Maintenance Subcontracting and Benchmarking
Be it engines repair or overhaul, landing gear or other high cost projects, every responsible manager carries out thorough benchmarking before getting into final negotiations with any party. For Lessees, Operators and Lessors it requires a lot of legwork before one is able to provide a purchase manager or technical manager with comparable quotes to be able to take decisions with witch party to go ahead and come to an agreement. First, the quotes must be based on the same criteria to be able to avoid comparing apples with pears. It takes an thorough investigation into the real capabilities of the provider as opposed to the advertised ones, realistic turn times, correct certification, Availability of expertise like NDT, boroscope (blend), shot peen, machining capabilities for structural repairs and part manufacture (PMA), avionics and mechanical component testing and repair capabilities, etc.
FL Technics Engineering has a thorough understanding on how complex it can be to benchmark maintenance providers and can help out by doing all the investigation and produce comprehensive reporting to the decision makers. This will save you a lot of time and money. And hassle.
