JetBlue fleet overhauls done in El Salvador
Feb 26, 2005, 10:46 pm
#17
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Outsourcing
I think that is a common practice nowaday. I believe that NW has a A330-200 repairng station at ICN, and CO's Boeing 777s are sent to HK once a while for checks. CX, QF, and various airlines also send their a/c to Xiamen for maintenance... I am more opposed to outsourcing due to the reason of protecting jobs in the US or the local origin... but with a strong agency like FAA, no airlines will dare to risk safety over any factors...
Carfield
Carfield
Feb 26, 2005, 10:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Carfield
I think that is a common practice nowaday. ... I am more opposed to outsourcing due to the reason of protecting jobs in the US or the local origin... but with a strong agency like FAA, no airlines will dare to risk safety over any factors...
Carfield
Carfield
Feb 28, 2005, 1:24 pm
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Plane maintenance seems to be a very effecient use of outsourcing. The most effecient would be to have it done at the hub where the planes are parked. But trying to do heavy work at JFK sounds like a recipe for high expenses. If you are going to fly a jet somewhere, the cost to get to Hondorus is probably not that much different than to Indianapolis or some other US city. Since most planes will end up in Florida anyway, it may be cheaper.
Haven't most cases of maintenance related crashes been due to performance of US maintenance teams?
Haven't most cases of maintenance related crashes been due to performance of US maintenance teams?
Mar 30, 2005, 6:49 am
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Jetblue ain't the only one
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...lta-cuts_x.htm
Seems that Delta is now outsourcing a lot of their maintenance and cutting the jobs of 2000 mechanics. It also has a chart that shows the percentage of maintenance work that is outsourced by all american airlines.
Seems that Delta is now outsourcing a lot of their maintenance and cutting the jobs of 2000 mechanics. It also has a chart that shows the percentage of maintenance work that is outsourced by all american airlines.
Mar 31, 2005, 5:14 am
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Yeah JetBlue has maintenance done by ACTS in Winnipeg. The way we heard the news about Delta was that they were cutting 2000 jobs in the company, not 2000 mechanics because of the outsourcing to ACTS (which will add 300 jobs in Vancouver).