US Airways Awarded Coveted 2012 MRO of the Year Award for Airline Maintenance Excellence

[700UW]

Story

 

[BoeingBoy]

Odd that US didn't mention the outsourcing it does...

Jim

 

[700UW]

50% is done in-house and 50% outsourced.

 

[BoeingBoy]

50% is done in-house and 50% outsourced.

Actually over 58% outsourced, but that 8% is the stuff that every airline outsources - when is the last time US recapped it's own tires?

Jim

 

[UPNAWAY]

Every Airline outsources now that AA has joined the club and you still have to have to have the MX program to oversee it. From a procedural standpoint we do the same thing regardless if the AC is in CLT or MCN everything is identical except for the mechanic - planning, materials, engineering even QC and Sups are US Airways and operate the same regardless.

 

[700UW]

Contractually it is 50/50 and is audited every month, and if the company goes over, it has a financial penalty per the CBA.

 

[UPNAWAY]

BTW this was in Dallas, I thought they all went house hunting,..........

 

[BoeingBoy]

Contractually it is 50/50 and is audited every month

Ah, but 50/50 of what? Maintenance is a lot more than just overhauls...

Jim

 

[700UW]

All maintenance dollars in regard to overhaul.

 

[BoeingBoy]

All maintenance dollars in regard to overhaul.

"in regard to overhaul"

And I suspect that that's airframe overhaul only. Most, if not all of the fleet is on power by the hour, for example.

Jim

 

[UPNAWAY]

Funny I recall the Pilots full page US Today add claiming our maintenance stunk, just a few months back.

 

[AP Tech]

Contractually it is 50/50 and is audited every month, and if the company goes over, it has a financial penalty per the CBA.

Where does that financial penalty end up....? There has to be a pretty good penalty paid each review, but I have yet to see a rebate coming back to the members?

 

[AP Tech]

Every Airline outsources now that AA has joined the club and you still have to have to have the MX program to oversee it. From a procedural standpoint we do the same thing regardless if the AC is in CLT or MCN everything is identical except for the mechanic - planning, materials, engineering even QC and Sups are US Airways and operate the same regardless.

Just keep thinking that way....check the ratio of repairman vs actual A&P mechanics at some of those MRO's. Its amazing you believe an MRO with two or three USAir persons assigned gets the same scrunity as in house.....

 

[UPNAWAY]

No it gets much more.

The vendor has their own QC, plus ours and the FAA presences is much greater.

 

[700UW]

The FAA barely visits MROs, you really need to educate yourself, we have seen many planes come back from vendors with numerous issues and write ups that US' own mechanics had redo and fix properly.

When a plane is overhauled in-house its based on safety, at an MRO its based on time and money, the longer it takes, the less money the MRO gets as US has penalties built it if the plane doesnt make its ETR.