Originally Posted by
cesco.g
According to a recent article in Consumer Reports outsourcing has been talking a toll on the maintenance reliability at most U.S. carriers, incl. UA.
It is feared that this could result in an accident of a major airliner anytime.
Outsourcing itself is not the casue of saftey issues. It's who you choose and how you manage the outsourcer. Southwest for example outsouces a majority of its maintenance ( and has for years), and has one of the best saftey and reliablity records in the business.
The onboard issues with UA is an spending/investment decsion. They have not allocated budget for things that don't impact saftey, but make for falling apart cabins.