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<blockquote data-quote="tellitstraight" data-source="post: 434097" data-attributes="member: 19159"><p>OK - I knew that I would be attacked for bringing up legit issues. I will have to admit that I am not familiar with exactly what the outsourcing issue is in China. It seems to me that this is a "buzz word" argument to get everyone all riled up. I am familiar enough with the airline to know that the 2727 contract only covers mechanics in the US (includes Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico). Currently we use contract maintenance overseas for daily maint activities as the aircraft follow their normal rotations around the world. UPS has never done heavy maintenance in house, that has always been outsourced to other companies both in the US and internationally. At one point UPS owned a heavy maint station in Shannon Ireland where we did maint on our 727's. </p><p></p><p>It does not make financial sense to fly an aircraft all the way back to the US for maintenance if it based internationally. I would agree it would not be right to defer scheduled maintenance in the US just to avoid paying teamsters to perform weekend checks by sending an aircraft to China. I would like 767mech to explain the outsourcing issue without the name calling so we can decide for ourselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tellitstraight, post: 434097, member: 19159"] OK - I knew that I would be attacked for bringing up legit issues. I will have to admit that I am not familiar with exactly what the outsourcing issue is in China. It seems to me that this is a "buzz word" argument to get everyone all riled up. I am familiar enough with the airline to know that the 2727 contract only covers mechanics in the US (includes Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico). Currently we use contract maintenance overseas for daily maint activities as the aircraft follow their normal rotations around the world. UPS has never done heavy maintenance in house, that has always been outsourced to other companies both in the US and internationally. At one point UPS owned a heavy maint station in Shannon Ireland where we did maint on our 727's. It does not make financial sense to fly an aircraft all the way back to the US for maintenance if it based internationally. I would agree it would not be right to defer scheduled maintenance in the US just to avoid paying teamsters to perform weekend checks by sending an aircraft to China. I would like 767mech to explain the outsourcing issue without the name calling so we can decide for ourselves. [/QUOTE]
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