Air Carriers Outsourcing Of Aircraft Maintenance

This is a review of the FAA¿s oversight of air carriers¿ outsourced aircraft maintenance. As of July 14, 2008, there were 4,159 domestic and 709 foreign repair stations certificated by FAA to perform maintenance on U.S. aircraft. When an air carrier uses an FAA-certificated repair station to repair its aircraft or parts, the repair station¿s organization becomes an extension of the air carrier¿s maintenance organization. This report: (1) identifies the type and quantity of maintenance performed by external repair stations; and (2) determines whether FAA is effectively monitoring air carriers¿ oversight of external repair stations¿ work and verifying that safety requirements are met. Illustrations.

Air carriers' outsourcing of aircraft maintenance : . Federal Railroad Administration

Air carriers' outsourcing of aircraft maintenance : [electronic resource]. Federal Railroad Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of air carriers' outsourced aircraft maintenance were reviewed. As of July 14, 2008, there were 4,159 domestic and 709 foreign repair stations certificated by FAA to perform maintenance on U.S. aircraft. When an air carrier uses an FAA-certificated repair station to repair its aircraft or parts, the repair station's organization becomes an extension of the air carrier's maintenance organization. Our audit objectives were to (1) identify the type and quantity of maintenance performed by external repair stations and (2) determine whether FAA is effectively monitoring air carriers' oversight of external repair stations' work and verifying that safety requirements are met. Exhibit A details our audit scope and methodology, and exhibit B lists the entities we visited or contacted. Our work on outsourced maintenance has continually found that the issue is not where maintenance is performed but that maintenance requires effective oversight. Outsourced maintenance requires a multifaceted, risk-based oversight approach, and it is important that each of these elements work together successfully.--P. i.

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