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JetBlue’s Maintenance Strategy
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It’s not widely publicized, but most of the discount carriers now perform maintenance checks in Central America. Among those carriers, JetBlue leads the list in maintenance outsourcing, specifically to Aeroman Taca in El Salvador (Google it to learn more). The major checks as required by the FAA such as airframe inspections, engine overhauls and rebuilds, avionics, and wheels and brakes are all conducted there. JetBlue cycles its fleet down to Central America for the service and that’s a far cheaper proposition, even with the higher fuel costs, than doing the work locally. I’m not implying that yesterday’s incident was a result of this outsourcing, there are many possible causes, but it’s something you should be aware of. JetBlue’s fleet is relatively new, thus more reliable in theory, but it makes me question the strategy of these discount carriers. The older bigger carriers (AA, UA, NWA, Etc.) that are unionized still perform most of these checks themselves or in the U.S. by contracted maintenance firms – and that may or may not be a good thing either.
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Road Warrior
Posted by:
Scuba
(male, late-30s)
(Posted 9/22/05)
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cstraw
(9/22):
Good to know.
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Anonymous
(9/23):
No heavy American certified air carrier should be allowed to fly in the USA unless it was designed to allow fuel dumping.
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Scuba
(9/23):
I heard that about the lack of fuel dumping capabilities and was really surprised. What do you expect from a French company?
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