10-14-2018, 04:19 PM
Hi
In addition to repairs there are several kinds of checks aircraft have to undergo on a regular basis. This ranges from the simple walk-around check to the heavy maintenance D-checks where the entire aircraft is taken apart.
I don't know about other aircraft, but I fly the A320 series and every 750hrs it has to undergo an A check. D-checks only every 6 years or so (depending on cycles).
Some checks are done over night in the hangar, others are very time intense and the plane is taken out of service for a while. Since airlines know when these checks will happen in advance, they will roster their planes accordingly.
Repairs are an unknown factor and like Astro said it really depends on what has happened. A broken NAV light means you can't fly at night but all you need to do is change a light bulb.
A bird strike causing an engine surge on the other hand will ground your plane for quite a while.
Luckily here at Airline Enterprise our planes are always in tip-top condition :-)
Hope this helps.
Stefan
In addition to repairs there are several kinds of checks aircraft have to undergo on a regular basis. This ranges from the simple walk-around check to the heavy maintenance D-checks where the entire aircraft is taken apart.
I don't know about other aircraft, but I fly the A320 series and every 750hrs it has to undergo an A check. D-checks only every 6 years or so (depending on cycles).
Some checks are done over night in the hangar, others are very time intense and the plane is taken out of service for a while. Since airlines know when these checks will happen in advance, they will roster their planes accordingly.
Repairs are an unknown factor and like Astro said it really depends on what has happened. A broken NAV light means you can't fly at night but all you need to do is change a light bulb.
A bird strike causing an engine surge on the other hand will ground your plane for quite a while.
Luckily here at Airline Enterprise our planes are always in tip-top condition :-)
Hope this helps.
Stefan