U.S. airlines have shifted maintenance work to developing countries

Re:U.S. airlines have shifted maintenance work to developing... by danmaz74 on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @06:56AM (#10538819)

> because they're substantially more likely to have been certified by EASA (the European standards body) instead

This is an interesting point, but, have you got any data to sustain it?

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Re:U.S. airlines have shifted maintenance work to developing... by notahacker on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @07:45AM (#10538958)

Their affiliated training centre presently has a capacity for 550 people - equivalent to 10% of their workforce - at any one time on EASA (not FAA) accredited Part 66 training courses, plus a further 400 people on type-specific training. They've been training their own staff based on an EASA approved German-designed training scheme since 1996, so its not like the desire for certified engineers or their adherence to European training standards is a new thing either.

http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/ameco-beijing

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Re:U.S. airlines have shifted maintenance work to developing... by mondoshawan on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @09:49AM (#10539591)

Does the FAA have an equivalency rule in place for certifications? The crux of this article is not whether or not the EASA is just as good as FAA certification. Its about how the FAA has little to no oversight over maintenance in other countries.

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Re:U.S. airlines have shifted maintenance work to developing... by yarper on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @02:21PM (#10541667)

FAA rules and EASA rules are largely the same. The crux of the article is not EASA vs FAA it's more about places outside of both FAA and EASA jurisdiction.

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Re:U.S. airlines have shifted maintenance work to developing... by danmaz74 on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @10:59AM (#10540066)

Thanks

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Re:U.S. airlines have shifted maintenance work to developing... by JshWright on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @07:57AM (#10538997)

What, you mean like all the data the article supplied (in theory...)?

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