Originally Posted by
TURIN
Spanners, JSCL.
I know about the swapping engines at start of life to spread the overhaul across the fleet.
Engines get changed ad hoc due to failures or pending faults but what I'm talking about is the returning of the original engines back to the original airframe. An airframe that is being scrapped for example. Seems strange as the engines will be amongst the first items to be removed.
Yes but the original engines will belong to X financier or Y lessor relating to the aircraft in most cases.
If they've done various swaps which means they have different engines on the aircraft relating to a different financier, theyll revert them back to ensure they're returning the aircract with its appropriate engines. As its the financier/lessor that is really scrapping them, not VS as to my understanding they don't own them?