U.S airlines are increasing their dependence on outsourced and overseas plane maintenance shops and this resulted in a lot of criticism but this action of airlines received support from the aviation regulators and they stated that due to this there had been a decline in the number of airplane crashes. Though outsourcing has increased over a period of time but it has brought down the rate of accidents. Now airlines don’t have to bother themselves for aviation safety since there are outsourced companies to do that job.
As per FAA statistics:
Major carriers’ maintenance costs performed by outside companies have risen from 38 percent a decade ago to 64 percent in the first three quarters of last year, according to the inspector general’s report. Over the same period, the number of fatal crashes for every 10 million flights dropped from 6 to 2.
It is being said that the maintenance related safety record of the U.S airline industry is the best which has been seen and we can safely conclude that outsourcing can be really beneficial for companies.
Via canadianbusiness
