time to fix the up... or ???
It seems to me that for one reason or another the Maintenance at GF is seriously lacking. The 767's that have been offline for over two weeks and that are now trickling back online seem to have had minimal, if any, maintenance performed on them. (other than the corrosion checks that needed to be completed). The last aircraft that I flew had a list as long as my arm of items that needed attention. I am not an AME, but most of the items probably should have been tended to while these birds were on the ground. I can see us flying these birds with the same reoccurring defects again. I think that I was dreaming when I thought that we were going to get relatively 'clean' birds back from Ireland. Would it have been that tough to send a team of AMEs with some tools and spares to work on these a/c while they were there? Perhaps not with visa's and such, but there MUST have been something that these guys could have been doing to get the a/c back in shape. Although I like my job, I do find it quite embarrassing to have to talk to people who have actually flown in the back of one of my planes. I try my best to keep from telling them how poor the maintenance really is. Band aid effect I think would be an appropriate term. There really is no excuse.
All that being said, I like it here in Bahrain, I like the people and the mixed up company that we work for. I post this only because of concern for the company.
Just venting some frustrations. I do my part on providing safe and efficient operations in the air, I am just asking for the support on the ground that I thought was here all along.
CHEERS!!!