Aircraft Maintenance

[Shoeless Joe]

One for the TV aviation experts:

Will planes immediately be safe for flight when restrictions are lifted, after standing idle on tarmac for weeks on end?

 

Regards

 

Joe

[sirineou]

Only after the aircraft meets all the qualifications for a standard airworthiness certificate. 

[jonwilly]

As a former CAA Licenced Engineer (UK) I will confirm the second post.

No aircraft is allowed to fly without an inspection to a laid down rule.

I think a big problem is if the pilots are still qualified. 

Pilots must do a certain number of Flights, Take offs /Landings to remain qualified in a laid down time frame.

 

john

[ezzra]

No aircraft will be allowed to take off with out the porper airworthy certificate same for pilots, but than again, short cuts and cutting corners has know to happens in many instances let us hope it will not be so with the airline we fly with next... 

[sirineou]

7 minutes ago, ezzra said:

No aircraft will be allowed to take off with out the porper airworthy certificate same for pilots, but than again, short cuts and cutting corners has know to happens in many instances let us hope it will not be so with the airline we fly with next... 

No shortcuts and cutting corners allowed with in  FAA fars. FARs are pretty specific. In the event of an accident any A&P  or Pilot caught to have taken unauthorised shortcuts or cut corners is toast.  

Please correct me if I am wrong, it has being a very long time since my involvement in that field  but a limited (experimental?) airworthiness certificate can be issued for limited use purposes to accommodate required maintenance at specialise facilities,  . testing, training and limited scope use. but not to carry passengers. 

[Laza 45]

54 minutes ago, jonwilly said:

As a former CAA Licenced Engineer (UK) I will confirm the second post.

No aircraft is allowed to fly without an inspection to a laid down rule.

I think a big problem is if the pilots are still qualified. 

Pilots must do a certain number of Flights, Take offs /Landings to remain qualified in a laid down time frame.

 

john

Yes.. and many pilots will need time in simulators to  get requalified.. that could be a bottleneck..

[sirineou]

I am sure airlines are aware of their pilot's certifications issues, they have departments dedicated to that,  and have  contingency plans in place. 

[baansgr]

Dig the weeds out from under the wheels and a bit of air in the tyres, they'll be good to go

[cornishcarlos]

3 minutes ago, sirineou said:

I am sure airlines are aware of their pilot's certifications issues, they have departments dedicated to that,  and have  contingency plans in place. 

 

Even Thai Airways ?? 

[sirineou]

1 minute ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Even Thai Airways ?? 

 

In 2015 they had some safety issues found at a   International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ) audit and faced temporary sanctions at some markets , to my knowledge these irregularities were corrected.

Thai air's  latest Safety Rating Meets ICAO Target, and scored a 65% in its latest safety audit, ,  five points above the ICAO 60% target.

[cornishcarlos]

11 minutes ago, sirineou said:

scored a 65% in its latest safety audit, ,  five points above the ICAO 60% target.

 

That criteria doesn't inspire confidence in air safety !! 60% target... ???