BA Engineering maintenance is under scrutiny at present due
to a variety of non-compliances raised in the form of reports
to CHIRP. The Engineering Director at CHIRP is incidentally
ex-BA. UKCAA SRG (Many ex-BA staff) have yet to comment.
On commercial aircraft, routine maintenance is performed daily.
The time intervals of daily routine maintenance cannot be deferred.
These tasks would include the draining of water from fuel tanks
IAW the Aircraft Maintenance Manual.
I would hope that attitudes to task completion have not altered significantly since I worked there. Documentation & certification of all tasks undertaken must be recorded. AAIB must ensure previous draining
of fuel tanks tasks for this A/C were actually completed (Not simply penned off).
BAe146???
