Fiance is appalled

spotty4 · 03-24-2008, 01:41 PM

Sunday Fiance was getting ready to depart MSP for IAH. They were just getting closed up and were about to push back from the gate. He gave a look down as he adjusted the rudder pedals and noticed a 1.5 L water bottle wedged behind the pedals!!! And when he weaseled down there to retrieve it, he also found a milk carton!!

B/c of some other crew member's carelessness, 76 pax and 4 crew could have died. If anything went wrong on takeoff (e.g. engine failure), he's very sure the rudder would not have been able to move.

He's reporting the incident and hopefully they can track down the crew that signed off the aircraft before them. This flight was first thing in the morning, so there was no visual exchange of crew.

My goodness! Don't people clean up their area before they leave?! Carelessness and malaise can be disgusting and often lead to major accidents. Note to all you pilots and SOs, check behind the rudder pedals. Same is true in your vehicle's brake pedals!

Brenda · 03-24-2008, 03:06 PM

That's awful. Do you know who the ground crew works for? Thank goodness he chked before h left the gate!

I remember when I would fly into GRR, the ground crew, and sometimes Eagle crews would go in our plane when it was sitting for our first flt of the day, and put soap and other things in our coffee jugs!

Mrs.Alchemist · 03-24-2008, 04:58 PM

Whoa that's terrible!!! I'm so glad that your fiance found that!!!! Props to him!

Something (NOT as severe, of course) that happened to me once when I was in school was an orange rolled underneath the pedals of the school bus I was on, and we got stuck going up a hill. We had to wait there to be "rescued" by another school bus. I guess that the driver couldn't change gears or something, and I don't think that she knew it was an orange until after we were rescued. It was really weird... but I had never thought about the same thing happening on a plane!!! You should be so proud of him!!! (I'm sure you are) I always watch those "seconds form disaster" plane crash stories, and they are always saying that it is a chain of events that go wrong... How awesome that your fiance broke the chain!!!

SeatClutcher · 03-24-2008, 05:09 PM

Ian's friend knew a girl who died (years ago) because a plastic bottle got wedged under the brake pedal. Scary stuff.

DaytonaBeachGal · 03-24-2008, 10:53 PM

Wow - keep us posted if he hears anything.

kly_2007 · 03-25-2008, 08:09 PM

That is so scary, but wonderful that you fiance is so aware of his surroundings. That could have been a major disaster!! Hopefully they find out who signed off the a/c before him. My hubby tells me also that it is a chain of events that happens when there is a plane accident, and that could have been one of those situations. Kudos to your man!!!

Kristie · 03-25-2008, 09:58 PM

oooohhhh creepy!

a milk carton you could probably crush fairly easy but not a water bottle. hopefully they find out who was crew before so they can reiterate the importance of keeping the cockpit clean.

i saw water bottle early in the thread and was thinking you were gonna tell us that someone left their pee behind.. HAHHAHA (now that WOULD be gross).

03-24-2008, 01:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
spotty4 Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Coast California Posts: 1,171 Recipes: Thanks: 8 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts	Fiance is appalled Sunday Fiance was getting ready to depart MSP for IAH. They were just getting closed up and were about to push back from the gate. He gave a look down as he adjusted the rudder pedals and noticed a 1.5 L water bottle wedged behind the pedals!!! And when he weaseled down there to retrieve it, he also found a milk carton!! B/c of some other crew member's carelessness, 76 pax and 4 crew could have died. If anything went wrong on takeoff (e.g. engine failure), he's very sure the rudder would not have been able to move. He's reporting the incident and hopefully they can track down the crew that signed off the aircraft before them. This flight was first thing in the morning, so there was no visual exchange of crew. My goodness! Don't people clean up their area before they leave?! Carelessness and malaise can be disgusting and often lead to major accidents. Note to all you pilots and SOs, check behind the rudder pedals. Same is true in your vehicle's brake pedals! __________________ http://shelleypotts.com Wedding Pictures!

03-24-2008, 03:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brenda Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: EVV Posts: 1,219 Recipes: Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Fiance is appalled That's awful. Do you know who the ground crew works for? Thank goodness he chked before h left the gate! I remember when I would fly into GRR, the ground crew, and sometimes Eagle crews would go in our plane when it was sitting for our first flt of the day, and put soap and other things in our coffee jugs! __________________ - Brenda, wife to Eric, Capt for Shuttle America.

03-24-2008, 04:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mrs.Alchemist Jetgirls Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anaheim Posts: 451 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Fiance is appalled Whoa that's terrible!!! I'm so glad that your fiance found that!!!! Props to him! Something (NOT as severe, of course) that happened to me once when I was in school was an orange rolled underneath the pedals of the school bus I was on, and we got stuck going up a hill. We had to wait there to be "rescued" by another school bus. I guess that the driver couldn't change gears or something, and I don't think that she knew it was an orange until after we were rescued. It was really weird... but I had never thought about the same thing happening on a plane!!! You should be so proud of him!!! (I'm sure you are) I always watch those "seconds form disaster" plane crash stories, and they are always saying that it is a chain of events that go wrong... How awesome that your fiance broke the chain!!! __________________ Mrs. Alchemist AKA Sarah http://www.myspace.com/sarah_and_lola

03-24-2008, 05:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
SeatClutcher Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Manchester, CT Posts: 917 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Fiance is appalled Ian's friend knew a girl who died (years ago) because a plastic bottle got wedged under the brake pedal. Scary stuff. __________________ Blog: Words about stuff "Freedom of choice isn't the same thing as being pro-choice." - said by a voter at the RNC

03-24-2008, 10:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
DaytonaBeachGal Jetgirls Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Daytona Beach, Florida USA Posts: 217 Recipes: Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Fiance is appalled Wow - keep us posted if he hears anything.

03-25-2008, 08:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
kly_2007 Jetgirls Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Belleville, MI USA Posts: 82 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Fiance is appalled That is so scary, but wonderful that you fiance is so aware of his surroundings. That could have been a major disaster!! Hopefully they find out who signed off the a/c before him. My hubby tells me also that it is a chain of events that happens when there is a plane accident, and that could have been one of those situations. Kudos to your man!!!

03-25-2008, 09:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
Kristie Admin/Owner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 6,653 Recipes: Thanks: 7 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Fiance is appalled oooohhhh creepy! a milk carton you could probably crush fairly easy but not a water bottle. hopefully they find out who was crew before so they can reiterate the importance of keeping the cockpit clean. i saw water bottle early in the thread and was thinking you were gonna tell us that someone left their pee behind.. HAHHAHA (now that WOULD be gross). __________________ www.jetcareers.com

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