Dow Jones Newswires | United Airlines and Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Corp. have signed a five-year maintenance contract for heavy maintenance, the companies said in a joint statement Monday.
Ameco will perform maintenance on United’s fleet of Boeing 747s and 777s beginning in June, the statement said. United previously had an agreement with Ameco for heavy maintenance of its B777 fleet that expired last year.
United operates 52 Boeing 777s and 24 Boeing 747s. Ameco is a joint venture between Air China Ltd. and Deutsche Lufthansa AG established in August 1989.
Yeah, that’s great! United laid off thousands of mechanics, and then farmed the work out to 3rd party vendors out of country. How many more American jobs can we send overseas in order to pad the CEO’s and executive’s pockets? The jobs will be back some day after some TOMBSTONE technology develops.