Ok The posting I read I don't believe quoted the source (Washington Post). My only objection was the inference of being unsafe. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "David MR" <damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Outsourcing our Safety (JetBlue's Maintenance) > Al, you said "It almost sounds like union rhetoric." You have to consider > the source. The article was from the Washington Post, not exactly a > conservative and unbiased newspaper. > I have to agree that there is nothing wrong with outsourcing maintenance. > In fact, it says something when it is actually cheaper to fly an aircraft > to > an airport for maintenance that is not only offline (in JetBlue's case) > but > is also in an entirely different country. > > David R > http://home.comcast.net/~damiross/books.html > www.sequoians.com > www.chanticleers.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Allan9 > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 13:41 > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Outsourcing our Safety (JetBlue's Maintenance) > > > I have to completely agree. The other noteworthy thing is their > maintenance > program and how it is accomplished is inspected and approved by the FAA > Flight Safety Division. > While I am not defending their contract maintenance how many other US > Carriers use contract maintenance. Before Eastern did their swan dive the > were one of the largest maintenance providers in the world. They made > more > money off contract maintenance thatn anything else. > It almost sounds like union rhetoric. > Al > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 2:56 PM > Subject: Re: Outsourcing our Safety (JetBlue's Maintenance) > > >> You know, ordinarily I would be all over the fact that B6 contracts their >> heavy MX out, particularly to a place with low wages, but there are >> somethings >> that are not shown here. First, Aeroman (TACA's MX arm) is one of the >> best out >> their at performing heavy MX, and specializes in A320 family aircraft >> (most of >> the TACA fleet is A320 family). Additionally, the wages TACA does pay >> are >> well above the living wage in El Salvador and working conditions for >> their >> mechanics are quite good. They are fully certified by Airbus to work on >> the >> aircraft, just like Lufthansa Technik, United Services, Air Canada or any >> other >> airline. If this was an actual case of abuse or shoddy maintainance, >> that >> would >> be one thing, but it is not. In actuality, there have been several gear >> twisting incidents on A320 family aircraft, including at least 3 with >> United and 2 >> with jetBlue, so I am thinking this is more a design flaw than a >> maintainance >> issue