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| 11.01.2007 |
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A Sad Day for Safety I am an A&P/IA and owner of a small maintenance shop near the California coast. I recently agreed to house and maintain a Macon Aerostar that was getting its 135 certificate. The...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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It is Your Signature The problems in the marketplace dealing with bogus and suspected unapproved parts (SUPs) are many (see story August AM , page 18). Everything from beautifully made — but totally fake —...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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The MMEL Trap? I am writing in regard to a June, 2007, commercial edition article by Howie Fuller. While I certainly agree that, "...Master Minimum Equipment Lists (MMEL) are among the finest...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Father-Son No More In response to our June 2007 Editor’s Notebook (see June AM , page 4), you hit the nail right on the head. I’ve seen more and more older, experienced, mechanics leave the business in the...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Reader Feedback: Should Training Be Mandatory?
I read with some interest that the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association is calling for additional maintenance training requirements for maintenance technicians and linked the problems to three...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Reader Feedback: A&P Helicopter Rating
In response to the very fine article by Brian Finnegan (see AM Feb. 2007, p. 40) in the February 2007 issue of AM magazine, I would like to give the author my full support and add a few thoughts of my own. As...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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Reader Feedback
Will Standards Help? I read with interest the article written by John J. Goglia (see AM general aviation edition, April 2007, page 36). Mr. Goglia has interesting points about higher paying jobs. When you...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Reader Feedback: Open Skies or Opening the Floodgates?
Major U.S. airlines will soon emerge from bankruptcy. During this same time financial and economic changes are occuring to help U.S. airlines emerge profitable. This is happening while the Department of...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Reader Feedback: Chain of Events
I read your editorial in the February Aviation Maintenance You need to read the whole accident report, not just the headline grabbing stuff. The mechanics and inspector had been working in excess of 14/16...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Reader Feedback: Plans for Composite Mx
How is the airline industry going to cope with the maintenance of load-bearing composite structures? They had a real problem at American Airlines, the airline and Airbus disagreed with each other on the types...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Reader Feedback
A Better Mousetrap In response to the letter in the September issue of Aviation Maintenance (see AM , Sept. 2006, p. 6) and the article in the May issue (see AM , May 2006, p. 22), the idea of cable blocks is...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Reader Feedback
Wrong Image? While reading last month’s issue of Aviation Maintenance, I came across an advertisement that I found disturbing. It was a picture of what appeared to be a Native American female, partially undressed, holding a long pipe with a filter on...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Reader Feedback
Regulating Maintenance I have been in this business for over 40 years. I have found a very simple solution to regulating all maintenance, since the FAA won't. Mandatory insurance! If you cannot license your car each year without insurance, then the same...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Reader Feedback
The Unknowable I wish to pose some counterpoints to your article (see AM, July, p. 4, ‘Unknowable: The Number of Licensed Mechanics’). The article is centered around the issue of aviation maintenance safety, with regards to the “work”...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Reader Feedback
Cable Blocking Having worked as an A & E in the rigging crew on a major airline back in the 50s and 60s, we were involved on major and minor overhauls on aircraft such as DC-4s, DC-6s, and DC-7s. On a major overhaul, nearly all the cables were replaced...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Towards a Useful Human Factors Program Your article in the May 2006 edition of Aviation Maintenance announces that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making available a calendar for 2007 that features the "Dirty Dozen" human factors in...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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Useful Human Factors Program
It's great to read that the "regulators" are actually putting out information about human factors in aviation maintenance (AM, May, p. 4). Such items as calendars and posters used by our regulators to inform maintenance personnel about human factors...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Reader Feedback
Wiring Implications Your excellent coverage of the recent NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) on wiring inspections (AM, March, p. 24) highlighted most of the important aspects of this new rulemaking effort, but I would like to point out a few more unique...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Reader Feedback
Outrageous Outsourcing I have spoken with a federal representative concerning the outsourcing of high-tech aircraft jobs, and what I have learned about illegal aliens working on American flag aircraft here and abroad is outrageous. If you have a United States...
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| 04.01.2006 |
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Punching Bag I get the feeling that the editor thinks some erroneous aircraft maintenance is the result of over worked maintenance personal (see Editor's Notebook, February 2006, page 6). He may be right in some cases, but more often than not their workload...
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