A330 damaged in CLT by vendor

[Deleted member 14439]

Thx

 

[700UW]

You are welcome.

 

[700UW]

320,
 
Not true, Airbus did the repair and put back together what they fixed, and US mechanics did the rest of the work.

 

[700UW]

 

[topDawg]

Airbus did that. Airbus and US Airways personnel took it apart, but when it came time to reassemble it, only Airbus personnel were allowed in the immediate area. They assume the liability and my understanding is they returned the damaged part of the aircraft to new airplane specs...warranty and all.  

ahh okay. Didn't know Airbus AOG was involved in it. 
 

Well before the second chapter 11, it had 4 bays of overhaul and one bay for overhaul/phase check till they built the line hangar.
 
I believe they are doing three lines right now.
 
It had and still has but not in operation all the shops needed to support overhaul.
 
It is the only hangar at PMUS that could hold a widebody fully enclosed.
 
CLT line and base are the largest maintenance presence at PMUS.
 
There is also an offsite, engine and composite shop.
 
And Distribution (Stores) is attached to the base hangar.
 

does US overhaul any engines in-house or no? Thought they were all power by the hour....... 

 

[700UW]

They tear them down, send them out to whomever the vendor is, GE, Pratt, etc.. then they come back and then US' mechanics put them back together.
 
PMUS to have a JT8 shop in PIT and the RB211, JT8 and CFM56 from PSA but they shut it down Aeromotive kept PSA in business.

 

[Rogallo]

 
PMUS to have a JT8 shop in PIT and the RB211, JT8 and CFM56 from PSA but they shut it down Aeromotive kept PSA in business.

 
You do realize you make no sense!

 

[wings396]

Back on topic, it looks like 288 went to AMA for some paint work. Showing the 27th as the completion date, which seems a bit long to repaint the nose section.

 

[700UW]

Might be getting a total repaint.

 

[FL430]

Might be getting a total repaint.

That would be really stupid, it's already painted.

 

[700UW]

It had over $14 million in damages, the insurance company for the vendor who hit the plane is responsible for the repair and loss of revenue.
 
The whole forward pressure bulkhead was replaced, along with major damage.

 

[wings396]

It's possible, but can't understand why since the rest of the paint is still pretty fresh. One thing that I have noticed on the 330's is the poor fashion that they were sprayed. With the paint having a metallic finish, you can clearly see that the fuselage was sprayed in a top to bottom pattern that sticks out from a mile away. I have done my share of painting cars etc, and have always sprayed from side to side to give a better flow to the paint.

 

[IORFA]

It's possible, but can't understand why since the rest of the paint is still pretty fresh. One thing that I have noticed on the 330's is the poor fashion that they were sprayed. With the paint having a metallic finish, you can clearly see that the fuselage was sprayed in a top to bottom pattern that sticks out from a mile away. I have done my share of painting cars etc, and have always sprayed from side to side to give a better flow to the paint.

That's what happens when you send it to mAAco.

 

[A320 Driver]

It's taking longer because they have one there and want to finish it. That is what I was told. 700 may know more... I just work here.

 

[Hackman]

They tear them down, send them out to whomever the vendor is, GE, Pratt, etc.. then they come back and then US' mechanics put them back together.
 
PMUS to have a JT8 shop in PIT and the RB211, JT8 and CFM56 from PSA but they shut it down Aeromotive kept PSA in business.

Hmm, US Scareways tears down it's engines, sends out all the modules to OEMs, then reassembles them? Really? Very odd.

No wonder they went bankrupt twice.

It's strange then US Scareways sends it's RB211s to AA/TAESL on a flat bed semi and they overhaul the engine from teardown
to test cell.

I would have figured the mighty IAm scab union would have stopped all that outsourcing.