The Effect of Line Maintenance Activity on Airline Safety Quality
- Author:
- Williams, Michael
- Published:
- 2005.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Reynolds, Rosemarie, Waguespack, Blaise, Jr., and Rhoades, Dawna L.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
- Restrictions on Access:
- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- One of the arguments against deregulation of the airline industry has been the possibility that financially troubled carriers would be tempted to lower line maintenance spending, thus lowering maintenance quality and decreasing the overall safety of the carrier. Given the financial crisis triggered by the events of 9/11: it appears to be a good time to revisit this issue. This paper examines the quality of airline line maintenance activity and examines the impact of maintenance spending on maintenance quality and overall safety. Findings indicate that increased maintenance spending is associated with increased line maintenance activity and increased overall safety quality for the major U.S. carriers.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 20050185571. and Journal of Air Transportation, Volume 10, No. 1; LC-HE9761.1-J68.
- Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- Copyright, Distribution under U.S. Government purpose rights.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
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