Airline passengers may be less safe when the plane they are flying on has been repaired or maintained in a foreign country.
That is among the conclusions of a risk-based report by Ridge Global, a firm founded by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on risks associated with the use of foreign repair stations by the U.S. airline industry. “There are obvious disparities between domestic and foreign oversight and repair of commercial airlines,” said Governor Ridge. Read the report now.
The TWU has also conducted extensive research regarding the impact of offshoring aircraft maintenance to foreign repair stations in an April 2018 report.
The TWU International has run an add in Major cities throughout the USA to help bring attention to this issue.
