China Maintenance
 

Slightly worrying development for all us involved in maintenance in Europe and the US

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/30/news.../united_china/

I'm not suggesting their maintenance will be any better or worse than that done by Europeans or Americans but how on earth did they get all the trained staff to take on a contract like that? Will the airlines really reap the rewards or will they find you get what you pay for???

Maintenance Cost
 

I've been in the Asean region for a number of years now...and many a times this saying always crops up...

Cheap things not good, Good things not cheap!

Surely one does not need to be a rocket scientist to work that out!

If you see who's behind it, you will see where the technical skills will come from. For the majority of the work, it will be an unskilled Chinese worker who has had a small course and will probably only be trusted with one or two jobs which he will become very proficient at. They will probably have a reasonably large workforce because when you are paying a bowl of rice a day it doesn't add up to all that much. It is worrying that it is cheaper to fly an aircraft to the other side of the world for its maintenance that it is to have it done locally.

In theory, what they are doing make financial sense but I do worry that the unusual thing that comes along will be missed because they don't have the overall experience to know its wrong. You won't get any of that annoying H&S nonsence out there either.

However, I have heard stories in this country of people like BAES hiring ex butchers and bakers and turning them into riggers after a small training course so its nothing new.

Slightly worrying development for all us involved in maintenance in Europe and the US

so this time there would be another slightly worrying development for all of us involved in finance in Europe and the US


Emirates signed a $119 million finance agreement with China Construction Bank for an A340-500

bankers in Europe & the US gone?