A330 damaged in CLT by vendor

[700UW]

It was a US owned catering truck used for aircraft cleaning and cleaning is a vendor.

Catering in CLT is done by US fleet service.

 

[700UW]

Plane is suppose to be back in service mid-January.

 

[700UW]

 

[700UW]

Sorry for the sideways, but cant get it to post correctly.

 

[FWAAA]

Cleaning is contract, catering is in house...

 

It was a US owned catering truck used for aircraft cleaning and cleaning is a vendor.

Catering in CLT is done by US fleet service.

Thanks. I know the trend is to outsource cleaning, but my assumption was that at the hubs it might still be in-house.

 

[700UW]

 

Thanks. I know the trend is to outsource cleaning, but my assumption was that at the hubs it might still be in-house.

Nope, cleaning was outsourced after bankruptcy part 2, it hasnt been US' Utility since mid 2005 when they were laid-off and outsourced.
 
But the vendors are using US ground equipment.

 

[LD3]

But the vendors are using US ground equipment.

Never understood that....

 

[700UW]

N288AY is going to be repaired. Right now they are finishing an engineering evaluation to determine who does the work, Airbus AOG team or US in-house. My buddy says it's looking like it will be done by US. It's getting a "C" check early since it's down anyway and the electronic flight bag mod. The damage was done late at night on the CLT hangar ramp by a contract cleaning truck. The damage is in the 30 million range.
 

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

It doesn't look too difficult of a repair. I have been involved in similar repairs on tug and truck damaged aircraft.

 

[Kev3188]

Never understood that....

Me either. I'm sure there's a US (and now AA) station somewhere on the system that could use the equipment...

If vendors are going to take the work, they should bring their own stuff...

 

[700UW]

Kevin, they are lav and water trucks and catering trucks used for International cleaning, all that work is now outsourced and has been since 2005 after chapter 11 part 2.
 
US has no utility to use the equipment so I guess the vendors got a sweetheart deal on the use of them.

 

[Kev3188]

I hear ya, just seems like salt in the wound anytime it happens...

 

[700UW]

Yes adding insult to injury, and what is really worse about it, numerous Utility went to work for the first vendor which was Jetstream, and took a massive paycut to do the same work with less benefits.
 
It didnt last too long as they either quit or got let go.
 
The worst of all was current utility at the time training their replacements, come hell or high water I would never train the person replacing me.
 
But I was back as a stock clerk when that was occurring.

 

[LD3]

I hear ya, just seems like salt in the wound anytime it happens...

That's exactly what it is...

 

[A320 Driver]

Anyone have an update to the progress of the repair?