Bell Helicopter 407
Maintenance Airframe; Maintenance Powerplant
Maintenance Technician 11
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Aircraft; Human Factors; Manuals; Procedure
[We] received aircraft from another [Aircraft Operator] company and had a Vinyl Wrap installed in [Aircraft Operator Name] paint scheme/colors instead of it getting painted. My involvement in this acceptance inspection/repair of [the aircraft] was to assist with a structural repair on the aft RH fuselage skin at an estimated FS [Number]. I removed the Vinyl wrap in the repair area to perform/install approved repair by [Company Name] Product Support Engineering.Our FAA Certification Management Team (CMT) cannot say that it is a violation of the regulations to have vinyl wrap on an aircraft; but also can't say it's not either. My upper management in [Aircraft Operator Name] decided to remove all the Vinyl Wrap on [the aircraft] and have all mechanics associated with the inspection/repair of [the aircraft] to submit a NASA report.
Maintenance reported they removed vinyl wrap to accomplish fuselage skin repair.