Engineers per aircraft
 

Roughly how many full time engineers are normally assigned to an aircraft like the 747?

for example, if a small airline operated 1 aircraft (747), how many full time engineers would they hire to look after the plane?

Loads more info required, schedule,operation (pax,cargo,long or short haul) Line ,base or both,classic (add more) 400 .Simply put "nil defects "T/R 1 competent chap.When it gets interesting at least 1 guy who knows what he is doing(and this can be time/cost saving) and up to 3or4 pairs of hands.The Queen can very quickly swallow labour!!!

Oooook, just a general question so was not sure all that info was needed.

But seeing that you do need it, here's a random scenario:

Ad Hoc Charter, Cargo operation
Long Haul
747 Classic
In house Line maintenance with heavy checks out sourced
1 Trip per week, 8-12 hours flying per leg
Operating out of 1 base to varied world wide destinations (ad hoc)

anything else required?

call an agency !!! 1 off each as req`d B1 and B2 per T/R :} all things being equal.(there are bound to be B2 vagaries)as for full time min 4 off each

Compliance requirement is within Part M and Part 145 on the amount of Licensed staff needed per organisation with 'x' amount of aircraft.

I would require 2 for base maintenance. One for outstation with availabilty of more for instances of AOG failures. This large old aircraft WILL require contstant MX but it's often quad redundancy allows for easy MEL procedures to keep her moving. I remember all the air driven devices having poor reliability given the number of them and age of the components more than a decade ago. Slat drive, acm's, reverser motors (P&W) etc are a constant. Not to mention I have never seen more tires thermal during hot and or heavy operation (pilots could have prevented much of this by allowing for a longer rollout).

If you use the IATA MCTF data set you would find a range from anywhere from 50 heads down to around 10 heads per aircraft. You can also split out direct and indirect maintenance heads. You have to be a little circumspect though and understand the business model in use as an airline which extensively outsources will have a much lower headcount per aircraft.

The figures above are total engineering including logistics, tech mgt, support etc.

Normally 1 Licenced person with 2 Unlicenced assistants.

You would need at least 2 B1 engineers to carry out duplicate inspections on various tasks

Did one with me mates today, i.e. on my own! :{

it was a 400 though.

and no Stu_88 there's ways around that! :eek:

There is a "will" then there is a "way"
The "will" will make you more WILLING to do it again for the company.
The "way" may be the a short "WAY" to hell, no joker to bypass the jail.

You're not Dr Illitout in disguise are you? He did one on his own.......once. :ooh:

In Oz there are legal ways around duplicates. Pilots can sign a duplicate!

Pilot can sign, if approved, to do independent inspection on ETOP oil cap inspection. Very limited. Not all duplicate inspections.

and they don't even need to do that!

I didn't say they can do them all, but they can do some.:ok: