US sends planes to Aeroman

[xUT]

what Im afraid of is what happens when say God forbid one goes down and the third world maintaince is too blame just as the faa for their failure of oversight. talk about scary

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At this juncture, one smoking hole "attributable to outsourced maintenance" will not be enough as it will be deemed correctable with increased oversight. I doubt even after several smoking holes "attributable to outsourced maintenance" there will be any change in HM outsourcing.
The deed is done and they are not turning back.
JMHO, B) xUT

 

[LD3]

The FAA has a "Buy American" requirement on all AIP funded projects, ie new runway construction or rehab work funded by the Feds. I find it hard to believe that the FAA would not impose requirements on the airlines (or do they?) to keep a certain percentage of maintenance work in country.. I would feel more comfortable landing on a runway with a couple of edge lights that weren't burning because they're foreign made vs a 3 dollar an hour tech tearing into an airframe...
As with aircraft maintenance, the FAA does not have enough contruction inspectors to make sure the contractor keeps to at least the very minimum of the Buy American requirements....

 

[700UW]

Foreign MRO cause Uncontained Engine Failure

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of Turk Hava Yollari maintenance and inspection personnel to perform a proper inspection of a 7th stage high compressor disk, thus allowing the detectable crack to grow to a length at which the disk ruptured, under normal operating conditions, propelling engine fragments into the fuselage; the fragments severed the right engine main fuel line, which resulted in a fire that rapidly engulfed the cabin area. The lack of an adequate record keeping system and the failure to use "process sheets" to document the step-by-step overhaul/inspection procedures contributed to the failure to detect the crack and, thus, to the accident.

The safety issues in this report include the clarity of operations specifications for repair stations, record keeping requirements for foreign repair stations, regulatory guidance concerning maintenance documentation, intent of "serviceable tags," independently powered public address systems on all transport-category airplanes, flight attendant training programs and manuals, enforcement of occupant restraint requirements, and cabin material/fire safety standards.

The flight attendant seated in the aft flight attendant jumpseat received serious puncture wounds from shrapnel and thermal injuries. Another flight attendant and five passengers received minor injuries. The pilots, the third flight attendant, and 52 passengers were not injured. The airplane's fuselage was destroyed.

 

[Glucose Intolerant]

SAL (Aeroman) has done a very good job on the heavy check MX for two of Americas safiest airlines for many many years.

I wouldn't give a second thought to flying on an AC just out of check reguardless if it was done in PIT, CLT, SAL or MCN for examople.

Previous Profession: "Esteemed Ball Washer"

 

[UPNAWAY]

Love all your uniformed brainwashed union responses, they are just brilliant and of course clueless. We could point to occasional shoddy work done in PIT & CLT all day long too and it too would be meaningless without any context. This is nothing but a media driven Union hit piece.

The stats back up that US Airways outsource vs. in source work is virtually indistinguishable in terms of quality.

The real issue is FAA oversight. They vast majority of FAA inspectors are assigned to Airlines when over half of all work is done at MROs. This has been previously identified as a weak spot in the FAA program by congress a few years back. Don’t know what reorganization steps the FAA has taken if any to address that?

 

[700UW]

Uninformed?

Gee what I quoted and linked was the NTSB actual report, so I guess your uninformed.

And lets go over the first airbus A319 outsourced to ST in AL, made several emergency landings due to improper rigging of flight controls.

Also mismatched paint and another 319 missing the girt bar holder and slide packed improperly.

Those are informed facts.

 

[Crzipilot]

Unless you have wrenched on a bird that has just come out of HM from down south. Unless you have been on the test/acceptance flight out of the hanger down there (if they do them). You really have no clue what your talking about in terms of quality of work down south. I haven't seen what or where US does theirs, but I have been a part of seeing what comes out of different facilities and how the work is done etc. with a different airline. It pretty much all depends on what your willing to pay for the check to be done, to how "well" of a check is actually done. 1 guy with an AP supervising 50 guys making 1.00/hour. 1 person that can some what read and speak english, directing the work of those actually doing the work, that can't read or speak english.

 

[acmech]

Valujet, wasnt bad maintenance, it was bad shipping procedures on the O2 generators.

Caused by the maintenace vendor with bad shipping procedures. You get what you pay for. Quality maintenance starts before V1.

 

[767one]

Love all your uniformed brainwashed union responses, they are just brilliant and of course clueless. We could point to occasional shoddy work done in PIT & CLT all day long too and it too would be meaningless without any context. This is nothing but a media driven Union hit piece.

The stats back up that US Airways outsource vs. in source work is virtually indistinguishable in terms of quality.

The real issue is FAA oversight. They vast majority of FAA inspectors are assigned to Airlines when over half of all work is done at MROs. This has been previously identified as a weak spot in the FAA program by congress a few years back. Don’t know what reorganization steps the FAA has taken if any to address that?

Upnaway,

I suppose the reorganization will take the same form it always takes-------the Faa will tell the public they have taken steps/reorganized but they won't change a damn thing which is the way it has been since I started flying in 1963. The only time the FAA truly acts is when there is a pile of bodies they can't deny......it is called regulation by disaster.

Regards,


Bob

 

[MerlinMagician]

Love all your uniformed brainwashed union responses.

The stats back up that US Airways outsource vs. in source work is virtually indistinguishable in terms of quality.


It's obvious you have no clue what you are talking about.

 

[signals]

Sounds like a way for management to force unions to make concessions at future contracts. Cheaper labor will soon become a reality in our own Country. Look at your industry how it mastered outsourcing, union busting, cheaper labor...see, you already deal with it.

Eventually, if those mechanics make $2 over there, $7 will be a real bargain here! You get the jist 😛h34r: