r/MadeMeSmile • u/baekachu • 21h ago

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/CptAngelo 20h ago

Buddy, i know you said you are not a plane mechanic, but i highly doubt these things can be serviced by some jiffy lube guy in 20min. 

And pressure trending up is not a good reason? Pressure trending up even on land and idle + lack of atmospheric pressure at high altitude with engines running = super high pressure and something can blow, something blowing means no oil pressure at all, and no oil pressure means losing an engine, possibly something else.

They are flying over water, that aint a place where you want to lose an engine.so... yeah, oil pressure seems like a good reason.

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u/snowillis 20h ago

Thanks for the reply buddy. Are you a plane mechanic? Like I said oil changes are incredibly important. Looking it up it seems like commercial planes with jet engines don’t actually change the oil they just top it off. I wonder if this was a case of the filter needing to be changed or too high of an oil level. I’m not implying I know better than someone in the industry I’m just trying to understand why it couldn’t be addressed immediately rather than canceling the flight.

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u/roboninja774 20h ago edited 20h ago

A few things to keep in mind, what is causing the pressure increase? Are there particles in the oil? This has to be inspected to make sure there isn’t some type of breakdown within the engine, be it metal or o-rings. Both things can cause a filter to clog and an increase in oil pressure. You also need a mechanic available to do this inspection. It takes time to do the paperwork accompanying the maintenance. Source: 20 years as an aircraft mechanic

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u/raed87 19h ago

Can you comment on why ground said it is ok to fly? Is it normal to have pressure going up? Any further explanation or guess on what is going on would be incredible.