I wonder who pays what. Does Rolls Royce's liabilities entend from the engine modifications to the lost of use of the aircraft and to the cost of disrupted flights? Also should an aircraft under warranttee suffer a disruption due to technical issues, say in an air turn back, is the aircraft manufacturer liable for the cost of repaires, lost of use and passenger handling? And what is the warrantte period of a A380? Can the legal types please comment. Thanks
I was once a "professional" warranty & Guarantee administrator for a now defunct airline and , have until now, kept my mouth shut. This being due to the fact that no blame has yet been attributed. If i was a warranty administrator at Charlie Q i would be champing at the bit and compiling a very hefty list of any claim i could lay my name to including, all of the above. Each airline negotiates it's warranty conditions with the manufacturer. The standard warranty period (when i was employed) was 3 years or 3000 hours whichever expired first. This was Airbus. I do not know the warranty RR negotiated with QF or, what they negotiated with Airbus. As i said above, each airline negotiates its unique situation.
Having said that, i would have a field day with this one.
