SFO-no more B checks?

[AC AA LA FA]

Any truth to the rumor SFO will be loosing B check work for 767 A/C..? Initial numbers up to 100 positions to be cut.?

 

[Joe Patroni]

Actually, the number is 118. SFO and SJC are considered one station and thus one seniority list. And to anwers your question, yes, the B Check is going somewhere else.

 

[TIME FOR CHANGE]

STL- going from 12 to 8 overnight aircraft (Keeping MD80 B Check and 757 I Check) (Daily AA flights from 44 to 33)

SFO- downsizing from a Class 1 to a Class 2 due to the routing of the 767 they will lose their 767 B Check. They will have 9 overnight aircraft.
The hangar is currently under review M&E management wants to keep the hangar due to performing overnight checks on Hawaiian Air 767. The schedule actually gains a 767 by moving 767 B Check to MIA.

SJC- Closing the station for maintenance going to 3 overnight aircraft (MD80 maintenance access not needed)

DTW- Closing the station for maintenance going to 2 overnight aircraft (MD80 maintenance access not needed)

MSP- Closing the station for maintenance going to 5 overnight aircraft (MD 80 maintenance access not needed)
Other panned changes in workload distribution:

Currently MIA has 2 737 B Checks (5 Day Lines) going to one line next September due to the retrofit going to 160 seats (38D Type 737)– it will then go to one 7 day line and then will move to LGA. Miami will transition to performing the 5 day 767 B check (from SFO).

LGA will transition to performing a 737 B Check (from Miami) and one MD80 B Check will go away (Maintenance access for one MD80 B check not needed)

ORD work load will be going up- due to 38D type 737 fleet size growing which will increase the workload and growth in B Checks (ORD two five day B check lines going to two seven day B check lines)


AND THE BEAT GOES ON
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da da da

 

[Joe Patroni]

Yup. That's the story I got.

 

[AC AA LA FA]

Sux being SFO...

 

[TIME FOR CHANGE]

suxs being in Aviation
😀

 

[MERV]

suxs being in Aviation
😀

true but the people in aviation love what they do!!!!!!!!!

 

[Wretched Wrench]

true but the people in aviation love what they do!!!!!!!!!

.

But not always where they do it. :rant:

 

[Joe Patroni]

true but the people in aviation love what they do!!!!!!!!!

I loved aviation and the job nad I do miss it sometimes. But, this is more confirmation that I made the correct decision by turning down my SFO recall.