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| 07.01.2008 |
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Mark Burns: Steady at the Helm
AM: Larry Flynn leaves big shoes to fill. How will you live up to his legacy? Burns: It’s a big challenge. I am fortunate to have worked really closely with Larry for a long time. For 14 years we have had daily interaction. I know a great deal about...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Military: Rebirth of a C-17
Allan T. Duffin is a freelance writer, television producer and veteran of the U.S. Air Force. As a maintenance squadron commander, he deployed to Southwest Asia for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and received the Bronze Star for outstanding...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Military: Supporting the Military Maintainers
Helping soldiers keep battlefield tools up to date and ready for combat is the primary function of contract field service representatives. Battlefield logistics today are seriously challenged by the fact that while combat weapons have become highly...
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| 05.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Aftermarket: Confused About Aviation MX Insurance?
Insurance is figured into the cost of doing business, but with a limited number of insurers in the aviation industry, what’s a small shop to do? Whenever aviation mechanics or shop managers congregate, the subject of insurance almost always comes up...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Summit Aviation Wins: Prestigious Workplace Award
What keeps employees safe, happy and efficient? A management team that understands the needs of its employees and that includes a job that allows for personal and professional growth. As the only aviation MRO to win The Wall Street Journal’s 2007 Top...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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The MARPA Report: PMA Makes Great Strides for an Industry in Need
There’s no such thing as something for nothing. But sometimes, you can get more than you ever expected out of a bargain. PMA parts are a great example. They are generally much less expensive than parts sold by the original equipment manufacturers...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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PMA vs. OEM: The Business of Getting (and Keeping) Customers
According to the FAA, "Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) is both a design approval and a production approval. It is issued for the production of modification or replacement parts, which includes materials, parts, processes and appliances." The...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Special Report: TATEM: Europe’s Future View of Maintenance
The EU, European companies and institutions have embarked on a research project set to radically change the way commercial aircraft are maintained. A comprehensive and challenging approach that may garner great financial rewards. The time may come when...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Commercial: Into the Wild Blue: JetBlue Charts New Territory with Apprentice Mechanic Program
From their first flight in February of 2000, JetBlue Airways has been changing the way that airlines are managed and operated. Headquartered in Forest Hills, N.Y., "JetBlue is making an investment now, with an apprentice technician program, for the...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Aftermarket: A Fusion of Concepts: Pratt & Whitney’s Customer Training Centers
Pratt & Whitney’s Customer Training Centers deliver a comprehensive learning experience to a global market of aviation students. Whether time allows for a two-hour interactive distance learning session or 20 days for a heavy engine maintenance...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Aftermarket: Leadership Skills for Aircraft Maintenance Managers
It is much easier working on airplanes than managing the people who do the maintenance. Managing aircraft mechanics is a tough job and few people can do it well. The job is stressful but important and life-saving work. In examining the tough job of managing...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Special Report: To A Higher Standard
The aviation industry’s insurers, employers and maintenance providers recognize the benefit of employing certified professionals. SAE and PAMA are developing an advanced certification program that augments the FAA standards and develops multiple career...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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Special Report: Outlook 2007
Instead of looking at the myriad of forecasts available in the aviation industry to determine where we are headed for this outlook, I asked several industry visionaries to give their take on the future of aviation maintenance. As amazing and futuristic as...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Commercial: Global Maintenance from the Middle East
A rapidly growing worldwide reputation has allowed Abu Dhabi’s aircraft maintenance company to become a formidable player throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and beyond. The Gulf Aircraft Maintenance Company, or GAMCO, recently signed...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Aftermarket: The Environmental Revolution
The reality of global warming has begun to dawn on mankind’s conscientiousness. A growing determination to maintain earth’s delicate balance is occurring as people begin to recognize a call to action. European laws, including plans to reduce...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Product Guide
Borescopes The IPLEX MX-R Videoscope System is a portable, flexible borescope system with image recording capabilities. IPLEX MX-R is a battery-powered borescope that uses high intensity LEDs at the insertion tube tip, which features a built-in recording unit...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Aftermarket: Part II Why Good Employees Violate Procedures — What We Can Do About It?
Part I of the article outlined the staggering costs of Procedural (Intentional) Non-Compliance (PiNC), how PiNC facilitates losses, and how people are hard-wired to a degree of PiNC behaviour (see AM, February 2007, page 20). Part II will briefly outline the...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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General Aviation: Don’t Know, Don’t Care: Tires
In the air, tires are just excess baggage. Unfortunately, that’s how many pilots feel toward their rubber doughnuts, and that is not a good thing. During an annual inspection, tires get a good look, and proper inflation is assured. For most of the rest...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Aftermarket: Why Good Employees Violate Procedures — Is it Inevitable
The dynamics of procedural non-compliance are complex. This is the first part in a two part series aimed at understanding how and why employees violate compliance and keys to controlling this phenomenon. Part II in next month’s issue will discuss the...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Q&A With AeroStrategy Principal KEVIN MICHAELS
AM: Kevin you indicated that the transport category aircraft fleet will grow from 17,500 aircraft in 2005 to more than 22,000 by 2010. What’s driving this growth and where will most of it occur? MICHAELS: The need for air transport aircraft closely...
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