Aircraft Deterioration

[Meraki]

Does the rate at which an airplane's condition deteriorates depend on the level of flight hours/day it's performing?

Such as, will the condition on a plane flying 12h/day drop slower than a plane flying 20h/day?

Why I ask is because my plane's condition is dropping quite fast and starting to cause delays/cancellations. If lowering the flight hours will help it get to the next B check, I might just have to do that. I can't afford $1mil/15 days offline to bring it back up to 70%.

[Sami]

Yes, but if you have A/B checks, and the yearly C check, the overall effect is that condition stays the same or goes up somewhat.

[tofen]

So if you are starting to have problems with cancellations, would it help to reduce the flights? I.e. would the aircraft be able to get repaired faster?

I just checked myself if it was possible to schedule more than the mandatory checks, since I feel like my planes conditions is dropping to fast.

[Sami]

Not a good idea as you don't earn then either.

[Dazwalsh]

if technical problems are affecting delays and cancellations that much then maybe think about pulling the aircraft off the routes for a day whilst you give it a B check. its not just the loss of income you lose when a flight is cancelled its your company image taking a hit a bit