time to restore long term parked aircraft in EUR
 

Flying recently into Saarbrucken I saw a few dozens of ex FlyBe Dash 8 and other ex Adria CRJs parked there since a few months Many other aircraft are currently in long term parking in many North European airports. With winter coming I was wondering if pass this winter it would be easy and fast to put them back again in flying condition. Any idea how many maintenance man hours are needed to restore to flying conditions a typical twin engine aircraft that was parked a year outside in our North European climate ?

While the aircraft AMM will specify the recurring maintenance tasks to be carried out on parked aircraft, with every extra month that goes by the cost and work involved in restoring them to flying condition, when the time comes, will increase.

That will apply particularly to aircraft parked in the open in N Europe over the winter months. Think damp, corrosion, leaks, failed seals, etc.