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| 03.01.2009 |
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Human Factors Ladder Still Needs to Extend Higher
We have certainly come a long way in human factors training for aircraft maintenance technicians. I have had the opportunity to work with organizations around the world teaching and helping to develop customized human factors programs....
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| 02.01.2009 |
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Maintenance Tools
Wheel Probes Highlight Ultrasonic Sensor Line UK-based Sonatest Ltd. has launched a line of ultrasonic NDT sensors that includes its Wheelphobe series. Three models comprise the series — the single element...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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The Chattering Class Gets Nervous
I recently ran into one of my counterparts at an aviation industry gathering, and his remarks to me were profoundly disturbing (well, what passes for profound among publishing's...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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RESPECT
Generally speaking, income is simply a measure of your value to society. The more you are valued, the more you make. Our society is somewhat myopic at times and values more highly the people who have...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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Brian Finnegan, AME director, professional certification for PAMA/SAE Institute
AM: Please provide us with an overview and update on the PAMA/SAE Certification Program for maintenance technicians. Finnegan: Our vision is to be the third-party, neutral forum in which advanced aviation maintenance technician standards of competence are developed and monitored over time....
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Component Confuse-Un
Geoffrey Holder, an actor from Trinidad, is best remembered for the mid-1970s comparison of the cola nut and the un-cola nut. The commercial’s intent: distinguish between a Kola nut...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Vince Doherty, VP sales & business development for AviIT
AM: Tell us about yourself and AviIT. Vince Doherty: AviIT focuses on the aviation sector, where we have been providing advanced...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Maintenance Tools
BitFlip Offers Eight Screwdriver Tips Wiha Quality Tools of Monticello, Minn. has released its BitFlip magnetic screwdriver with storage for eight quarter-inch bits in the handle. The bit drawer flips out and...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Flying Into Rough Skies
Despite all of the talk about reducing our dependency on oil, we are unavoidably compelled to live in the "Hydrocarbon Age," well into the foreseeable future. Even though oil...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Outsourcing: The 800-Pound Gorilla
Despite the recent congressional hearings concerning inadequate FAA oversight of repair stations, particularly foreign CRS facilities, the FAA continues to certify new ones...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Robert Weiner, President & CEO, PAS Technologies
When Gridiron Capital LLC acquired PAS Technologies Inc. from Praxair in 2006, it knew it had to improve customer service. Key to that effort was selecting...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Maintenance Tools
Shaft Alignment System Features Graphical Interface Mölndal, Sweden-based Elos Fixturlaser has introduced a shaft alignment system for maintenance uses. Fixturlaser GO comes with all basic shaft alignment...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Bursting Bubbles
That whooshing sound you hear is the air escaping from our punctured bubble economy — and with it, everyone’s expectations for business jets. Until recently, most analysts were predicting...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Career Alternatives in a Shrinking Job Market
You say you’ve just gotten a pink slip from your employer? Is it your first? Congratulations and welcome to the club. It only took two furloughs for me to learn...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Q&A with Rob Mionis, CEO of DAE Engineering
Rob Mionis, CEO of DAE Engineering and President & CEO of StandardAero In August of this year DAE Engineering and its StandardAero subsidiary announced the consolidation of their leadership teams. As part...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Spotting News You Can't Use
Pass me the aspirin — I just got my 10th unsolicited press release of the day and it’s not even noon yet. I tend to get inundated with releases all year long, but the sudden surge in their generation is...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Q&A with Peeter Kivestu, Teradata
What does Teradata do and what is enterprise data warehousing? Kivestu: Teradata provices integrated, optimized and extensible technology for a single
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| 10.01.2008 |
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The R is Silent
Being a New Yorker by birth, I am intrigued by the way others speak. Just within a few miles of my old neighborhood one can encounter a cornucopia of dialects. I also defer to my adopted city...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Maintenance Tools
Latchways Wingrip Fall Protection System: Harnessing the science of safety. Working atop aircraft is dangerous due to the slippery, sloped nature of the surfaces. The Latchways Wingrip fall protection system is...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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George Miller, President, Ship it AOG
AM: Tell us about your background. George Miller: My passion for aviation started at a young age on Long Island, N.Y. on the approach path to JFK Airport. I went to...
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