Howcum you aircraft mechanics are working on lawnmowers these days?
For the same reason that B & S is filing a chapter 11 and the dud management from McDonald Douglas has sent Boeing to the wall.
Cheaper to outsource all of the engine work and shift responsibility for safety from you to the contractors, despite the fact that you know how much it should cost and only pay them 1/2 of that.
Any airline who flys to a 3rd world country gets the maintenance done there for the same reason if they own the planes or engines
Engine makers now lease engines , usually by the flying hours and all of them have their major overhauling facility in a 3rd world country.
The number of fanatics who have hangers full of old aircraft that are in flying condition is dropping like a stone.
This only leaves private owners with very small planes to directly employ mechanics if they don't do it themselves.
The last time I checked the USA had the worst air safety record of any country on the planet in both absolute & per flying hours terms .
Last year we burried a member who was involved in a mid air collision over Alaska.
It was a news item down here for over a month but barely got a mention in the USA press .
A Korean, Chinese or Russian air crash seems to get a lot more USA press than any local ones, political interfearence ?
If the management of an Australian company had followed the same path as Briggs they would all be suspended without pay pending criminal charges
The entire board of directors would be declaired unfit to hold an office of public trust and be forced to resign all paid directorships
And the company would now be run by a government appointed administrator .
And I always thought the Australian company laws were as weak as tap water.
If the company goes bust, the first creditor that has to be paid in full is the tax man.
After taxes it is employees benefits & pensions followed by salaried staff then suppliers & finally shareholders.
