Originally Posted by
MickG0105
Really? So where is A330 and B737 heavy maintenance done? What happens at QF's Heavy Maintenance Base in Brisbane?
Mick, I stand to be corrected but my understanding is that there is no one doing heavy aircraft rotables or engines anymore. These are component overhaul functions. All your heavy maintenance operation consists of the gantries and work stands and sheet metal and interior shops to do the checks. The stuff you bolt on: landing gear, APU, Engines, etc. used to be overhauled in Australia but aren’t anymore. I’d be happy to be proved wrong.
All the sophisticated services that backed them up - surface treatment (plating, heat treatment, shot peen, large X-ray/ndt, etc) are gone too for anything larger than a King Air. I guess QF still would have some contractor doing tyres wheels and brake packs.
‘’As for engines, forgettaboutit. We don’t even have a tip grinder anymore.