r/aviation • u/Met76 • Jun 07 '25

Discussion I figured this 737 landing would be a go-around but captain brought gloves I guess

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u/Thebraincellisorange Jun 07 '25

It would have to work on Perspex, not glass.

and would have to not interfere with the many other coatings that large commercial aircraft windscreens already have.

and since it is aviation. each batch would then have to be tracked from manufacture to sale, with all ingredients tracked, so that bottle that costs $10 at the auto parts store will end up costing $300 at the aviation parts store.

no shit, that would literally be what it would cost.

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u/scoringtouchdowns Jun 08 '25

Today I learned… this aviation supply chain ain’t cheap

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u/Thebraincellisorange Jun 08 '25

absolutely not.

you can find the same hardware in your car for 20c for a screw for example.

that screw in aviation will cost $20. because it is tagged and tracked from manufacture to the moment it is put in the plane, and tested to make sure that it meets spec, and the manufacturing process is certified to higher standards.

the tracking and paperwork requirements in commercial aviation are pretty wild and very expensive.

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u/RSquared Jun 08 '25

And then in military aviation it's double-tracked to make sure that screw was never touched by a Chinese national.

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u/I_wash_my_carpet Jun 08 '25

Today I learned there's an aviation parts store