A software switch helps slash Bombardier's inspection time by 75%.
Bombardier Aerospace (Montreal) designs, manufactures and supports aviation products for the business, commercial, specialized, and amphibious aircraft markets. To assist them with their symmetry and alignment check on the CRJ series of regional jets, they recently turned to InnovMetric Software’s PolyWorks/Inspector.
When an incident occurs with an airplane (such as being hit by a baggage transporter or a jet bridge, or after undergoing a hard landing) that requires the inspection of its structural engineering, Bombardier’s CRJ Ground Support Equipment team is rapidly dispatched to any location worldwide. “Knowing that a grounded airplane can sum up to $100,000 a day in lost revenue, we are committed to returning aircraft to service as fast as possible,” says Benoit Roby, CRJ ground service equipment coordinator at Bombardier.