C Check B737-300

[Pengineer]

How long should it take? I remember reading here some time ago that FLS can do it in about 36hours, anyone got any info about it? would that be just a C check? what happens if you find something?

[Jango]

Thats a leading question. 3 days down time, theoretically you could do a straight c check, working 3 shifts on it with little or no additional work...but that never happens. depends how old the aircraft is, how many snags you find, a week would be more accurate I would say.

KLM are probably leaders in that game, mostly contract engineers doing the work, but it would be quick and a pretty good aircraft when it came out.

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[Pengineer]

Anyone else, especially FLS guys?

[jetfueldrinker]

I realise that it is a slightly different ball game, but we did a 737-800 5000hr+18 month+2500cycle check, with special inspections, SB's and snags in 5 days. This was working day shift only (07:00-17:30), appart from Thursday when there was no 'A' check, so that released lates and nights. Hope that this is of some help.

[morroccomole]

36 hours is bull. Our C check programme for last winter saw most aircraft done in 4 days, and 1 or 2 returned after 3. However, dont ask me to go into the defects the line engineers had to cope with for a week or 2 after!

[Pengineer]

Thanks, is four days good or average? can anyone else shed some light on how long they take to do them, and what shifts you do to achieve this?
Thanks

[PinPusher]

Downtime is all relative to how many man-hours you are going to throw at it and over what time scale.

How many man-hours planned?
How many bodies working how many hours?
How many shifts you going to work it in a 24hr period?

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