well, in 10 years that might get fucked. i don't think article claims something completely outrageous behavior, just outsourcing and possible relaxation of rules due to lobbying (but seemingly not yet)

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[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So basically drive your ass down to Mexico first if you want to fly, since their shit will still work.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i think it's international phenomenon, so mexican planes also probably go to salvador

[–] CrowTankieRobot@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's actually going on even in this country. The outsourcing trend started when the airlines contracted out their maintenance to anti-union states like OK (Tulsa is a big hub for this). Pretty soon, labor-intensive maintenance had left the US entirely for places like El Salvador and China. I'm pretty sure that Delta does most of their "D checks" (where the plane is pretty much disassembled) in El Salvador.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_maintenance_checks#Offshore_Maintenance_Facilities