Really airline and aircraft type dependent. We had Dash 8's and CRJ's coming in from the factory and up and running on the line in 3 days. Definitely no tearing them apart on arrival from the factory like in that AA. video. All pre built to airline specifications at the factory. No way commercial and scheduling would ever accept a month down time unless the maintenance department declared it a matter of safety.

 

I would also expect that operators with huge fleets such as AA has a lot more flexibility to accommodate longer down times into their schedules. In smaller airlines, taking an aircraft off the line can present massive scheduling challenges and get the finance department in a frenzy.

There used to be a backlog of seats and some airlines would take delivery and have to fly to another airport to have seats installed instead of all of it done at the Boeing factor - David Lee

 

 

Really airline and aircraft type dependent. We had Dash 8's and CRJ's coming in from the factory and up and running on the line in 3 days. Definitely no tearing them apart on arrival from the factory like in that AA. video. All pre built to airline specifications at the factory. No way commercial and scheduling would ever accept a month down time unless the maintenance department declared it a matter of safety.
I would also expect that operators with huge fleets such as AA has a lot more flexibility to accommodate longer down times into their schedules. In smaller airlines, taking an aircraft off the line can present massive scheduling challenges and get the finance department in a frenzy.

 

The AA example is an extreme - I would not think most airlines would rip them open like that. Point was more along the lines that they don't usually get to put them on the line the day after delivery. Even if Boeing does all the installation, there will be various other entry into service items to complete.

 

 

 

There used to be a backlog of seats and some airlines would take delivery and have to fly to another airport to have seats installed instead of all of it done at the Boeing factor - David Lee

 

The Boeing moving production line (thinking 737 here) would probably preclude them from waiting on missing items - basically, if you don't have your seats etc here using the just in time method, your bird is going to be pushed out regardless and can go to storage or whatever you want to do with it.