Off to Singapore Today (Pics Added)

[Grunt]

Hi All

Just got called into work to fly to singapore this afternoon for an unscheduled engine change.

See you all in a few days.

[andylo]

have great fun.... remeber to buy some golf shoes its cheap overthere.

[Jarro]

you gonna fly back on the plane that's getting the engine change ??




;)

[andylo]

I am sure if thats what he gonna do he will do the job very well :lol:

[Fishman Dan]

Nothing's cheap over there - everything's about the same price here when you convert it back to $AU.

The Singapore sales month is May i think - generally because there's no other way to lure people to one of the most disgustingly humid cities in the world other than cheap fashion!

Singapore is pretty light-on with golf shops (there are only 2 or 3 courses on the island?), although there is one on Orchard Rd just down from the Hilton.

[Trung]

Nothing's cheap over there - everything's about the same price here when you convert it back to $AU.

The Singapore sales month is May i think - generally because there's no other way to lure people to one of the most disgustingly humid cities in the world other than cheap fashion!

Singapore is pretty light-on with golf shops (there are only 2 or 3 courses on the island?), although there is one on Orchard Rd just down from the Hilton.

I'm sure there are at least 20 at S'pore.

[connico]

20 courses on a small **** island like that?? wow!! :)

[Grunt]

well sitting at the airport waiting for the departure. I doubt I will be coming home on the aircraft that we have changed the engine on, We will have some free time in singapore before flight back home.

Also travel is business class or better, on the way there I have 1st class.

Work will be hard but the pay will be better Double time from the call in phone call this morning until arrival back in Syd, probably on Friday/Saturday.

:P

[Fishman Dan]

Grant - i was lucky enough to be given Business Class when i went. There's no comparison, even at that level! LAP IT UP!! ;)

I had to stop drinking fine wine at about Darwin, but you know what they say - If it's free, i'll have three.. or four.. or five... ok, just one more...

We got Skybed's on the trip back! :D

[McMw]

plenty og golf shops on orchard road....
there is a building next to the hilton hotel (corner of scotts and orchard) next close to Planet Hollywood that's full of golf shops...

problem is that the prices are controlled with the bigger chain - I think there are about 3 chains of golf shops operating at least 4 fronts each along orchard road...

stay away from the nike shoes, get the nike dri-fit shirts, and make sure u're not getting JPN-issued clubs (if u don't want them in the first place)...

2-3 courses in singapore??? 5 mins drive from the airport and you've already got access to 5 courses...
problem with the courses in Singapore is that only a few of them are "really" open to the public...
the general trend is that most singaporeans are members of courses across the border in Johore Bahru...cheaper and more courses available to play on regularly...

I think HK has only 4 or 5 on the mainland...

[andylo]

HK has 4 or 5, yes.... only 1 is open to public (but hey at least its designed by Gary Players)

Try to go up north a little more (China Mainland) and just the border city you get probably more than 20.

Mission Hills GC itself already got 10 or 11 courses

[AndyP]

I'm don't think Grunt is playing any golf.

[Jarro]

.. any good Chinese take-aways there ??

[andylo]

Chinese take away... or Chinese girl to be take away? :lol:

[connico]

chinese girls...arnt good...and they will TAKE you for what your worth...

[Fishman Dan]

There are the something-ese girl-boys (or are they boy-girls?) over the road from the Hilton in Orchard Rd... is that what takes your liking A-Lo?

[amanda]

chinese girls...arnt good...and they will TAKE you for what your worth...
watch your step there mate ;)

[connico]

watch your step there mate ;)


ahh your not chinese...... ;)

and i dont know if you've been to china/taiwan or singapore..but if you have you'll know what i mean lol :)

[Grunt]

Well I am back, got in @ 6am this morning on the British Airways Flight. Worked bloody Hard with 40+ hours work in 3 days. Worked from 2am (singapore time) until 8pm on thursday to get the aircraft serviceable for 9pm flight on Thursday night. Had a half day free yesterday but did not move away from the hotel (Roxy Grande Mecure) much just to a shopping center accross the road. Did not get much just a few little things for Rachelle & Tayla.

[Grunt]

Little update,

The total hours worked was 49 hours Overtime :P

Went back to work today to find out that our tools that arrived on the aircraft we had fixed on Friday morning still had not cleared Customs, we were told by our bosses today that they may clear on Monday morning but it may even be held up by the ANZAC Day public hol. and not be cleared until Wednesday, :confused:
What a Joke!!!!!! :evil: QANTAS is paying me for a weeks work after having to pay me over a fortsnights wage to fix an engine in Singapore but it is going to take longer to get our tools back than it took to get them there and Back!:evil:

It will be an easy week of little or no work :-D but in an environment where workmates are losing there jobs. They don't like seeing a guy who's job is not at risk doing SFA :-s .

[Grunt]

Hi everyone just posting some details of the total time/procedure for engine removal/installation to give you all an idea on what happens with an overseas engine change on a 747

1. 2am Arrival Singapore
2. 3am Start removing spare engine from Aircraft we flew up on. It had 5 engines fitted.
3. 5am Donor aircraft left for London
4. 5:30am Start removal from U/S Aircraft
5. 10am Engine removed from U/S Aircraft
6. 11am New engine ready for installation
7. 1pm New engine installed and reconnection commenced
8. 1pm U/S Engine fitted to wing
9. 4pm Work stopped due to thunderstorm and risk of lightning
9. 5pm Aircraft taken to Engine Run Bay and full power test run commenced
10. 6pm Engine run Complete
11. 7pm Aircraft back on Hardstand and final work carried out.
12. 8pm Aircraft Serviceable , Paperwork and packing up tooling commenced.
13. 9pm Aircraft departed for Sydney (empty)
14. 10pm Arrival at Hotel.

I have a few pics.if any of you are interested I will post some

[TS]

How many of you work on changing the engine? And was it a Qantas plane you change engine on?

[Grunt]

10 and it was a QANTAS plane

[andylo]

5 engine fitted?! One side 2 engine and one side 3?!

Or the 5th is in the cargo bar?

[Grunt]

3 on the left wing 2 on the right, the engine on the left is the spare

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7885/singapore0107tg.th.jpg (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singapore0107tg.jpg)

[Grunt]

Some pics for you all

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2828/singapore0169na.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singapore0169na.jpg)

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/3852/singapore0050nk.th.jpg (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singapore0050nk.jpg)

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7647/singapore0031my.th.jpg (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singapore0031my.jpg)

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3913/singapore0018zh.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singapore0018zh.jpg)

[andylo]

3 on the left?! WOW!!!

Do you have that pic.

So can it fly with balance? Obviously airplane don't work the way I thought!

Was it a cargo craft that carry 5 engines? or its a passenger plane?

[Jarro]

what was the problem with the engine that had to be replaced??

Birdstrike?

[dc68]

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0289429

This may help people understand the concept of the carriage of a 5th engine pod.

[andylo]

Also can a 767 carry extra 2 engines? (so make it look like a single deck mini 747 :lol:)

[Jarro]

yeah ALo, i've seen a 767 come into Brisbane with a spare engine attached to the wing.

[Grunt]

yeah ALo, i've seen a 767 come into Brisbane with a spare engine attached to the wing.

No 767's do not have spare engine carriage facility.

Jarro you must have had a few too many the night before.

[Jarro]

.. or maybe it was another type of aircraft i was thinking of.

[Fishman Dan]

So you did all that with no sleep?

I'll fly Singapore Air next time ;)

[Jarro]

yeah, Singapore are much better .. they use bigger hamsters in their motors.

[Grunt]

what was the problem with the engine that had to be replaced??

Birdstrike?

No was not birdstrike Jarro.

[Grunt]

So you did all that with no sleep?

I'll fly Singapore Air next time ;)

We had sleep in 1st class on the way up there. Nice beds.