Storage - Quality Control

Overview

Storage Mechanics will maintain, inspect, repair, modify, overhaul and troubleshoot commercial aircraft in compliance with policies, manuals, procedures and requirements. Basic Long term storage:-Pickle engines, APU-Remove and store all ELT, flashlight and emergency light batteries-cover and wrap interior seats and exterior protection-cover flight deck windows-cover PAX windows During Long Term Storage:-May be robbing parts for aircraft in service like flight controls, landing gear, engines and LRU’s-perform weekly and monthly inspection, rotate tires, motor engines if not pickled, operate hydraulics and move flight controls and lift augmentation surfaces, exercise landinggear struts, etc. Aircraft Reactivation:-de-pickle engines, perform engine runs-reinstall charged batteries removed for preservation-perform full aircraft systems operational checks and support test flights