United Grounds All 747s Over Maintenance

Quote:

---

United Airlines temporarily grounds several 747 jets over maintenance: report
March 20, 2008: 04:44 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 20, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- UAL Corp.'s (NASDAQ:UAUA) United Airlines has grounded several Boeing (NYSE:BA) 747 jets to ensure compliance with federal maintenance standards, according to a media report on Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary groundings after discovering that test equipment used at a South Korea maintenance station was faulty, the Wall Street Journal reported. [Full article]

---

This is the exact reason why MX should be done here in the U.S.

how long did this temporary grounding last? i heard it was only a few hours to get all the airplanes signed off.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by T-Bird76

This is the exact reason why MX should be done here in the U.S.

---

But Tommy, such "quality" work can be done at a much more reasonable price overseas. :roll:

This is why I see UAL as the next legacy carrier to disappear...well that and $100/barrell oil.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by T-Bird76

This is the exact reason why MX should be done here in the U.S.

---

Won't matter, airlines have had trouble with maintenance records, even when there maintenance is done in the US.

Though, I would prefer if maintenance was conducted here at home.

Turns out the machines in question, used to test altimeter accuracy, was not necessarily faulty, but overdue for calibration.