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