Who's at your turnaround's?
The turning of the tide in our new accountant driven aviation engineering landscape is starting down under. Engineer's at turnaround's are on the decline as low cost carrier airlines reshape how we support their operation. LAME to ame ratios are visited at excective levels targeting the soft manpower target to cut costs. I know this is not new and I'm sure many part's of the world have made many an accountant happy not suppling technical staff coverage at turn arounds but....what I'm really interested in
Does this save money?
Is the business better off?
Have companies just been too cautious over the years?
or
Does this reduction in engineers just change where the operating costs or loss of income turn up on the spread sheet?
As call out's and loss revenue from penaty payments and disatisfied customers make a much larger impact on the bottom line.
or
Am I in a dream world of actualy thinking that good engineers making good decisions to keep aircraft flying safely on schedule make's the company money??
Your thoughts....