Aircraft in storage

[boeing_eng]

An A check is not the requirement......Active storage checks involve the initial preparation and then repeat items on a regular basis

[EXEL1966]

Originally Posted by davidjohnson6

At what point does a 10 min flight every 5 days become more expensive than doing an A check ? Or is the constraint more about not having enough qualified engineers to carry out and sign off the check ?
Does going for a 10 min flight without pax make it easier for pilots to continue to be deemed current ?

Yes, flights are being used for training/currency.

[ATNotts]

Report from German TV news website Tagesschau.de on aircraft in storage at Tereul (in German):

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/sp...eruel-101.html

[simoncorbett]

Stored aircraft rotation

With very little in the air over UK I’ve noticed Ryanair seem to fly there planes every few days even if it’s just a quick up & down flight, this morning a BHX flight of about 10 minutes, yet jet 2 TUI etc don’t seem to keep their a/c on the move ?

[Clarke Griswald]

None of the stored stuff at Norwich has been getting airborne (mainly BA Cityflyer and KLM)!

[Yeehaw22]

It depends on the airline. Putting a boeing into storage is a fair bit of work, then weekly maint and then again to bring back to service. So it will depend on the bean counters as to which is more financially efficient. I suppose the flying option kills 2 birds with one stone though as it keeps crews current aswell.

[sparkie320]

Originally Posted by Clarke Griswald

None of the stored stuff at Norwich has been getting airborne (mainly BA Cityflyer and KLM)!

no so it seems but are being moved around a bit
even the Arik 737 moved to the scrap area how long it been here

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