Originally Posted by
42jeff
Wasn't the aircraft handover halted because the entire budget for the transfer was expended in like the first five or six planes because of their awful condition?
First 4 from what the maintenance guys have said. Apparently ASA was on a progressive maintenance schedule. In order to convert to 9E’s maintenance plan full heavy checks were required. Once they started the heavy checks there were a lot more gremlins hiding than they thought.