I worked at ATA and developed their complete fuel tank crews 19 years ago and was successful in eliminating all fuel AOG situations concerning this system. As well as repair leaks with 100% reliability.
I took a position with (FFCS) Floats and Fuel Cells out of TN............................. I recommend DO NOT USE THIS REPAIR COMPANY.............. Their reliability at Fed Ex with my information and data removed is 42%. Not very cost effective. Especially when FFCS will not honor their warranty work. They will alter the information of the actual work to say that this is a new discrepancy and not related to the original discrepancy thus costing the customer additional funds. They will also cover up anything found in these tanks. "DON"T TELL THE CUSTOMER" is a common statement heard from FFCS OCC. I worked a fuel leak that had been worked by others in this company 9 times, Fed Ex paid for this repair each time. When I worked this leak I back tracked it to the original location. FFCS had been putting sealant on the exterior and moving the leak farther out/bd. 13 feet out/bd. From what I could tell 26 tubes of sealant had been used to repair this leak. Most of the times it takes 1 tube. Many of FFCS employees are none other than common Joe's having no experience working on aircraft and are paid $10.00-$12.00 an hour. What do you expect from so call professional workers making this kind of money.
The MRO that I spent 1 year at for FFCS and I will never work for an MRO again was AAR Indy.
I have brought this information to the attention of the FAA but have not received a return contact.
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