Management Action Needed in the Department of Defense to Realize Benefits from a New System of Aircraft Maintenance

Abstract

A new maintenance concept has been used successfully by major commercial airlines, greatly reducing aircraft maintenance costs and improving aircraft availability for operations. Many of these same results can be achieved by the military services. Defense has applied the concept on a trial basis and expects to expand its use throughout the Department. But the services will need a better management system for controlling the application of the concept so that maximum benefits can be obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 10, 1976
Accession Number
AD1167985

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aircrafts
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Contracts
  • Cost Reductions
  • Department Of Defense
  • Downtime
  • Flight Crews
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Military Aircraft
  • Operational Readiness
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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