Sorry pal but your confused. AA had a stellar maintenance program because we kept it all in house. I've seen aircraft come out of heavy c checks that looked almost brand new. Cargo pits were clean with new liners and buffed out floors. Cockpits were cleaned up with attention to detail. Cabins were emmaculent. Galleys looked new. EE racks cleaned and treated. Wheel wells clean and coated for protection. And more that I can't remember. Why? Because it was done in house with pride from employees that were proud of their work. No way will you see a third party contractor spend that much time to detail and attention. I don't know how well or bad AWA maintained their aircraft but don't go telling us our maintenance program sucks or is not up to your standards. Our fleet is larger and more diverse than AWA ever was. We did this all inhouse. Ask yourself how many times you had to clean up an aircraft right out of contract overhaul? Since AA started outsourcing our heavies we had many issues to address right out of overhaul.
We even had to finish up some work cards on the line because the third party contractor fell behind. If you think that AWA was in good financial shape along with USAIR then go and look at the DP road show in Philadelphia if it's still available from last year or so. Doug Parker said that USAIR needed a merger partner or else they were going down the tubes. He pleaded with investors to front the cash for the merger with no collateral. He admitted it was a big risk. Watch the townhall meeting. He says it all. His words, not mine.
BTW, AA had a 767-200 aircraft # 301.
Our first 767. I believe the left engine ran so good that it made it to TBO. GE wanted the engine for analysis. The only CF6-80 at the time that made it to overhaul due to time. So what does that have to say about our maintenance versus yours for your 757 RR engine? Honestly nothing.
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