Qantaslink B717 reliability issues. Many have been resurrected from VCV

[Quickstatus]

Melburnian1 maintains a very good "Airline Delays and Cancellations" Threads

Recently he mentioned a B717 going tech:
http://www.australianfrequentflyer....lays-cancellations-52193-236.html#post1403709

The current QFLink B717 has had various operators in the past.

The YQS-YQW series (which have the J seats) and NXJ and NXR (which is all Y) have been leased by Midwest Airlines --> Mexicana Click --> QFL but spent time in VCV (3-4 years) or Mexico in storage between lessees.

The NXK-NXQ series (all Y) were leased to Transworld before coming via Impulse airlines in 2002 and have never been in storage for any significant time (< 1 year)

The NXD-NXI series never spent time in storage and initially leased to Impulse --> QFL --> JQ --> QFL
The NX series are older than the YQ series by 3-4 years.
It would be interesting to see if the tech issues with the B717 are attributable to the model itself, the aircraft age or due to its time in storage and/or previous owners...
The B717 design ancestry dates back to the MD80/90 series many of which are still trading in the US and elsewhere

 

[Melburnian1]

A qualified LAME may be able to give us all some insight into this interesting contention.

 

[clifford]

It would be interesting to see if the tech issues with the B717 are attributable to the model itself, the aircraft age or due to its time in storage and/or previous owners.

A very good point. I imagine a few years of desert storage wouldn't improve any of the aircraft systems. Heat, amongst other things, can perhaps be a little damaging.

 

[Quickstatus]

I have no idea, but just speculating. However commercial aircraft do not spend any significant time in a hangar except for repairs and maintenance unlike our cars which have a garaged home. For most of their commercial lives they spend their days outside. They have to endure huge range of temperatures, weather, pressure differences, multiple takeoff and landing cycles carrying many tonnes and thats during their normal operations. It could be also said that time in the desert preserves the aircraft as it does not have to endure such cycles of temperature, pressure. ....Speculating....

I guess as Melburnian1 suggests only a LAME could answer that.

 

[737NG]

Have a read of this thread from PPRUNE, it may answer some of your questions.


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