Offshoring of Airline Maintenance : Implications for Domestic Jobs and Aviation Safety.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airlines.

Contracts.

Occupations.

Transportation--Law and legislation.

Transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (30 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Analyzes trends in outsourcing of U.S. passenger airlines maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) to foreign countries, and explains major factors contributing to MRO outsourcing. Considers safety consequences, employment effects, and regulatory implications of increased foreign maintenance of U.S. passenger aircraft. Addresses legislative action and policy considerations. Includes a table and graphs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Offshoring of Airline Maintenance

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