Narrative:

Here is [the] actual times it takes to perform the 600fh (flight hour) inspection and 12 month inspection on a crj 200. Man-hours attributed to both inspections need to be adjusted as they are not close to the actual time needed to perform these inspections. We are creating a safety issue with such a differential between the allotted time and the actual time of the inspections; causing mechanics to work at extremely quick and rushed speeds on this aircraft and others to be able to get the check as finished as possible in the overnight maintenance period. Again; there is a great need to adjust the hours given for these inspections; please pursue this issue and help make our aircraft as safe and compliant as they need to be.during last night; I recorded the amount of time each person spent on each a 600fh inspection and a 12-month check on a CRJ200. For the 600fh check; planning allows us 13.8 man-hours to perform the inspection. This is an extremely low amount of time because this inspection is very deep in depth and took us 49.25 man-hours to perform last night. On the 12 month inspection; the allotted man hours was 7.0. The actual time it took was 14.5 man-hours and in addition to that we still have to fix the issues that are found during these inspections. The company is so busy trying to obtain more planes and get more work done that they refuse to recognize that we do not have manpower to fix everything.my mechanics for the night felt rushed due to this extremely large amount of work that is being issued to us with the shortest amount of manpower allotted to them. Both of these inspections take at least two times longer to perform than we are allotted to take.we need to re-evaluate our times spent on inspections; especially the non- frequent inspections like the two mentioned above. Anything to keep the leads and mechanics from rushing around (and very possibly not performing their job to the best of their ability) to make our planes safe and compliant.

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Title: CRJ-200 Maintenance Technician reported that allotted time is insufficient to allow safe and proper inspections on the aircraft fleet.

Narrative: Here is [the] actual times it takes to perform the 600fh (Flight Hour) inspection and 12 month inspection on a CRJ 200. Man-hours attributed to both inspections need to be adjusted as they are not close to the actual time needed to perform these inspections. We are creating a safety issue with such a differential between the allotted time and the actual time of the inspections; causing mechanics to work at extremely quick and rushed speeds on this aircraft and others to be able to get the check as finished as possible in the overnight maintenance period. Again; there is a great need to adjust the hours given for these inspections; please pursue this issue and help make our aircraft as safe and compliant as they need to be.During last night; I recorded the amount of time each person spent on each a 600fh inspection and a 12-month check on a CRJ200. For the 600fh check; planning allows us 13.8 man-hours to perform the inspection. This is an extremely low amount of time because this inspection is very deep in depth and took us 49.25 man-hours to perform last night. On the 12 month inspection; the allotted man hours was 7.0. The actual time it took was 14.5 man-hours and in addition to that we still have to fix the issues that are found during these inspections. The company is so busy trying to obtain more planes and get more work done that they refuse to recognize that we do not have manpower to fix everything.My mechanics for the night felt rushed due to this extremely large amount of work that is being issued to us with the shortest amount of manpower allotted to them. Both of these inspections take at least two times longer to perform than we are allotted to take.We need to re-evaluate our times spent on inspections; especially the non- frequent inspections like the two mentioned above. Anything to keep the leads and mechanics from rushing around (and very possibly not performing their job to the best of their ability) to make our planes safe and compliant.

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