Followup on the Navy's Efforts To Improve Productivity at Navy Aircraft Overhaul Depots
Highlights
A 1975 GAO report to the Congress recommended ways to improve productivity of Navy aircraft overhaul depots and suggested the possibility of consolidating facilities. The report concluded that excess capacity existed and recommended that the Secretary of the Department of Defense consolidate, eliminate, or place in reserve status, as appropriate, all excess or redundant depot capacity. About 4 years ago, Navy officials said that if organic workload was reduced by 4.5 million direct labor hours, a rework facility would probably need to be closed. The fiscal year 1976 actual organic workload was 25.8 million direct labor hours. The expected fiscal year 1981 organic workload is 19 million direct labor hours or almost 7 million less than fiscal year 1976.