All things MV-22 Osprey

[phrogdriver]

You’re talking about CCRAM? That lost funding.

They burned through what they had for far fewer aircraft than they were supposed to because of over-and-aboves and a little padding by Boeing.

When a unit is asked to ante up an aircraft, you typically don't send the best--so a lot of extra discrepancy maintenance that could have been done by LCpls for basically free was done by Boeing in Philadelphia at a RAP rate of $300/hour or so.

Then add in nice-to-haves that weren't that necessary, like factory paint jobs...and that's why people hate the military industrial complex.

 

[ChuckMK23]

They burned through what they had for far fewer aircraft than they were supposed to because of over-and-aboves and a little padding by Boeing.

When a unit is asked to ante up an aircraft, you typically don't send the best--so a lot of extra discrepancy maintenance that could have been done by LCpls for basically free was done by Boeing in Philadelphia at a RAP rate of $300/hour or so.

Then add in nice-to-haves that weren't that necessary, like factory paint jobs...and that's why people hate the military industrial complex.

So is there no longer an "intermediate" or "depot" level maintenance capability similar to what Cherry Point used to do?

 

[Roger_Waveoff]

So is there no longer an "intermediate" or "depot" level maintenance capability similar to what Cherry Point used to do?

I'll be real with you - I have no idea what MALS does aside from being our maintenance supply.

 

[phrogdriver]

So is there no longer an "intermediate" or "depot" level maintenance capability similar to what Cherry Point used to do?

Yes. Intermediate-level maintenance is now and has always been done by MALS-26 at New River. I-Level is where they break into the boxes that the O-level maintainers at the squadrons aren't allowed to touch.

Depot level on the East Coast is done at Cherry Point. That's where the whole aircraft is stripped down to the studs, so to speak, and substantially redone. The depot has some active duty management, but maintenance is primarily done by civilian engineers, mechanics, technicians, and artisans.

CC-RAM, what I thought we were talking about, is Common Configuration-Reliability and Maintainability. It's a now defunct program where the USMC would fly aircraft to Philadelphia, and Boeing would take older Block Bs to the then-current Block B MCOI configuration. They may have gotten to Block C by the end. The idea was to simplify maintenance and supply by making sure all the birds had the same parts, since the design had evolved over time, among other things.