Stig Shift #31 (Aircraft Maintenance Adventures) 

Per the Systems Manual, the yellow brake pressure accumulator provides seven full applications of braking.

When I hear that first "Goooooood Morrning everybody" I know we are locked in and ready to go. Let's go time for some fun!

That man ran away from the terminal because he had just been informed that his flight was on a Boeing 737- MAX 8 and his seat was next to a door plug!

Hey Stig, I take exception to the comment about being towed to the old United Hanger. To me, it will always be the old Continental Hanger. My dad worked there in the radio shop from 1969 to 1983. I lost my father 20 years ago but I still have memories of him taking me to work and seeing those big beautiful DC-10's with the meatball logo on the tail. I want to thank you for your videos. There is something special about what all of you talented folks do behind to scenes to keep airlines moving and passengers safe.

Stig, your videos are always excellent and full of interesting information. Don't be hard on your editing skills, which happen to be excellent. I am not a creator, so I can only imagine how much work/time it takes to edit your videos into an hour-and-a-half video. I know you always strive for perfection, and to me that is what you always do. You are a kind soul, and just know that you are loved by tens of thousands of Stig fans, including me! I love your ghost stories. The one you mention in this video is truly scary. My favorite airplane ghost stories are about a few planes that had salvaged parts from the wreck of Eastern Air Lines L-1011 'Flight 401' ...truly frightening for a few crew members. I could not put the book 'The Ghost of Flight 401' down until I was finished reading it. Take care Stig 👍

Like you said one day, 5% is tears of menanics. There was about the "plastic Princess". But 95% of your job is a pleasure for you and 100% of yours videos is a pleasure for me. Encore une excellente vidéo Monsieur Stig.

Sleep??? I work the night shift so this if perfect timing for me! Thanks Stig and as always, I am grateful for the work you put into these videos and the safety of our flights

And every one has been informative and interesting. Mucho respect bud for all the unseen hard work keeping us flyers safe

the goofy transitions between segments (i.e “whoop!”) has been one of my favourite recent additions to these videos. they always get a chuckle out of me.

As I watch, I'm already scared by these automatic warnings for passengers. Imagine being alone at night and the plane starts talking haha! Thanks Stig

Another great video. I know your pain in regards to blocked galley drains, most blocked by coffee grounds with orange juice pulp. If you ask cabin crew they “never ever put coffee or orange juice down the drains”, wonder how it gets there then. Chapter 38 is the worst, on classic 747’s the “golden dip” was stomach churning, 2 plastic bags on your arm, reach into the toilet tank to clear solids from around the dump valve or from around the screen on the flush motors, lots of fun. Vacuum toilet systems are better and give less problems. One thing I have noticed in vacuum systems is that solids accumulate in unused tubes. As an example, during a reconfiguration on A330-200’s a toilet was added fwd of door 2 right and was attached to an existing unused ducting. On the first aircraft the tube was full of solids from the mid cabin toilet connection to door 1 right. Removal of the tube was done off shift on overtime due to the horrendous smell and it took the cleaners days to get the tubes clean. It was the same on all the aircraft. Something to keep in mind if you are unlucky enough to have to break into unused toilet tubes. Another bit of experience is that even with regular ice and vinegar treatments to the toilet systems a calcium like buildup can accumulate in the tubes and if some passenger puts a solid object in the toilet it can block the tube, had this happen on a 747-400. Draining the tube without contaminating the aft cargo Wa the difficult bit. Tape plastic tube ( plastic bag type plastic in a tube not a plastic pipe) and run that into a toilet cart, disconnect the clamp from outside the plastic rapping, all liquids and solids contained and directed into the toilet cart. That’s probably enough for now, hope you find these things useful.

Awesome as ever Stig and no need to apologise for things being out of order. We love EVERYTHING you put out in ANY order! Appreciate you taking the time to edit all of this content together each week. LAX feels like a second home despite being 5000 miles away...

Cool beans!!! Another Stig Adventure!!! It was good as always. Thanks bud.👍🏻✈️🔧

I’ve really been obsessed with these videos, I work in the automotive industry and after watching these on and off for a few weeks I think I’m going to chase my a&p cert and go back to school

Hey Stig, I feel bad for the guy, because I am pretty sure he's unhinged, he needs therapy and meds likely. I love those wheel chair access seat levers, thats very smart! I am just like you Stig, I never get tired of watching a jet engine starting up, I got a big smile on my face, kid in a candy store I tell ya lol. 1998 bird, old but oh so beautiful. Birds are like woman Stig, they age like fine wine. I love your hearts! 💜Yep, I love watching you break riding, I love watching you work, I love ATC Com's, and I love you. I adore the deep rumble from the A380 engines! Stig the plumber fixed it for ya. When that plane started rolling backwards, I actually started saying, thrust! Thrust! Thrust! LOL!

What better way to celebrate getting my airframe license than a stig shift!!!

Hmm, midnight on the east coast and I’ve gotta wake up in 6hrs, do I watch a 1.5hr Stig Shift? OF COURSE I do lol.

Was gonna go to bed, but I saw this and this changes everything!!!!!!!!! Baby wake up, Stig just posted. I noticed my week was incomplete, couldn’t put a finger on it till earlier today and voilaaaaaaa.

Another shift. Hellll yessss. Love your videos.

You mentioned the FADEC and how they can run even without power - the craziest example of this has to be Qantas 32 after the HPT blade sliced through a chunk of wires like 8” thick and cut off control to the #1 engine. It’s a double-edged sword though, as NO ONE could shut down that engine after landing. I think they eventually snuffed the core out with foam, but nothing else worked. Those engines are SO complicated, it’s incredible how self-sufficient FADEC can be even when literally cut-off from the rest of the aircraft.

Crazy dude, ghost story....Stig bringing all kinds of goodies! Great video!

YESS!! Its 12:08am and I was about to go to sleep because I am getting up at 5am to get to work 2 hours early... I am watching this now.. lol. Ill get through Friday and take a nap later!!!!! STIG SHIIIIIIFT FOR THE WIN!!!!!

When you said I should write a book... NO I WILL NOT you had me laughing hard stig 😂

It never ceases to amaze me how aircraft & technology is moving on….each year there’s something new ( a nightmare for engineers !!) I grew up living next to LHR, worked airside for 10 years, have flown on aircraft from the BAC111 to Trident 3 to B727 to A380 (even Concorde simulator (I was working nearby and was asked if I wanted to go for a flight !!)) and whilst the basic shapes stay familiar they keep cramming more and more under the skin !!!!….GREAT channel Stig, God Bless engineers…THEY make the aircraft fly !!!

Jumpscared by the voice of the safety briefing, guess there's always surprises in your line of work!

I have a ghost story too. I'm a retd Marine Engr., retd 2014. 76 now. I always wanted to learn how to drive a truck otr. So l got my Class A Iicence thru CRST. I was driving thru W. Texas when my shift ended. So l found a nice place off the road, did my shutdown chk, air pressure leakdown, tires etc. It was Winter, chilIy. So l hopped into the sleeper nestled up under the blankies and zonked. About 0230 or so l heard what sounded like a trap draining condensate. Couldn’t understand why. Engine off. No pressure buildup. So l ignored it. Drifted off. About an hr later, same thing. Repeated again about an hr later. It was pretty isolated where l'd parked. So l thot someone had possibly stopped and was opening a reservoir drain. So l got up brot my flashlite and checked the whole rig, stem to stern. Nobody around. Nothing amiss. So back aboard, back to sleep. TilI Morning. Went thru startup check, nothing amiss. Took off routinely. Kinda spooky. Never was able to find anything amiss.

Watching from New Zealand, I just loved what I saw: 5:55 The last one just gave me goosebumps.. I've encountered the same thing ,walking home around midnight and I'm barely lift up my legs. It's like someone was pulling me from behind and I couldn't even scream until it's gone when I opened my door.. scariest day of my life 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the video brother 🙏

American Airlines always gives out pillows and blankets in each chair so welcoming ❤ and the cabins always super clean 👍 great service

As always, thank you sir!

Predator last week and Top Gun this week… you’re on a roll Stig! Keep,up,the great work. I always look forward to a new shift.

A girl I know is scared of flying so I had her start watching your videos with me and she's getting more relaxed about flying. Thank you and god bless.

30:00 That bird wanted to look her best for the King of Mechanics! XD

Excellent video, yes I learned more, thank you. Remember, no bubbles-no troubles.

When I completed 3 years of automotive technical college I got my first job at a Ford dealership. For 8 months they put me on the ‘lube rack’. I did oil changes & tire rotations all day long. To make matters worse they made me pack front wheel bearings. In those days disc brakes hadn’t come out yet. It was fun in the winter or when it was raining as the wet speedy dry became a paste all over my shirt. Believe me when I say I would’ve LOVED doing Chapter 38’s all day long - non stop! The ghost story was Boootiful. Loved it Stig 👻✈️

It's good that you show some of the seemingly more ordinary details, such as the wheelchair. I'm sure a lot of ordinary passengers, such as myself, watch this as well, and it helps deal with the anxiety of flying. I make frequent trips between the US and the Philippines, and I have some mechanical experience myself in other industries. I just find it interesting.

Lol!! I loved how that 737 struggled to go up that tiny hill 🤣❤

Also I have never cocked off of another video faster so that I can watch another video. Stig, your content is amazing and thank you so much for all of the knowledge that you share!

Even I felt goosebumps 1:26:00 😮 that chill cold presence. I’ve experienced it once at my buddys old house. It’s speechless specially when an object moves.

Hey stig, early on in the video you explain about the CFM LEAP 1A startup, and you said don’t ask me about PW 1100-G, but here’s how it goes. When starting up, the pilots switch to ign start mode, and press DUAL COOLING which will engage both engines into a cooling process. This will slightly rise N1 and you would see both engines moving. After roughly 45 seconds, fuel flow will engage and the N1 will rise on ENG 2. Once ENG 2 is on and AVAIL, then we start ENG 1 master, and because of the dual cooling, ENG 1 would start as fast as an IAE V2500 engine. I hope this makes sense.

Thank you for the upload, Stig!

So glad to hear you’re a man of faith Stig, your humility and sense of humour are translated perfectly in your videos. Only a man so enlightened can walk through life with a permanent smile on his face. Love your videos.

The hairs on the back of my neck stood up when you told the ghost story.

I love the lessons on all the parts of the aircraft, very informative, thanks

Forget going to sleep!! Stig has loaded his video!!! Yay!! ☺️

Atheist here. I fully agreewith regard to humanity. Be good and kind and all that. And believe what you want.

Your videos always give me some kind of comfort, every time is see one of your videos i can finally relax after a day of hard work and learn something new, please never stop being awesome (and making videos) ❤

I think it is really cool that you get to work with at least one of your fathers tools! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. Bill

Thank you for answering my question about bowed rotor motoring😊

Alright Stig shift time. Gonna be another good one.

Thanks Stig, on to number 32 now, passes a slow day at work 😁

Another awesome Stig adventure. Awesome and informative video, I enjoy watching your videos. The recent ones you posted are outstanding, maintenance is not just a job, it's an adventure. There's always something different to fix. Thank you brother for what you do, later🤙

Got to have a look at the cockpit because I was doing an unaccompanied minor thing, and I was talking to the pilot about systems and stuff and I noticed his right landing light was on and I told him and he switched it off and had a good laugh 😂

God bless you

Goooood morning stig! I've been an avid viewer for a while now and I gotta say I absolutely love seeing this kind of thing every day I am absolutely infatuated with aviation and everything that comes with it. Your dedication to the craft is outstanding. Love the videoes, thank you for all the insite, I have learned so much from you. See you in the next video.

SQ 747-400F! The 747-400 in SQ livery has to be the best looking plane ever

Keep it up Stig, love ur content

Those security personnel need to get in better shape…..

As always, I love how much I learn from your videos. I'm Team Brake Ride... I don't know why, but those clips are so relaxing. That ending Cargolux shot... WOW. Absolutely beautiful! It made me smile to hear you get a bit philosophical... your joy for your job and life, and just the goodness and gratefulness you have, come shining through in your personality. As always, thank you for sharing and teaching all of us normies!

I don't like doing drain and sewer line work. Always stinks. I've learned to use gloves, too, as the sludge in drains and traps is like indelible ink!! I'm a glider rated pilot, and the cockpit is still a thrill. Working on large aircraft, in the cockpit, you'd never get me out of there 😁

Must’ve been a SPIRIT passenger🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

I love your videos Stig, a view into a world someone outside the industry can only get through simulators. The longer, the better.

Another great engine view at 15 mins 😍. ✨ keep em coming stig, always eager to put your videos on !

I absolutely love every second of this stuff.. Thank you!!!!.

hey stig, last week i flew out to amsterdam and when I got there i decided to take a look around the massive Schiphol Airport, lucky for me i spotted an ACT doing a walk-around and I immediatly thought of you, i was amazed to experience a simple walk-around because I knew some of the things that your colleague was doing and thats all on you, thank you for all the knowledge you give me and all the other fellow aviation enthusiasts !

Being a fan of aviation and the paranormal the ghost stories are the best part of these videos. Before and after, i learned about flight 401 and the many ghost sightings.

That’s funny! As you were showing the Cathay Pacific Cargo landing I thought to myself, wait there wasn’t a “cargo never disappoints” segment! Either that or I missed it somehow! But alas, no sooner I thought that, and you put it in! Great video as always Stig!! And for what it’s worth, I think you do a phenomenal job of editing and narrating. Keep up the great work you do and have a fabulous day!

I just want to thank you stig for all the effort you put into these videos because being an editor myself me making a 30 short (not trying to promote) can take me 1-4 hours to make so i know 1 hour long video can take days so thanks you for making these!

The complexity and engineering that goes into these aircraft are beyond astounding. Your knowledge and expertise is appreciated a hundred fold due to the former sentence. Great video as always! Maybe one day we get a face reveal mystery man.

You answered my question about taxiing down the centerline! Thank you so much. It's an honor 🙏

Love that you can hear when the CFM combuster lights up. I learned this watching your videos. 👍

love all your videos amazing so much learning much much love thank you

Thank you Stig, another cracking video as always, see you on your next adventure...Laters!!

wonderful 👏👏👏👏👏 thank you Stig!!!

awesome vid again. Can't stop watching

It’s my day off, but I wake up for this. You make my job feel exciting again. 👩🏻‍🔧🤩

I know that feeling very well referring to to ghost story with the feeling of NEEDING to leave the area IMMEDIATELY! I was working on a house , and the first day I was dropped off by myself while the other guys went for materials. I heard footsteps upstairs and I thought there were squatters up there. I yelled up that I wouldn't call police if they leave. No one came down and with a makeshift weapon, I went up and found nobody there. To make a long story short, there was one room in that house that I couldn't stand to be in. It was a feeling of dread like you wouldn't believe. Turns out there was a single black mother and her child of eight if I remember correctly, killed somebody and the mother left EVERYTHING behind.

Love your videos, keep em coming!

Man your videos are an hour of nirvana lol love and appreciate you

The Air NZ All Blacks livery is my favorite! I flew an A321NEO in that livery from Gold Coast, AU to Auckland 5yrs ago

First!!! Love your videos Stig!!

Unwind after finishing work for the week to another Stig Shift. Perfection.

Quality content, Thank you ❤

That lock wire and blood… I don’t know how many times I have done maintenance on my jet engine for my bike, and punched my fingers on that steel wire end. It’s effective though, keeping everything in place. That cold startup is an issue for me also, I need to preheat the engine, either with gas during startup or with a blower torch or else it won’t catch rpm and run. If I go on too hard, it will be a hot start. That’s bad. Great film again. Thanks.

I just started studying AMT and watching your videos keeps me motivated to keep going

I like your take on life. I feel the same way. No particular religion - just God - spirituality. Kindness. Love of one another.

Always enjoy Stig video....such a pro....take one to know one!!! Old A&P thanks!!!

ghost aviation, thanks for telling us you're story, loving your videos!

Nice to have a tool from your father that you can use every day to honor him. I miss my dad every day.

I don't why but this man gives me more energy vibes than any motivational speaker, for real 💯 keep it up dude ❤

Keeps gettin better,cheers stig

Love watching these as you’re doing what I do but for commercial aircraft. I maintain one type of aircraft, the B-1B but want to do this after I finish my service

Love your videos

Talking of ghosts not being able to see touch or stop it. Well I got a regular visitor that loves waiting for me to nod off before it’s starts to poke my head lift my arms to name but two and yes it feels like real contact I can’t touch it but it makes contact with me. For years I didn’t believe in spooks or the afterlife but since this started a few years ago. I sure do now! I’m not afraid of it for some reason and I like to think it’s someone who knew or knows me. As for who I got no idea as sadly I’ve lost a lot of people I loved very much since childhood. I suppose one day I’ll meet my invisible and departed annoyance and it will probably turn out that I don’t know who it is after all 😂 anyway stig another great video cheers bud!

Hey Stig, Nice shot of Air New Zealand's 777-300 in the All Black livery, which is my national carrier. Air New Zealand also have a 787-9(ZK-NZE), Bombardier Dash 8-Q300(ZK-NEM), ATR-72-600(ZK-MVA), Airbus A321-NEO (Domestic)(ZK-OYB) this one has the Star Alliance livery and logo, and Airbus A320-CEO(ZK-OAB) which was the very first plane to have that livery. There is a time lapsed video of ZK-OAB being assembled and going into the paint shop. Also, there was a Beech 1900D also in the same livery. I always feel an immense sense of pride when spotting my national carrier overseas. I hope they do the Retro livery from the late 1960's.

Had to catch his flight....just no airplane!!! He was flying!!! Good start Stig ....back to class!!! Aways great job...a pro!!! Big thanks AECU

Awesome video Stig as always! Love the cars and the ghost story! From one who works in a historic building museum I am very much aware of ghosts/spirits so nothing new for me. The tire portion of the poster was pretty interesting. So many different detail you have to look at when inspecting the airplane tires! Thank you for another very educational video!! ☺️🤙🏻

Being vision impaired I will never get to work in the aviation industry like you and many others do (aircraft wise that is) so I love learning from you! Also the more I watch of your view of LAX it makes me even more excited for when I finally visit mainland USA at the beginning of August!!

Love America West - it was our hometown airline here in Phoenix. You can tell when you have a flight crew that is America West. Generally nicer than old school American or US Airways flight crews.

Totally agree with you Stig. I'm a beleiver also! No worries , you said it right again Bro!

I loved seeing the Air NZ black 777 Stig! Greetings from New Zealand 🇳🇿