As someone worked in airport, I can say baggage handling is quite accurate. :) I also watched something like this in crash investigation videos before, showing what went wrong while plane was on the ground :D
Drae must work for Southwest Airlines. I see the similarities in luggage care. I once got my suitcase back and found they somehow broke a clipboard in half.
Drae: "Look at the little pilot up there he's all happy!" F/O: "Why are we carrying an extra 7 and a half tons of fuel…?" Capt: "Can you please just get a hustle on, I need a drink"
Mate I'm a Fueller at Inverness Airport and I wish fuel went into the aircraft as quick as it did in this vid XD That Fuel must have been rattling off the truck at about 600 litres a second to be that fast. You are also correct the fuel tanks are in the wings on an Airbus like that with a third and reserve tank in the belly of the plane.
I immediately cringed 5 seconds in when i saw the part of him closing the aircraft door from the outside, if you are ground crew and close/open the door from the outside you are getting fired, i myself have gotten people in trouble as i work in the plane and i was informed a ground crew tried to open the door which ended up with him getting fired. Only people allowed to open/close aircraft doors are: flight crew (with/without passengers) Cabin crew (with/without passengers) Engineers (without passengers) Cleaners (without passengers) Emergency personnel (with/without passengers) As ground crew you walk up the stairs, pull back the bars and ask one of the crew members to close the door, and if they aren't there you wait, and do not enter the aircraft.
Drae, another airport sim player here. You can get a tarp to place over the luggage trolley, it stops all bags from coming off. The game is still in quite a buggy state, it's crashed my game several times and I've experienced the catering truck bug. SPOILER: You can get some interesting achievements by walking near an active engine, placing cones on top the front of the plane and placing a cone in the luggage hold respectively Still, great episode.
4:42 Funny enough there is no DC external power in Airbus aircraft. They have AC only. Also if the external power is applied you don't need to use battery to power the refuelling system. DC is used mainly for smaller aircraft (like turboprops that often have both DC and AC ground power connections). There are some large aircraft that may use DC external power, but those are mainly eastern block planes.
You ground when dealing with anything electrical to prevent static build up frying components, ever taken a TV or monitor out of the box and gotten a static shock? That's because static has built up on your body and you weren't grounded :) it's actually a slim chance anything will get fried by the build up but when the thing that might get fried is worth millions, like a plane, I'd ground it too 😂
I love how that’s drae’s first intention I am just going to walk into the engine like it’s not going to kill me love you make awesome videos like this one keep up the great work
The plane proceeded to have a emergency landing due to pressure loss. Later investigation found that the rear cargo door had not properly been closed. This fact was missed as no one actualy did the Walkaround. Luckily no one was injured.
