Boeing 747 in the painting process. Photo - KLM
"We do not want our aircraft flying all over the world" naked ". I agreed. They should at least wear a coat (ing), so that everyone knows who they belong.
Deciding it would be best to find out what had happened online, I went to a hangar KLM ask to see a plane. I was in front of this huge and magnificent 747 and then applied to my question. "Brrrrrrrrrmmmmmmm, wiiiieeeeeeeeh, brrrrrrrrm," the engineer said.
The engineer continued with a little more 'information': These aircraft are stripped every five to eight years . This is usually not a problem because the hangar is a safe environment and the aircraft are secured inside. But nowadays, with the rise of social media, it is an easy thing to share photos with friends, family or the world. Photos can easily leak. You also get a lot if views search for "KLM aircraft painting" on Google.
Boeing 777 in the painting process. Photo - KLM
I was about to leave the hangar when I came across the Decoration Operating Officer of KLM. He told me that this procedure is actually quite normal. The aircraft run out painting is part of the painting process. They know that this is one of the standard procedures from day one that worked on KLM. He even refers to another blog post KLM, which describes how to paint a plane .
