Originally Posted by glhcarl
The factory in Toulouse is set up to manfacture aircraft not repair them!
When your car is in a accident you don't take back to the factory for repair!
Airbus, like the other OEM's and MRO's have field teams that can handle the repair with parts supplied by the factory.
My statement of a year ago was intended for those who were recommending making beer cans out of the poor tattered bird. However.....
I believe I've seen photos of airframes being repaired at Toulouse by means of major component replacement.
More than likely, it is the lower cost of labor driving a repair on site. As long as major structure can be properly aligned without using factory jigs, then the repair is possible on site. The engineers who designed the repair components probably spent some long nights making sure their repair concept was practical.
