Southwest to El Salvador...sort of
Even Southwest is looking to save on the high price of doing MX work in the U.S.
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Southwest workers criticize flights to El Salvador
Southwest dispatchers raise safety concerns over flights to El Salvador for maintenance work
On Tuesday June 23, 2009, 7:35 pm EDT
DALLAS (AP) -- Dispatchers at Southwest Airlines Co. on Tuesday raised safety concerns about flights to El Salvador, where the airline plans to send jets for major maintenance work.
Dispatchers plan and monitor the progress of an aircraft's journey, make decisions regarding delays and cancellations and, together with the plane's pilot, are responsible for a flight's safety. The Transport Workers Union said Southwest wants to operate the flights without properly training workers who hadn't been qualified for international operations.
Southwest said in a statement late Tuesday it was communicating with dispatchers to make sure they are properly trained for the "limited number" of international flights. The company said the dispatchers had handled such flights before and could do their work safely and efficiently.
Dallas-based Southwest planned a year ago to send planes to El Salvador for maintenance work. It postponed the idea, however, after getting hit with $7.5 million in safety penalties for flying planes that hadn't been inspected for fuselage cracks.
Outsourcing aircraft maintenance to foreign companies has become a flash point for U.S. labor unions, who claim that oversight of the offshore operators is inadequate. However, Southwest won approval from its mechanics' union in January to perform some of the work overseas.
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With this, if WN gets approved or whatever to do this, American will be the only airline to do in house MX work I believe is this correct?
Alex
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This should be interesting, any idea who will be doing the MX work for WN?
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Originally Posted by N790SW
This should be interesting, any idea who will be doing the MX work for WN?
People from El Salvador.
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Typical Company response!!!
What is fails to mention in this article, is that a tool dispatchers utilize to flight follow their flights, is only domestic coverage. Along with a few other issues
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Originally Posted by N790SW
This should be interesting, any idea who will be doing the MX work for WN?
Hi N790SW. The company is called Aeroman, which has a very good record. Website:
http://www.aeroman.com.sv/page.jsp?pageId=1
Best regards.
