https://archive.md/OEj8v
"British airlines are being forced to fly planes to the United States for
slower and more expensive repairs instead of Europe because of Brexit rules.
The UK and EU, despite having largely identical safety rules, have two separate
licensing systems for maintenance facilities. Following a two-year post-Brexit
grace period which ended in 2023, any UK-registered aircraft cannot be legally
repaired at EU-licensed facilities.
Now British companies have been flying their planes thousands of miles across
the Atlantic to the US, which has a mutual recognition agreement for aviation
engineering with the UK.
Cargo airline One Air, which operates out of the East Midlands importing
electronic goods, has two Boeing 747s, which need one basic check every three
months and a detailed check every two years.
One Air said a straightforward maintenance check in Germany would take a week
and cost about £164,000. In the US, it takes a fortnight and costs £203,000.
Detailed maintenance takes 27 days turnaround at a cost of £1.25 million at a
German facility. In the US, it takes 41 days at a cost of £1.7 million."
Via Joerg Fliege, who wrote "So why did this happen? Because the UK left the
European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). They didn’t need to, but they
did."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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