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this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
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That sounds bad, but it's also completely out of context. Commercial jets probably stay grounded less than a day, but I have no frame of reference for fighter aircraft.
I watched a video about maintenence for commercial passenger jets recently. Light engine maintenence takes on the order of a week, heavy maintenence takes several months. For heavy maintenence, they literally disassemble every component of the engine, so even if everything goes perfectly, it still takes forever.
That said, I imagine they just swap a new engine into the plane while the old one is under maintenence.
Do you have a link to said video? Not because I disagree but because that sounds super interesting to watch.