Porky
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- Aug 4, 2005
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A few months after the company laid off 2/3 of its work force they found out that they didn't have enough mechanics to maintain the fleet. Imagine that. Nor did they have enough pilots to fly them. So the company extended the maintenance checks on its aircraft. Instead of pre-fighting the aircraft every three days they now check them once a week. They also increased the C-check from 3 years to 4 years, just so they woundn't have to do a C-check on a DC-9 which was due, and already parked. Now thats doing buisness. Lets see, last time I checked their aircraft average age was between 35 to 40 years old. I guess they are running with the saying, "everything gets better with age." Well that might be true with wine but not with aircraft. Once again USA JET finds a way to save money. "Don't look at the planes as often and they won't break," seems to be managements new saying. uke: