Originally Posted by
wrench1
With small private ops, your specific location will have more affect on what level of mx field support you will enjoy. For real-world info, my suggestion would be to determine what you think your average yearly aircraft usage will be, then visit your local maintenance providers to see what exactly they can offer for all 3 models as experience levels are also location dependent. Unfortunately, not all service centers are created equal especially with the 3 models you listed. Good luck.
Thanks for all the input. Great to know about the water problem!
We have in-house maintenance that will get trained on whatever helicopter we get. For major stuff, we'll probably take it to an MRO in Dallas or Houston. Thanks for the idea of visiting with MRO. I'll have our maintenance manager talk to his contacts.