maINTENANCE OVERSIGHT
Protecting Your Interests
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Aircraft maintenance is straightforward with hourly and calendar
scheduled inspections. The maintenance facility submits a work order
to the aircraft owner with a laundry list of required items to do for
a particular inspection, and a price to complete each. Many items are
left “To Be Determined” as they cannot assess a price until the
aircraft is opened. The owner signs the work order, the work is
completed, and when he/she goes to pick up the aircraft finds the
final bill is TRIPLE what the initial quote was.
99% of aircraft owners do not know what the items being done in a work
order are, and most rely on their pilots for guidance who know or can
inquire and understand what they are. It takes years of experience
actually doing maintenance to understand the “To Be Determined”s
however. And the person with that experience needs to be present when
the work is being done at the maintenance facility to protect the
aircraft owner’s interest.
Avia Americas' Director of Maintenance has over 35 years of aircraft
maintenance experience which began turning wrenches a long time ago,
to what today encompasses maintenance oversight, pre-purchase
inspections, log book reviews, aircraft mechanical valuations, new
aircraft completion oversight (hired by the OEM’s), Part 135
conformities, and resolving problems with the FAA. His knowledge is
comprehensive because he has done it, and he subsequently knows what
to expect in the “To be Determined”s.
Protect your interests. Have a qualified, experienced maintenance
representative overseeing your inspections. Call us for more
information.