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| 08.01.2009 |
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Editor’s Notebook: Winds of Change
It is my understanding that this magazine began, in its current form, in the early ‘80s. It had existed as another entity, Aircraft Equipment Maintenance , for some time before that. Over the years, there...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Editor’s Notebook
As we went to press for this issue, the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) announced it is ending its affiliation with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). PAMA affiliated...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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Simply Maintenance
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler," Albert Einstein said. Einstein was quoted many times professing his appreciation of simplicity. On the cover of the...
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| 05.01.2009 |
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Signs of Hope?
I’ve been avidly reading and watching all the economic news I can get my hands on. I’m sure you have been, too. I’m no economist but I have watched the unemployment figures with a wary eye...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Amazing AvProNet
Back in our October issue last year I wrote about our new networking site called the Aviation Professionals Network (see "The New Networking," Aviation Maintenance , October 2008...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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Editor’s Notebook: Crushing Barriers
Recently I saw an interesting clip on YouTube. It is a short video produced by NASA astronaut Andrew Thomas. The video shows a young engineer attempting to bring her ideas about a redesign of...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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Go FAASTeam Go
The FAA Safety Team or FAASTeam is a group devoted to reducing aircraft accidents by promoting a cultural change in the aviation community toward a higher level of safety. This group is doing great things to...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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The Indispensible
Empire builder Warren Buffett is as unpretentious as they come. The Omaha, NE native embodies the mid-western mentality of hard work and low-key profile in spite of his billions in wealth. Dare I say it, he...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Is There a Mechanic in the House?
I live the metro Washington, D.C. area and read the Washington Post as my "hometown" newspaper. I am always on the lookout for information about aviation and obviously, maintenance in particular. I...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Editor's Notebook: Riding Out the Storm
It’s hard not to get discouraged after reading the newspaper or watching the talking heads on any news program. I won’t be one of those who sugar coats the situation. The economy is bad shape. For five...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Editor’s Notebook
The New Networking I first learned about social networking sites from my daughter, back when she was in high school, about five or six years ago. When she was a sophomore, these sites became "the thing to...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Achieving Excellent Service
In this issue you will find our roundtable discussion on what constitutes excellent customer service (see Aviation Maintenance Roundtable). During the discussion we talked about other industries and how aviation maintenance service...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Just Because
My husband and I have survived parenting one teenager and have one to go. Any of you who have traversed this territory know how treacherous it can be. So much learning occurs during those years and it isn’t...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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NASA’s ASRS Protects Mechanics, Too
Since 1976 the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS), a voluntary program that encourages reports from aviation personnel including mechanics, has received hundreds of thousands of submissions. The ASRS...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Editor’s Notebook
How Long for the Boom? As you no doubt quickly learned after entering the aviation arena, our industry is cyclical. There are boom times and slow times. I have seen this cycle play out numerous times in the...
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| 05.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Editor’s Notebook: Something’s Amiss
I attended the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation Infrastructure hearing last month regarding Southwest Airlines and the FAA. The hearing was riveting. A summary of the facts states...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Editor’s Notebook
Blame Game In early March the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it was initiating an action to collect a $10.2 million civil penalty from Southwest Airlines for operating 46 planes without...
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| 03.06.2008 |
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Mentoring
Was anyone else forced to read the Greek myths or Homer’s "Odyssey" in high school? I was. At the time, I thought of them as pure drudgery. Even the dreaded Shakespeare was better than these...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Editor’s Notebook: The Coming Revolution
We asked Jim McKenna, editor of our sister publication Rotor & Wing, to give us his perspectives on the coming changes in helicopter maintenance. Here are his thoughts. — Ed. A revolution is brewing...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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Lead the Way
At the recent Federal Aviation Administration International Safety Forum acting FAA Administrator, Robert Sturgell, addressed the need for the aviation industry to embrace and "become activists for safety...
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