Here is a good video on aircraft maintenance outsourcing.
Airline Safety Outsourced
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UAL_TECH
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Dude, I started back to college in 2002 after seeing the writing on the wall. I am now 2 1/2 years removed from the airlines, although I am still in a "related" field. I am now back to a little more than my pre-strike pay at NWA and am very happy to be gone from it.
I still have many friends in the industry, that is why I still care.
Its demi-god....
Don't forget...Reagan started the union busting movement in aviation....couldn't have done
it without a little help from the membership.Just like outsourcing....
Garfield1966
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The part about the manuals only being in English is funny. I know a guy who runs a charter company. He said you can pretty much order a manual in any language you want. Not like the other countries who own the aircraft only have English speaking mechanics.
Also, the Flight 5481 crash was 600 lbs over weight due to the use of FAA approved est of pax weight. The faulty repair of the elevator turnbuckes was not the sole cause of the accident according to the NTSB. Funny how the piece on Link did not mention that. Hmmmmm.
Also, the Flight 5481 crash was 600 lbs over weight due to the use of FAA approved est of pax weight. The faulty repair of the elevator turnbuckes was not the sole cause of the accident according to the NTSB. Funny how the piece on Link did not mention that. Hmmmmm.
So, are you in favor of non-drug tested, unlicensed mechanics, from thirld world countries, working on American Flagged aircraft in unsecure facilities abroad?
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Tech....what about those here in the USA?
MAE for one.......1 mech and a boat load of imports and you know who's responsible for the imports.
You are correct. Look at Timco, Pemco, AAR...
Garfield1966
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http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2004/AAR0401.htm
Contributing to the cause of the accident were (1) Air Midwest’s lack of oversight of the work being performed at the Huntington, West Virginia, maintenance station; (2) Air Midwest’s maintenance procedures and documentation; (3) Air Midwest’s weight and balance program at the time of the accident; (4) the Raytheon Aerospace quality assurance inspector’s failure to detect the incorrect rigging of the elevator control system; (5) the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) average weight assumptions in its weight and balance program guidance at the time of the accident; and (6) the FAA’s lack of oversight of Air Midwest’s maintenance program and its weight and balance program
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...756C0A9659C8B63
The transcripts were released at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing where evidence showed that the plane was overweight and its load slightly tail heavy. They showed that Captain Leslie knew of the gathering load, and investigators said she properly used the industry formula for estimating weight. Her figures showed the plane just under its maximum takeoff weight.
Contributing to the cause of the accident were (1) Air Midwest’s lack of oversight of the work being performed at the Huntington, West Virginia, maintenance station; (2) Air Midwest’s maintenance procedures and documentation; (3) Air Midwest’s weight and balance program at the time of the accident; (4) the Raytheon Aerospace quality assurance inspector’s failure to detect the incorrect rigging of the elevator control system; (5) the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) average weight assumptions in its weight and balance program guidance at the time of the accident; and (6) the FAA’s lack of oversight of Air Midwest’s maintenance program and its weight and balance program
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...756C0A9659C8B63
The transcripts were released at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing where evidence showed that the plane was overweight and its load slightly tail heavy. They showed that Captain Leslie knew of the gathering load, and investigators said she properly used the industry formula for estimating weight. Her figures showed the plane just under its maximum takeoff weight.
I remember the standard was 150 pound when I got my tickets.....That in itself back in 83' made me wonder....I don't think I ever saw a 150 pound American....My instructor told us that it was an average of all the fat ass'd boarders....I said 'yea,right'...
