Maintenance-An Investment Process

760505

02/01/1976

Event
National Air Transportation Meeting
Authors Abstract
Content
Powerplant managers in commercial airlines are under continuous pressure to minimize operating cost. The easiest way to do this, at least for the short term, is believed to be to minimize the cost of each engine repair. Maintenance must be looked upon as a long term investment. Data on JT8D and JT9D engines is presented which supports the hypothesis that spending more per repair will result in a better engine that will run longer between shop visits - reducing the operating costs over the long term. Progress has been made toward substantiating this hypothesis, however, more work is required.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/760505
Pages
8
Citation
Gattis, F., and Sallee, G., "Maintenance-An Investment Process," SAE Technical Paper 760505, 1976, https://doi.org/10.4271/760505.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1976
Product Code
760505
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English