Originally Posted by
Alsacienne
FR7118 from Strasbourg to Stansted on Sunday 28 July had an aborted take off because of possible bird-strike and returned to stand for assessment and if necessary repair and sign off. Why were engineers were flown in from Milan Bergamo when there is an FR base at Karlsruhe-Baden? Many thanks.
Crew / Aircraft base does not equal engineers, and even if it does the engineers are only likely to be for overnight work in a small base. During the day the main stay of the engineers will be in bigger bases such as BGY/STN and hence why the Learjets are based there