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| 07.01.2006 |
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Are Contract Maintenance Workers Safe?
First starting in the late 1970s in Western Europe and particularly in the United Kingdom (UK), maintenance-repair-overhaul organizations (MROs), both airlines and separate third-party companies, hired workers for short or medium periods of employment. Over...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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GAMCO Wins Part 21J DOA
Gulf Aircraft Maintenance Company (GAMCO) has won Part 21J Design Organization Approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The company adds this to similar approvals from the UAE, Oman and Qatar. Susan Abdul Aziz, head of marketing and...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Mustang Magic
Citation Mustang Designed for Simplified Maintenance The maintenance philosophy is to replace moving parts with moving electrons. For MROs, the term "new and improved aircraft" is synonymous with "more complicated, requires new tools, and is...
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| 04.01.2006 |
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Fleet Maintenance 101
The two premier university-associated flight training schools, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) and University of North Dakota (UND) with large diverse fleets, seem to have found the magic formula to keep their aircraft safe, efficient and where...
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| 03.01.2006 |
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The EPA Parts Mystery
With the PMA parts industry long-established in the USA and flourishing, Europe's equivalent, in the form of European Parts Approval (EPA) parts and bearing the approvals of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) since September 2003, remains a nonentity...
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| 03.01.2006 |
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`Trust But Verify' Is JetBlue Approach to Outsourced Maintenance
JetBlue's philosophy is that heavy maintenance is a business in and of itself, worthy of specialized commitment. That's one reason they have chosen to outsource that component of their maintenance to companies they refer to as partners. At JetBlue Airways...
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| 03.01.2006 |
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Plotting the Potential for PMA Parts
Along with maturity comes acceptance, and along with acceptance comes market potential. This premise would appear to apply to the parts manufacturer approval (PMA) industry today. PMA parts have been produced for 50 years, beginning with the demand for...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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SDRs and Mx Alerts
Piper PA32: Aircraft landed safely, while taxiing, left tire went flat. Once the wheel fairing was removed, noted inboard wheel half was rubbing brakes. Pilot reported briefly smelling rubber after landing. Once disassembled, with brake disc removed, IB wheel...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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Structural Failure May Have Led To Chalk Airways Crash
The right wing separated on the seaplane shortly after takeoff from Miami, and the crash into the coastal water killed all 20 aboard. The wing was recovered from the water on Dec. 20 and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) engineers and metallurgists...
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| 01.01.2006 |
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2006 Repair Center Directory
Alphabetical index of listed companies...
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| 01.01.2006 |
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Briefs
IAs Can Renew at PAMA Show The FAA has agreed to permit mechanics holding the Inspection Authorization to renew their IA at the PAMA 2006 Aviation Maintenance Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada March 28-30, 2006. FAA inspectors on-site will renew IAs no matter...
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| 08.01.2005 |
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Bizjet MRO
Are OEMs Squeezing MROs on Parts Discounts? In an effort to clear out their warehouses and bring in much-needed cash, aviation original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are slashing retail parts prices as ruthlessly as they can. Unfortunately, some...
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| 08.01.2005 |
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Composites
ABAQUS Composite Failure and Fracture Prediction Software Available Last spring, ABAQUS announced it would offer new capability for its advanced finite element analysis software suite with an add-on called VCCT for ABAQUS. The add-on is based on specific...
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| 08.01.2005 |
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Safety News
TWA Flight 800's fuel tank exploded, causing the aircraft to break apart and crash shortly after departing John F. Kennedy International Airport on July 17, 1996 bound for Paris. All 230 souls on board were killed. Nine years later almost nothing has been...
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| 07.01.2005 |
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Salary Survey
View the entire article with graphs and charts. Aviation Maintenance U. S. Salary Survey This year, the survey shows that maintenance personnel are earning a little more money, but among maintainers, there is a lot more worry about job security, career...
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| 07.01.2005 |
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Salary Survey
Do Great Maintenance Jobs Exist? You Bet! Although our 2005 Salary Survey paints a mixed picture with worry about job security and career opportunities, there are some great jobs in the aviation maintenance business. Take a look at a few of those jobs and the...
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| 06.01.2005 |
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Aftermarket Outlook
The good news is that flying activity is up by almost every measure. Worldwide airline traffic is already at or near pre-2001 recession levels. Business jet sales are recovering strongly. Military activity continues unabated. Helicopters remain a growing...
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| 06.01.2005 |
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NDT SPECIAL REPORT-A look at what’s new in Non-Destructive Testing.
As operators are putting greater demands on their aircraft, non-destructive testing (NDT) is playing a more important role in every phase of airframe and engine maintenance. And as you would expect, NDT equipment manufacturers are introducing some new tools...
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| 06.01.2005 |
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Views from the Hangar
We asked companies to discuss their views of the maintenance marketplace: Walter Rittenhouse, senior vice president technical services, Banyan Air Service (turbine aircraft maintenance, avionics, modification services): "Our maintenance workload has...
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| 06.01.2005 |
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Workplace
Promoting the Right People When it comes to hiring for middle- and top-level management positions, nothing boosts employee morale more than promoting from within. Of course, this requires a pool of management prospects to exist within the corporation...
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