When MRO's with full EASA/JAR approvals (for many years before) in the new EU Eastern European states are in the market and coming in at sub $50 per man hour there are very clear savings - those carriers who use these facilities are also carrying out their own QA assessments and of course have a rep/reps in attendance at all times during the input to ensure everything is as per their own maintenance/quality manual/exposition...with UK MRO's trying to get £56 per man hour plus it is hardly surprising carriers are looking elsewhere
Facility/quality is the same (if not better), productivity is same or better and approvals are the same...welcome to the real world of the EU (hardly the same as outsourcing call centres to India)
Now going to USA or further afield like Costa Rica/Brasil could be seen as a different matter...but there are MRO's there with full JAR approvals...like it or lump it they are here to stay
And as stated above productivity and man hour rate are two totally different things...productivity being the guiding factor and that depends both on the MRO, competency of staff etc. and also pre-check planning and check supervision by the operator themselves...
...and since when has it been anything to do with pilots!?...have/got a qualified/quantified beef about maintenance standards take it up with yr Technical Director and QA Manager both named post holders
