jueves, 14 de diciembre de 2017

A day at Line Maintenance

A day at line maintenance could start at morning, afternoon or evening. The work to be done day or night is very different.

 In the day job the TMA carries out transit works on the planes that have designated to you checking parameters of the aircraft like oil or hydraulic levels; the pressure of the tires; a visual check of the fuselage, wings and engines; the technical logbook; the automatic reporting system of the aircraft and repairing these problems if is possible or dispatching the aircraft according MEL (Minimum Equipment List) with the objective of give the OK to the aircraft for do the next jouney with the minimum delay.

 At night the planes do not fly, they are on land and the job of the TMA is do the Daily Check or A-check to 3-4 aircrafts and is a more exhaustive check and fixing the problems that had been dispatched according MEL during the day.