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Line maintenance

Meaning in aviation, with examples

nounCommon term

In aviation, line maintenance means: Routine checks and small repairs done at the airport between flights, such as daily checks, wheel changes and fixing minor defects, so the aircraft can keep flying.

In Turkish: hat bakımı

How it is used

Done on the apron or at the gate, often under time pressure. Heavier work is done in a hangar as base maintenance. Common phrases: transit check, daily check, line engineer, line station.

Example sentences

  1. Line maintenance changed the wheel in forty minutes, so we only had a short delay.

  2. He worked in line maintenance for five years before moving to the engine shop.

Common collocations

  • line maintenance engineer
  • line maintenance station
  • transit check
  • daily check
  • base maintenance
  • defectA fault in a part or system of an aircraft that must be recorded and then either repaired or formally deferred before the next flight.
  • technical logThe official record kept on board in which crews write down defects and engineers record maintenance work, so the aircraft's condition is always documented.
  • troubleshootTo look for the cause of a technical problem step by step and then fix it, usually by following the manufacturer's procedures.
  • AOGAircraft on ground: a situation in which an aircraft cannot fly because of a technical problem, so parts and engineers are needed urgently.

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