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Old 31st Jan 2010, 11:16
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PEASACAKE
 
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Cyclic Stick,

I think that most services you are suggesting are already being provided by others.

But, I know there has been a need over the last 20 years for a maintenance organisation to offer routine out of hours scheduled maintenance, no operator or flying school wants the Helicopter on the ground during the day.

Planned scheduled inspection maintenance hours of 5-11pm have never been advertised or offered as far as I know (and stand to be corrected, but I am only aware that Police ASU's were offered this service by contractual agreement). This is a good 6-7 hour period and with no pesky phone calls etc, you will achieve at least a normal days work, helicopter ready for ground runs 9am next day.

In the winter it would be nice to take a flying school R44 into a maintenance organisation at 4pm and collect it the next morning.

Obviously this would only work with smaller inspections, which the majority are.
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