Why Airplanes MUST Be Washed as Frequently as Every 7 Days

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My flight engineer used to tell me "A clean aircraft talks to you" in regards to how easy it was to spot faults/leaks/cracks when you kept your aircraft clean.

actually its done at night because thats when the planes are sleeping and put on less of a fight

The drywash process sounds like a pain in the ass

Bro knows exactly what he's saying in that intro

The video was longer than it needed to be, but I still watched it because I think its a welcome alternative to the increasingly fast-paced and stressful videos nowadays.

The good thing is AFFF is now being phased out in place of SFFF, which is a synthetic foam, because the fluorines used in AFFF are like you said, incredibly toxic not just to the jets but also to people! AFFF is what’s currently used in most fire protection systems in hangars, these will eventually be changed over to SFFF or special provision will be put in place to stop it from spreading if it’s used (bund walls, huge drainage and waste collection) and I say this is a fire protection engineer who works with it frequently! :)

A small correction: At 14:37, a reduction of 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit is a reduction of 27-33 degrees Celsius, not 10-15 as indicated.

When I was in the U.S. Air Force based in England, we had a automated car / bus wash that would break down all of the time. As I would learn how to operate it, I figured out how to use it while it was broken. Law Enforcment would call me up, and ask me if I could wash their Police cars. Even though they new the wash rack was down, they waited until I came on to work on Swing shift. They were so grateful that I relieve them of a lot of work, that one day one of these Seargent's pulled me over, but recognized me, and thanked me for helping them out, that he didn't give me a ticket and let me go. I still remember that like it was yesterday.

Bit of advice. If performing a 14day on a Huey, after cleaning the rotor hub and other areas on top, do not just walk off the side of the bird. Just because your legs may be strong enough to take the landing from that height, does not mean the wet soapy concrete will provide sufficient traction to keep your feet under you. Trust me.

One small correction: There's not a labor shortage, there's a wage shortage. The airlines keep posting record profits, but their wages have not increased as much as other sectors. I know three people who worked as ground crew over the last 5+ years. All of them have quit their jobs in favor of higher paying jobs elsewhere with low skill requirements.

1. To spot some hidden (faults/leaks/cracks) on the plane, Repair it if necessary... 2. To prevent (water/acid-rain) corrosion, This can prevent some small damages on the fuselage...

Your fuel usage for a 737 is off by about 1800 gallons/hour

Never knew planes also had to undergo this stage in their maintenance

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Many years ago the company that I was working were pitching for military aircraft Check E contract. We were given filthy C130H and to conduct demonstration to the military officers We took 1 week with working hours of above 12 hours per day to have it cleaned and sadly, we were not given the contract Though we didn't got the contract but that was one expensive experience. Our team truly live with that experience

I disagree with the theory that it makes it more difficult to see cracks or other issues with the aircraft if it’s dirty on the other hand that’s exactly when you want to do a initial inspection of a aircraft, before it’s cleaned because you can see some cracks or damage to parts more easily because of the way the dirt flows around those cracks or even leaks out of cracks and also dirt helps find fluid leaks more easily also. Once that initial inspection is done, that’s when you clean the aircraft and all of the parts. I think that if you talk to any inspector or mechanic they will tell you don’t clean it until we get a chance to look at it first!

“Looks like someone had corn for lunch” made worth watching all 20+ minutes of this video.

Was in Navy helo squadrons that flew from Frigate size ships. Besides the normal 14 day inspections that included washing the aircraft, we would do a quick engine wash after the last flight of the day and wipe down the aircraft with a cleaner/preservative. We didn't care too much about flying into rain, but it seemed that every ship captain never missed the chance for a fresh water washdown.

As part of Airframes c130 in the marine corps i do not miss washing that aircraft especially inside the wheel well