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Re: airline outsourcing
"Tom S." <t.m.s.work@cox.net> wrote in message news:...
>
> "Ken Dixon" <nsvmiami@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:IeMLj.31349$dT.21643@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
>> Those of us who fly commercial might find this old article interesting...
>> BTW, in my youth I was a airframe mechanic but that was a decades ago.
>>
>> Ken in Miami
>> smokin' a Villiger Export maduro and I like it
>>
>> Airlines Outsourcing More Maintenance
>>
>>
>> January 22, 2005
>> Their business plans differ in many ways, but there's one area where
>> major airlines and their cut-rate competitors agree: maintenance is a lot
>> cheaper when it's performed by lower-paid mechanics working for
>> outsourcers.
>>
>> JetBlue, Southwest, America West, Northwest and United are among the
>> carriers who outsource major maintenance of their aircraft to contractors
>> in other countries, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
>
> Just so you know, WSJ has been trending more and more towards
> Marxism/Buchannanism for some years now.
>
>>
>> • As JetBlue's new A320 Airbus fleet ages, aircraft are sent to a repair
>> hub in El Salvador;
>> • America West also sends its jets to El Salvador;
>> • Southwest has always outsourced its major maintenance;
>> • US Airways mechanics agreed Friday to pay cuts and the outsourcing of
>> 2,000 mechanics jobs;
>> • Northwest sends its wide-body jets to Singapore and Hong Kong;
>> • Bankrupt United Airlines recently won union approval to begin using
>> outside contractors for heavy maintenance.
>
> Are these not
>
>> http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/airline_maintenance.html
>
[Dammit]
Has the FAA stopped requiring part 121 and 135 operators to use part 145
repair stations?
Seeing that many of the airlines mentioned are US carriers, flying US
registered aircraft, they have to abide by the maintenance rules for class 1
airframes and equipment?
Understand what WSJ and Consumer Affairs failed to mention (understand) is
that the people working at the repair stations are mostly company employees
and all are certified A&P mechanics or avionics techs.
>
> "Ken Dixon" <nsvmiami@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:IeMLj.31349$dT.21643@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
>> Those of us who fly commercial might find this old article interesting...
>> BTW, in my youth I was a airframe mechanic but that was a decades ago.
>>
>> Ken in Miami
>> smokin' a Villiger Export maduro and I like it
>>
>> Airlines Outsourcing More Maintenance
>>
>>
>> January 22, 2005
>> Their business plans differ in many ways, but there's one area where
>> major airlines and their cut-rate competitors agree: maintenance is a lot
>> cheaper when it's performed by lower-paid mechanics working for
>> outsourcers.
>>
>> JetBlue, Southwest, America West, Northwest and United are among the
>> carriers who outsource major maintenance of their aircraft to contractors
>> in other countries, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
>
> Just so you know, WSJ has been trending more and more towards
> Marxism/Buchannanism for some years now.
>
>>
>> • As JetBlue's new A320 Airbus fleet ages, aircraft are sent to a repair
>> hub in El Salvador;
>> • America West also sends its jets to El Salvador;
>> • Southwest has always outsourced its major maintenance;
>> • US Airways mechanics agreed Friday to pay cuts and the outsourcing of
>> 2,000 mechanics jobs;
>> • Northwest sends its wide-body jets to Singapore and Hong Kong;
>> • Bankrupt United Airlines recently won union approval to begin using
>> outside contractors for heavy maintenance.
>
> Are these not
>
>> http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/airline_maintenance.html
>
[Dammit]
Has the FAA stopped requiring part 121 and 135 operators to use part 145
repair stations?
Seeing that many of the airlines mentioned are US carriers, flying US
registered aircraft, they have to abide by the maintenance rules for class 1
airframes and equipment?
Understand what WSJ and Consumer Affairs failed to mention (understand) is
that the people working at the repair stations are mostly company employees
and all are certified A&P mechanics or avionics techs.
