Is BA a customer of CFM via AOG Technics?
Sep 15, 23, 12:52 am
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Is BA a customer of CFM via AOG Technics?
I’m curious as these alleged stories about using fake documents to certify spare parts are a little worrying.
Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere but I couldn’t find it.
https://simpleflying.com/cfm-fake-engine-parts-lawsuit/
https://aviationweek.com/mro/aircraft-propulsion/cfm-suit-seeks-information-linked-parts-brokers-falsified-records
Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere but I couldn’t find it.
https://simpleflying.com/cfm-fake-engine-parts-lawsuit/
https://aviationweek.com/mro/aircraft-propulsion/cfm-suit-seeks-information-linked-parts-brokers-falsified-records
Sep 15, 23, 12:58 am
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Sep 15, 23, 1:28 am
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Airbus A319-112 - Lufthansa Italia | Aviation Photo #6723945 | Airliners.net
Whereas BA's A320s have IAE V2500s, which have longer cowlings with a shiny end. See below a G-GATx:
Airbus A320-232 - British Airways | Aviation Photo #7273387 | Airliners.net
This doesn't mean to say that BA has ever had CFM56s in fleet; the two A318s that plied the LCY-JFK route had them, and so did the old 737-400s in LGW.
Airbus ACJ318 (A318-112/CJ) - British Airways | Aviation Photo #5816881 | Airliners.net
Sep 15, 23, 1:29 am
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Sure, but I guess it's fair to worry about it. What AOG did - by the way, I stopped seeing their vans around the campus - was utterly despicable.
Sep 15, 23, 1:29 am
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Thanks for the support 13901 and also for the engine info which was really interesting. This is what this forum exists for - imparting knowledge for those who don’t have it rather than bashing for the sake of it.
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Sep 15, 23, 1:34 am
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in light of a public facing story, it would be absolutely bizarre that *if* these parts were identified, BA would do nothing about it. Maybe my view is simplistic
Sep 15, 23, 1:42 am
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Going way way back since the days when BA were a reputable company who liked to do things properly and not always just pay the absolute cheapest for everything, they have always been keen on doing maintenance right. Strangely, engines is one of the things they still stick with the same principles today, BA will only allow brand new parts or parts that have been only in BA engines previously to be used in their engines. Rolls Royce in Derby and GE in South Wales both had a completely separate warehouse setup of BA only parts in addition to their normal supply of certified parts from other users that get swapped around. I know this is certainly still the case at GE and I presume is still the arrangement with RR.
Sep 15, 23, 6:11 am
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Going way way back since the days when BA were a reputable company who liked to do things properly and not always just pay the absolute cheapest for everything, they have always been keen on doing maintenance right. Strangely, engines is one of the things they still stick with the same principles today, BA will only allow brand new parts or parts that have been only in BA engines previously to be used in their engines. Rolls Royce in Derby and GE in South Wales both had a completely separate warehouse setup of BA only parts in addition to their normal supply of certified parts from other users that get swapped around. I know this is certainly still the case at GE and I presume is still the arrangement with RR.
