[EX-01]Area of expertise
Maintenance contracts
What a maintenance agreement required, what was performed, and where the two differ.
- 600
- Projects in the firm's log
- 237
- Lease returns
- 97
- Pre-purchase inspections
- 36
- Repossessions
2015 to 2024
Redelivery condition
Condition at sale
Condition at recovery
[EX-01.1]Questions addressed
The technical questions.
Opinions are limited to the expert's field: aircraft maintenance, records and condition.
- 01What did the agreement require the maintenance provider to do?
- 02What work was performed, and is it documented?
- 03Where do the contract and the work differ, and by how much?
[EX-01.2]Basis
What is examined.
Every opinion states the facts relied on and where they came from.
- 01The agreement, workscope and amendments
- 02Task cards, non-routine cards and release documents
- 03Invoices and labour records
[EX-01.3]Process
How an engagement runs.
- 01Conflict checkSend the parties, counsel and aircraft involved. Nothing is reviewed until conflicts are cleared.
- 02Initial case reviewA first look at the pleadings and the key records to confirm the questions fall inside the expert's field.
- 03EngagementScope, role as consulting or testifying expert, schedule and fee terms set out in writing.
- 04Inspection and analysisAircraft inspection where it is available, full records review, and analysis against the contract and the regulations.
- 05Report and testimonyWritten report, review of opposing opinions, and testimony at deposition, arbitration or trial.
[EW]Related
Continue in the practice.
- EX-02Maintenance and modificationsScope, sequence and sign off of heavy checks and modification programs on transport aircraft.
- EX-03Lease acceptance and return languageHow delivery and redelivery conditions are written, measured and documented at the aircraft.
- EX-04Maintenance program bridgingMoving an aircraft between operators and maintenance programs without losing task credit.
- EW-04Request a case reviewSend the parties and the aircraft. Conflicts are checked before anything is read.
[00]Start here
Put the aircraft on the record.
A transaction to close, a redelivery in dispute, or a case that needs a technical opinion. One call reaches the people who do the work.