops with 30 or fewer seats, no-one in the world died in an accident in an airliner. That was an anomalous year but only possible because normal years have very, very good safety statistics.
@@randomxnpI'd say the shortage is due to the pay, a lot of people leave the job due to the small potential salary growth meaning experienced engineers will leave, which is why so many people want to be pilots (their wages continue to grow throughout their career to upwards of 400k p/a), where as an AME/LAME will go from around 30K as a 1st year apprentice, to 130k as a senior LAME. Hopefully the maintenance get the pay rise they deserve shortly.
It's weird hearing people calling us mechanics engineers because here in the US we are not considered engineers unlike Europe
Congrats to all aviation maintenance workers around the world for millions of lives are in their hands.
Best wishes from Brazil. God bless you
Being an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer was my first ambition as a little boy. I am always awestruck to see how planes are taken apart and put together again. Hats off to these men....and women(edit)!
And women :)
@@ErictheRN ...and yes women...my apology. Regards.
Did u get to be an air tech? :) I hope ur dream came true
@@Ahn-mu3db ....no I didn't... thanks for asking.
I was a Maintenance Engineer; What a mammoth task to overhaul one full aircraft to ensure that it is safe for the next 6 years and for all its passengers! How much effort in organizing every thing? And when I imagine how to organize the maintenance of Military Aircraft during a war!!
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Lufthansa Technik, the best in the aircraft MRO industry. It was an honor to be part of the family.
Hi iam an aircraft mechanic too.Can i get your contact num?
Amazing documentary...The best line was said by the technician while removing the passenger seat and seeing all the dirt the passengers leave behind... "I am always dreaming to maybe find... a diamond "
You'd be amazed at the things we found in this job. Most of them were... Not good.
He is the real diamond, imho doing that essential job bless him! Xx❤😊
Track snacks and boogers
Hats off to these guys for making our air travel safer!
I enjoy watching these supervisors telling the aviation maintenance professionals how to do their job.
It’s kinda the supervisors job and responsibility
I am an Aircraft Power Plant Engineering in an Airline MRO Company its like Lufthansa Technik but different country, I have been worked for 1 year.
this Video really gives me knowledge and experience to me. big thanks for this channel showing the most beautiful and high definition Video.
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Proud have been part of the Aviation Mainrenance planning and scheduling! Time is of the essence, tight scheduling, in between this one also has bx1's 2's and AOG'S, additionally daily sched. of daily work for mechanics. somewhat exciting, nerve wrecking @ same time.There is no garage in the air for Passenger Travels. one small setback can turn into a huge one i.e Lcc southwest @ xmas! Big up to Maintenance so much can be said" Credit to all in Aviation Industry"✈️ 🇧🇧 A&p licensed, Planner/scheduler. Aviation school Teachers also deserve credit.🙏🏾
The satisfaction of watching the plane fly again after 40 minutes of maintenance with only me involved in the task and RUclips being my companion along the way.
What a mammoth project !!! These men and women are miracle workers. Five Stars to each !!!
These little things holds everything together...That sums up engineering and life....No big or small...Everything has its value
Did this on corporate aircraft 42 yrs. Enjoyed the Huge amount of work to accomplish. Also liked the use of channel locks, some times ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Airplanes are not easy. Concentration is a must, the industry needs to understand that but they do not. They continue to push the techs to exhaustion. It is easy to loose the EDGE when you are worked to hard by the employer, unfortunatly they don't care.
@Flight Forensics corporate and commercial aviation are 2 dif beasts. There is a higher standard in corporate aviation in my opinion. I agree with Glenn, management will push you to the brink of sanity with mandatory hrs, days, weekends for months on end.
Corporate jobs are different than working at a repair station. You get trained on the aircraft they operate. Repair stations you train with more experienced tech's and you go from there. 2 head's are better than one. Any tech that is worth a damn always gets his work inspected. We are human
I wouldn't say they didn't care necessarily, it's probably more an issue of cost and the almighty dollar unfortunately.
Sfo. Moc, understand and agreed...
48 years helicopters and aeroplanes. Most days I loved it some days I bloody hated it. Glad I'm now retired.
One of the best insights into airliner maintenance that I have seen.
These are unsung hero's behind the scenes of safe travel
Respect for every single engineers & mechanics. bravo.
thanks
Even the Boeing ones? :P
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Its a could have should have job for me. Fascinating and now I live 15 miles from a major cargo hub with major maintenance facilities.
As a 45 year line mechanic, I’m very proud of this profession. I’ve worked both line and base maintenance, and despite the two being different worlds, both have enormous challenges.
The level of professionalism here is impressive and the humor much appreciated. The lions share of my career was line maintenance, essentially a quicker pit stop. I loved the environment and the friends worldwide. No disrespect meant to heavy check colleagues at all. Although, I did want to strangle the guy loading up the cross point screws with white paint 😳🤣
GREAT VIDEO!
It's incredible how much hard work and great effort that is put into these incredible machines, massive respect to all the mechanics and engineers....
The amount of wisdom, knowledge and work which is needed for us to go from place A to place B without dying on our way...
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👍💕to all Aeronautical engineers kudos for all the passion, time & effort you put in in your daily work so that we can fly safe & sound. Blessings to y'all.💖💯🙏
I wouldn't like to be in the shoes of that manager, what a responsibility and challenging job. Hat off.
Ikr, I was thinking that too, I'm only a student but it's already a headache lool
True, that's why he's an experienced professional for the job.
I graduate as an aeronautical mechanical engineer. Two things about this video. First, this is not the major overhaul that must take place at a specific interval on all planes. It is rather a 'cosmetic' overhaul so to speak. Mainly interior components - including entertainment upgrades and seats refurb, ventilation, cabinets, etc. An exterior 'skin' inspection is done while there, as well a 'visual' engine check up. That is not to say this 'light' maintenance is without risks: in fact, they are dealing with cables and fire inside an airliner is one of the worst scenarios, because it can happen between the panels where it's not accessible to fire extinguishers. Same when replacing an engine: besides the various connections, engine bracket and bolts have often times a very specific removal and installing procedure, with angles to the observed and so on. Failure to follow the exact procedure may cause stress and even failure on the bracket. This caused an airplane to lose an engine. So as en engineer, I'm not very relaxed to see this maintenance going 'under a tight schedule'. Rushing is never a good thing. What is more, every single small screw/bolt has important tightening specifications: when a plane is manufactured there is a lot of important information on how to assembly every part correctly. I hope these guys who never worked for Airbus or Boeing follow correctly the entire instruction sheets. Now, this was done in Germany where work is better controlled. Imagine the same work done in Brazil or India. Aircrafts also go what is called a 'heavy' scheduled maintenance, when all 'moving' parts are being removed and inspected closely, such as flight controls on wings, landing gears, engine disassembly and wear measurement (not just visible defects). You will be little pleased to learn that this 'heavy' maintenance is now being done in cheap labor countries by local 'specialists' who actually cannot even read english - the language used for Airbus and Boeing to write the assembly and disassembly specifications
this channel deserves more subscribers than what it has. BRILLIANTLY!!!!!!!!!
I'm currently studying Aircraft Maintenance Technology in the Philippines..
I'm inspired with this guys
RESPECT
where? NAIA? There's a Lufthansa maintenance hub there as far as I know.
Congrats to all of you! You're doing an awesome job, you're keeping all of us safe during the flights. Thank you!🙂👏👏
I love the fact that the guys are speaking English, that's very professional.
Jeremy Cubs Us Maltese speak our native language (Maltese obviously) and English. A lot of people also speak Italian, French, Libyan and Arabic.
English is the international language of aviation...all the manuals...inspection reports etc are in English
Hats off to all the engineers.......
It’s all common sense! This is just over sensationalised !
Efficient us Maltese 😁
Only aerospace engineers.
AMAZING INSIGHT IN THE WORLD OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, LUFTHANSA has one of the best safety records.
In 2022, I was on a flight that caught fire in the engine. The trained pilots saved the day. I kept thinking who was in charge of maintenance or it was just a bad day for the craft but a lucky day for us. Maximum respect to the engineers and filming crew
It's rare to see such a big High tech task. The Engineers are like Hollywood actors performing in precision. Small team doing a great job with clean maintenance. Very well directed, photographed and presented. Thanks.
I fly Lufthansa.... Great to see them taking this kind of care.
All the people look like the real deal. I like all these international folks and making things happen.
Great to see.. Well done..
==BOZE==
The one who cleans the fuel tank!!! Respect to every part of this complex job. 🙏 It's a cool job to be part of it, nevertheless ❤️
here i am afraid to take apart 6 screws on my laptop in fear of not being able to put it all back.
Your head is the missing screw
That is being done every single day in Haiti.
Only took them 39 days though.
A hammer will do the job fine
Fixed a PS3 controller once. Just couldn’t put the putter plastic back together though and threw it away
You have no idea how much I admire the people who invent the airplane, light bulb, iPhone. I want to build my own airplane, amen! 🙏🏻🔥🥰💕💙😍👏🏻
I worked at hartsfield international airport back in the 90s as part of my security career I'm retired now. Back in the 90s I spent 3 years as a contract security officer there. One of my final assignments was working at the technical operations center that Northwest airlines operated for all of their non-747 aircraft. 747 maintenance was done at Duluth Minnesota at the TOC there. I got a chance to watch airframe and power plant personnel literally strip an aircraft down in the same way you're seeing in this documentary
A medium maintenance check would run around 14 days, what you see in this documentary is a heavy check which runs between 21 to 28 days or at least it was back when I was working there as part of the facility security team.
There were three shifts averaging about 400 personnel, specialist in airframe, power plant and avionics.
Part of the job is to literally rebuild an aircraft from the ground up as necessary if something major requires it.
One of my biggest memories was being at the East gate personnel control point guard station at 5:30 in the morning listening to twin Jet engines being run up as part of the final systems check, prior to return to service ., And feeling the guard post literally move because of the vibration, and noise from the engines. It's a memory that will stick with me forever.
I was one of those mechanics
Great duty until 9/11
Fantastic level of skill, cooperration,and consentration, those folks display. After that, the aircraft is as good as new. If not better. Facinating to watch. Respect Guys. 👍👍👍😊
Currently taking aircraft maintenance in college, hope i could work on one of these big companies someday. The work they do is just fascinating and inspiring!!!
I am studying aircraft maintenance too
Is it hard to study aircraft maintenance?
@@Justin-ne6rw it’s not hard bro do it you have to put dedication and study for your test
For all those studying aircraft mx, start watching air crash investigation videos on here. Mentour Pilot and Air Safety Institute are good ones. You'll look at your job in a different light.
@@Justin-ne6rw There a book written by mechanic , but I forgot he’s name it will show you the in and outs of these career. You can google it and find out.I have done research on this career.There’s businesses that also sell books about these career including FAA. The is a school in New York a high school where you earn your high diploma along with your A&P certificate. The other way doing is joining the AirForce. Best wishes.
Kudos to these guys and girls for doing such an amazing job. I know it is quite an undertaking but they made it look easy.
Respect for the Engine Mechanic Doing all they can to make it Fly Safely
This is detailed job to the max... Its very specific stuff
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This channel deserves more subscribers.
Respect to all the flight maintenance engineers.
I'm enrolling in school to start a new career in this field. I've always injoyed taking thinks apart and putting them back together.
Wish you the best.
Have tons of family members making great money doing this work with nothing but a certificate or an associates degree and an FAA license. Highly recommend. Pay has also gotten significantly better in the last several years.
There’s a book about a guy that this work but I forgot the title or the name of the author it should be a good read you can probably google it and find it.
Wow, incredible job !! Very complicated, delicated and extremely exhausting. Totally solute these people and they are doing a great job !!
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they're amazing great, i feel like they're the best in the world
These are dedicated and awesome engineers avoiding every petty mistake. Good workers.
Proud to be an Aircraft Maintenance Technician ♥️✈️
@ yeah those tanks are known as a center thanks usually no fuel 😁
@ so where is the tanks?. And why is it never filled?
@@fiqhriprimanazon6720 obviously compressed air. those tanks only hold the chemtrail fluids.
@@Horstroad lmao
How much do you make monthly approximatley?
People everytime forget importance of an Aircraft maintenance engineer and give all credit and respect to pilots🙂
I flew the 330 years ago. The passenger variants sit on a roughly 1 degree nose down rake, which is why when they lifted the plane on the jacks they first had to bring the nose up level before lifting at the wings. The 330 is a great aircraft to pilot, and I miss flying it.
It is amazing that despite so many costs an aircraft still makes profit
That's why they employ their own engineers.
Is it? They charge you for everything while onboard, from food to water or WiFi
1st class suit cost you 40000$
not too often though. You really see airlines going bancrupt constantly like Thomas Cook, Monarch, Air Berlin, Germania... . Or there are huge airlines still around which are making huge losses (South African Airways, Etihad, Alitalia..).
Having a profitable airline is very hard.
@@jamesonly9998 Since when does Lufthansa charge you for food and water? You must be flying budget airlines only
I respect everyone in the team for team work... All the best👍💯
I’d love to see an in-depth documentary like this on a cargo conversion
I guess they do it in Malta because of the guaranteed good weather. Amazing country and wonderful language - a mixture of arabic and italian, truly unique.
At first, I thought they were speaking English for the documentary. However, I heard several different accents., and didn't hear a foreign language. I wonder if they typically speak English amongst themselves, because of the diversity.
@@carlwilliams6977 I know they introduced that Filipino girl, her title card said Lufthansa Technik Philippines rather than Malta, so they have different divisions, and she was probably on secondment, there was another Filipino guy working alongside her at one point as well. so yes, you're probably right.
I work on the Latam MRO, and we operate this kind of check, even 12 years. The safety is one of the principals that rules our work daily. We really have to disassembly all the aircraft to open access to inspections of each component and surfaces inside and outside. We realize tests and the acft goes away only when everything is operating properly. ✈
teamwork makes the dream work , leave a like aviation lovers :)
Great video! There's more to it, so i'm definitely looking forward to episode 2.
I work in a company similar to this, doing heavy maintenance "C checks" for customers like UPS, Fedex, United, etc. We normally call it an MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul).
I couldnt help but notice how clean and organized this place looked! the equipment from the jacks and engine cradle looked brand new. they even had a backshop for their seats! dont let me get started with the scaffolding they put up for access to different parts of the aircraft. they were right on schedule!
there are other MROs that arent as advanced like this, and it must be hard for the project manager to explain to the customer representatives why their aircraft will be late. thats all upstairs in the offices.. downstairs on the hangar floor, there are no scaffolding, and the mechanics and structures department is fighting over ladders; the tooling department doesnt have the tool available for you to finish your job; the person you may be working with that day may spend all day in the bathroom while its a 2 man job; when jt comes time to put things back together, theres no hardware! ; then the project manager comes downstairs and sees that dumpster fire and is expected to succeed?
the MRO i work in, planes are delivered late, consecutively! but who am i to rant, im just like them, a person with a job.
Simply Amazing...
We just enter... fly off... arrive and walk away...
But here is details... Very very very impressive... I feel like joining this team
thank you much for the Love and Dedication to ur work who always think the safety of all the future passengers...SALUTE to all of you.thank u...
Very young team leaders, must be super smart people! :)
or very high turnover ;)
This is a real responsible job, disasters happened because of fe wrong screws were used or the fuel tanks were not cleaned well. Great upload, thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it. My dad worked in airplane maintenance for Air Canada. It is indeed a job with a lot of responsibility and you have to brave icy temps in winter. He found that super tough.
Proud to be an aircraft mechanic 🧰
Excellent job, vry vry tough and hard work,
Hatsoff to all, who anticipated,
Instead of sleeping I’m watching this
Nice video!
Incredibly interesting very interesting video. Hats off to the entry team of maintenance department.
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The fact that such a huge body involving abundant engineering application is just so profound. Hats off to all the engineers and mechanics.
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Very interesting, thank you! I could do with a little bit less DRAMA though. Yes, they have a challenging deadline, we got it.
These guys are from Malta, we aren’t people who like drama. It’s the show that made it so dramatic.
Bravo to the entire team. Although the secret of transportation remains a mystery. God bless new age .
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FANTASTIC VIDEO......honestly to say this is worth watching rather than watching NETFLIX...hahaha
Well done. A very good team led by a very good leader.
We also have Lufthansa Technik here in the Philippines! When passing by the MIA, I saw one BA A380 inside one of their hangars.
oh me too
@@lhencalot8339 I never even imagined seeing an A380 in front of my eyes even for just quite a bit! #HappyMe
uh... they have maintenence there but they're not yet ready to have them in service?
Isn't all the work done to accept the A380 at MNL, except there was not enough interest from investors to start a route to and from MNL?
Engineer: we need to use an air pump because we can't have electricity in the fuel tank.
Film crew: but we need to go in with our camera equipment to film him.
Also engineer: Ok that's fine
Barry Richards it is fine the electric tools have electric motors which have commutators and brushes that arc when in use unlike a camera that has no moving components
Causing static is the main issue because it builds up an electrical charge, so special footwear is probably worn. Things need to be earthed so the camera eqpt and cameraman will be fine as long as they're also earthed.
Ever heard of battery operated cameras?
WOW...this team is extremely concentrated at all times!
If you see this, please send positive vibes my way. I’ve been struggling with health issues for years and could use your prayers.
And the ENGINEERING works will be done and an eye onto fine details of every job..
Good luck everyone and be ALWAYS the best.
29:59 I'm a man and I can't do it so hats off to you lady. Hats off.
Amazing the hours and dedication put in to keeping a plane flying. The cabin engineer removing the seats saying he'd aleays dreaming to find a diamond reminds me of when my wife lost an earring in the aeroplane toilet. I was on my hands and knees looking for it. Luckily I did find it under the foot pump for basin water, and saved me having to buy her a new pair 👍
How the hell did man build an airplane? Genius.
It's called combining science with technology. When the human brain understands what works in nature and then exploiting it for his ends. This is what engineering is all about. It's about finding the loopholes and exploiting the laws of physics. It's not only genius but it essential to human existence.
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Beautiful..
I learn more watching how the team works and how the team leader instructs them to focus on their assigned tasks..
The team leader is very encouraging.. and. his. workers is like a family ..
I learn many things watching your video.. Hope more nice video to come .
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Just imagine all them peanuts and tic tacs under those seats after 6 years :D
These documentaries channels do a very satisfying work..it feels like a therapy watching 😊😊
According to the math, in order to complete a 40 day "D check" like they call them in Canada, or "Block check", it would take 26 persons, working 24 hours a day, for 40 days.
I've worked at a lot of repair stations like this for 18 yrs. I like this repair station. To begin the facility is equipped with the proper stands. That makes a world of difference. The place looks properly lighted. I'ld have to see it at night to be sure. Yeah I'd definitely work here. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Uh oh you don't lift flaps with straps you will crush the honeycomb at the trailing edge. Ideally there is a lifting jig that attaches to the flap with bolts.
The turbines are removed only during Engine overhaul. What you remove from the aeroplane are engines. I know I'm just being picky. Thanks for a great presentation. Cheers.
Outstanding!!! Dismantling everything and putting it back together. Outstanding
If they made a weekly program about this, with a different plane each week, I would definitely watch. Of course if they did they would have false drama, like that dude in the wing would be overcome by fumes or they would be missing an entire row of seats.
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You could do a different part of the plane each week. The difference in jobs between the cabin crew and the engine crew is pretty profound. In fact, just removing and reinstalling all that insulation so the inspectors can check the skin is a major chore. It took me longer to do insulation in the environmental area of a 737 than it normally does to replace some major components.
When you look at the Crew doing the job you realize that,they are multi nationals and for that I salute Lufthansa for
I worked in a large hangar in the midwestern US. We had any number of foreign nationals working there, and it's almost embarrassing how much better some of them were than our local guys.
Our guys mostly saw it as a job to do. The foreigners seemed to see it as a reason for living. I could barely understand some of them when they spoke, but watching them work was mesmerizing. They were true masters of their craft.
The way the technician was maneuvering inside the fuel tanks reminds me of the superheater tubes i used to maneuver during some routine power plant boiler inspections
Great Video Documentary and Great Respect to the Unsung Heroes of Aviation team . Brilliant Job Done :)
Great video
"D" Check the most comprehensive servicing that adds longevity for each aircraft!
Wonderful work i like it
45:41 It’s like your house needs to be safe to fly
Same guy from UP?
Just when I thought you would run out of content.
FANTASTIC!!