Case study about Maintenance in Airports and how to manage things with it
As the newly hired director of maintenance at a small-hub airport, it becomes clear to you that your predecessor was not very organized, leading to areas of the airport not being properly maintained. You see the need to develop a comprehensive maintenance program, including both airside and landside components. What would this program look like?
As manager of airside maintenance at a medium hub airport, you have been tasked with developing an airport pavement management program. Explain what this program would look like.
As director of operations at a medium hub commercial service airport with 210 jet operations per day, what schedule for rubber removal will you develop? How regularly will you conduct friction evaluations to determine if the runway friction coefficient is degraded due to rubber contamination? What type of friction measurement equipment will you use?
As director of maintenance at a small hub airport, you have been asked by the airport’s executive director to develop a landside maintenance program. What areas will you consider? How will you develop this program? Discuss whether you will decide to conduct maintenance in-house or via contract personnel.
As director of maintenance at a large hub airport with extensive landscaping along the entrance to the airport, recent discussions have centered on whether to continue performing this landscape maintenance in house or contract it out. Without knowing the financial specifics involved, explain the pros and cons of in-house maintenance and contract maintenance.
