Originally Posted by
FrequentHopper
Incidentally, I was surprised to find that JetBlue also outsources all of its maintenance -- to Mexico.
I'll bet that jetBlue would be similarly surprised as well, since its heavy airframe maintenance is performed in Canada and El Salvador, neither of which have been annexed by Mexico.
Originally Posted by DMIrishFlyer
So if a plane is not maintained in the US you aren't going to fly it? I wonder how planes in the rest of the world manage to stay aloft?
^ No kidding. Gotta wonder how Qantas has managed their zero-hull-loss safety record despite performing the bulk of their maintenance outside the USA.
What about USA-based airlines that fly overseas? Take AA, for example. It flies all over the world (much like DL) and its planes are serviced daily all over the world. Sometimes by AA employees based in those foreign countries (UK, Brazil, etc) and sometimes by contract maintenance outfits (China, India, Japan, etc). AA has 154 widebodies and every one of them has been touched by foreign maintenance at least once. Some of them daily. Scary.
