OTTAWA – The plane that flew Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Jamaica for a family vacation broke down earlier this week, prompting the Canadian military to send a second aircraft with a repair...
  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
    312·
    11 months ago

    Typical behaviour from public-private partnership, so while I don’t know whether air Canada or its ilk is tapped to maintain Justin’s plane, it’d make sense – just not today when “run to fail” seems to be the maintenance plan they use.

    Air Canada, TransLink, BCFerries; same results (runtime failures because costly maintenance was cutting into CEO yacht money).

    • ClutchCargo
      10·
      11 months ago

      Aircraft maintenence is regulated by federal aviation authorities, in accordance with manufacturer guidelines. It’s incredibly regulated, and transparent.

      Run to failure isn’t a thing in aviation.