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In the documentary Flying Cheaper Miles O Brien uncovers the outsourcing of airline maintenance work to untrained personnel A decade ago maintenance was virtually all down in house by the airline that s flying the plane Now maintenance is mostly down by people who are unrelated to that airline and sometimes they aren't even in this country In the airline maintenance industry there are MROs standing for maintenance repair and overhaul It s a highly competitive business Most US major airlines now outsource most of their heavy maintenance to keep the airline costs low Traditionally maintenance was one area that airlines were not willing to cut short on however trends are changes due to the economic challenges that are facing the industry Many US airlines are now outsourcing most of their maintenance to cut costs One of Asia s largest MROs is Amico a company that granted O Brian a tour but cancel just before their arrival this did not leave a good impression on me Why would Amico not want their business practices documented shouldn't they be doing everything by the book so there wouldn't be anything to worry about One of the larger MROs in the US is in Mobile Alabama called ST Aerospace is responsible for most of United s maintenance ST is the largest of all the MROs off all the outsourced facilities worldwide ST Aerospace is a Singapore based company that has opened maintenance facilities in the United States Since 2002 ST has been performing maintenance out of Mobile for major US airlines like United Delta and US airways carriers that used to do their own maintenance
