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How can a US airline offset costs and maintain their aircraft in the US?
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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 620884" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>One way is to have authorized FAA repair facilities do the work with non-union labor. Both FedEx and UPS contract out a lot of work to these types of facilities already. For example, I've heard that all of our 757 freight to passenger conversions are being done here in the US by these outfits. Typically, they pay mechanics about half the going union rate. The trade-off is that most of these employees have little experience, and that results in a safety issue.</p><p> </p><p>This has been discussed on BC before, but "You need to ask yourself a question" (Callahan, 1971)..."Do I feel lucky"? I, for one, feel much safer when I fly on a US carrier that uses <strong>union</strong> mechanics. In fact, I'd rather pay a bit more to know that someone who was plucking chickens a year ago in a thatched hut didn't help do the last major check on the airplane.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 620884, member: 12508"] One way is to have authorized FAA repair facilities do the work with non-union labor. Both FedEx and UPS contract out a lot of work to these types of facilities already. For example, I've heard that all of our 757 freight to passenger conversions are being done here in the US by these outfits. Typically, they pay mechanics about half the going union rate. The trade-off is that most of these employees have little experience, and that results in a safety issue. This has been discussed on BC before, but "You need to ask yourself a question" (Callahan, 1971)..."Do I feel lucky"? I, for one, feel much safer when I fly on a US carrier that uses [B]union[/B] mechanics. In fact, I'd rather pay a bit more to know that someone who was plucking chickens a year ago in a thatched hut didn't help do the last major check on the airplane. [/QUOTE]
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