Posted on 10/03/2005 12:09:33 AM PDT by RunningWolf
"the seventh time that the front wheels on an Airbus A-320 have gotten locked in the wrong position..
..JetBlue's long-term maintenance of its aircraft. When the planes are inspected for damage and then reassembled, the work takes place either in Canada or El Salvador...
JetBlue doesn't fly outside the United States..
Salvadoran mechanics make $300 to $1,000 a month..Roughly one-third of the Salvadoran mechanics have passed the exam that qualifies them for the Federal Aviation Administration's license, while in the United States, such licenses are required for all mechanics employed directly by the airlines."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
It highlights more than that.
It highlights the fact that AMERICA'S STRINGENT REGULATIONS, ACCOMPANIED WITH OUTRAGEOUS UNION DEMANDS, have forced companies to take business offshore in order to make a profit.
Profit! That's what you lose when you start a business and the government and/or unions nickel and dime you to death.
Profit: What a concept. Without profit a company cannot expand and add JOBS!! If you want jobs, you have to allow companies to make a profit.
If all those restrictions were removed from American companies, they could return home and conduct all of their maintenance here. Still .. that's no guarantee of accident free flying.
I'm not sure I buy this regulation argument. Labor costs, yes, but regulation? An FAA approved repair facility has the same rules whether it's in the USA or overseas. The FARs don't change because you leave the country.
Which specific restrictions need to be removed to get Jet Blue to repatriate their maintence? Requiring only trained and certified mechanics?
Yes, they do.
Go to the link and read the article.
They HAVE TO cut costs! Do we have any solid numbers on just how must revenue that Union parasites suck out of a healthy business? I would do anything to circumvent legalized robbery such as that foisted on American business by unions.
I agree that this is a problem but the bigger problem is that stock buyers don't take into consideration what moves the CEO made to increase the stock price. There is a big difference between price and value.
The author's solution is to eliminate stock options for CEOs and increase the power of labor unions. That shows his economic IQ. Unions and regulations are a much bigger problem than stock iptions for CEOs.
No, they don't. Are you suggesting that every landing-gear repair in the U.S. is inspected by the FAA?
I assume the part below is what you are talking about.
Roughly one-third of the Salvadoran mechanics have passed the exam that qualifies them for the Federal Aviation Administration's license, while in the United States, such licenses are required for all mechanics employed directly by the airlines.
However, that doesn't mean the FARs have changed or are being ignored. Perhaps, and I don't know but I certainly don't trust the WP to tell me, that all work done on U.S. carrier planes must be done by the licensed workers or at least the work inspected by licensed inspectors. Like I said, I don't know, but the above does not necessarily mean what you say.
The 'Invisible Hand' is writing on the wall: "Don't fly Jet Blue".
More regulations? More unionization? This article is rather short on facts, and rather too full of socialist guff from Barry Lynn. I take it this is Barry C. Lynn, not Barry W. Lynn, the director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. But still.
Are the Canadian and Salvadoran inspectors qualified? Perhaps they are paid less, as this article notes, but are they qualified? That would seem to be the important point.
Or, if the ground crews in the U.S. weren't all unionized, overpaid, and underworked, maybe we could do the inspections here.
Well was not in this article, but I hear you.
Wolf
How nearsighted can you be? If all the domestic airlines would do their maintenance in the USA, they would have to meet American safety regulations.
"SAFETY" Without safety, nobody will fly.
"QUALITY ASSURANCE" means inspectors following up on maintenance actions to assure the job is doen right. There will be no "profit" when you plane bores a hole in the ground.
True, but the oversight goes away. You can hide a lot under a fresh coat of paint or by employing a bunch of pencil-whip supervisors.
Yes, it's already been posted here: Outsourcing Our Safety
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