However it was also a 20 year old aircraft (original AW date Feb. 11, 2005) with a ton of takeoffs/landings on it, so it could have easily been abused a bit too much.
Just because the airframe is 20 years old that doesn't mean the components are as well. One shop I worked at swapped out engines with factory rebuilds every 2000 hours. That was on piston airplanes and helicopters. We had some turbine helicopters, but they were new when I was new, and I wasn't there long enough to see what they did with the engines/transmissions over time.
Consensus_Reality 0 points 2 months ago
Just because the airframe is 20 years old that doesn't mean the components are as well. One shop I worked at swapped out engines with factory rebuilds every 2000 hours. That was on piston airplanes and helicopters. We had some turbine helicopters, but they were new when I was new, and I wasn't there long enough to see what they did with the engines/transmissions over time.