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MRO Blog
Final FAA Rule on 737 Flight Data Recorders
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by Elyse Moody at
12/4/2008 2:48 PM CST
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FAA issued a final rule Dec. 2 amending regulations for flight data recorders. The amended guidelines increase the DFDR parameters for Boeing 737 series aircraft manufactured after Aug. 18, 2000. It also mandates the requirements for aircraft operated under part 125. The amendments become effective Feb. 2, 2009. ... Read More » |
United Cuts Maintenance Bases
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by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at
12/4/2008 12:21 PM CST
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Today's Chicago Tribune reports that United Airlines plans to lay off 700 mechanics in Chicago, San Francisco (home of United Services ), New York, Newark and Philadelphia. United Services' website says the airline MRO's top five customers are United, Air China, Korean Air, Mexicana and third-party support for U.S. ... Read More » |
Satair, Siemens and Singapore
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by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at
12/4/2008 12:01 PM CST
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Satair and Siemens renewed their product support agreement, which means that Satair will be the authorized distributor and repair station for Siemens ' Airborne Fire Protection Systems in the Asia Pacific region. Satair established a repair station in Singapore in 2006, but the two companies have partnered since ... Read More » |
Aircraft Interiors Picture Book
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by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at
12/3/2008 7:20 PM CST
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If you're searching for another coffee table book, "Jetliner Cabins" might be for you. This $55, 216-page compilation by Jennifer Coutts Clay features 450 pictures of aircraft cabins and information about what it takes to design a cabin. As the press release says, "Readers will find in the 16 chapters information about ... Read More » |
How to Change the Brakes on a Delta 777
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by Elyse Moody at
12/3/2008 3:15 PM CST
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The world will find out thanks to a feature on the Speed Channel's "Busted Knuckles with Rich Ragains" show, I found out by reading Delta Air Lines Under the Wing blog today. Click here to watch a preview of the episode, which features Delta AMTs Richard DiBella and Garry Caldwell working with host Ragains to change ... Read More » |
Welcome Home Guard Maintainers
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by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at
12/3/2008 2:20 PM CST
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The Minnesota Star Tribune ran an Associated Press report about 30 maintainers and air crew from the Minnesota Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing returning home in a C-130H from Afghanistan today. They served in Afghanistan for six months, according the the article. Welcome home, and thank you. ... Read More » |
Qantas Union Concerned About Merger
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by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at
12/3/2008 1:21 PM CST
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Joe Kelly reported in The Australian that Qantas's Transport Workers Union wants the airline and the Australian government to protect maintenance jobs if the airline and British Airways merge. The article says Qantas has 3,500 maintenance and engineering workers. Given that American Airlines and Iberia also have ... Read More » |
Parts Budgeting For Gulfstreams
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by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at
12/3/2008 9:53 AM CST
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Gulfstream launched a cost-assured parts provisioning program called BudgetPlus. The spare parts subscription program, similar to a power by the hour engine support contract, offers owners of mid-cabin Gulfstreams (G200, G150, G100) another way to manage their annual maintenance costs. The program operates on a ... Read More » |
FSF's Voss Calls for Collaboration Among Regulators, Labor
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by Elyse Moody at
12/2/2008 1:19 PM CST
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"We don't have a lot of technical problems anymore. We have systemic problems that are sensitive and difficult to address," said Flight Safety Foundation President and CEO William R. Voss in his keynote address at today's 5th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum in Washington. "Perhaps today we could start by ... Read More » |
Japan Airlines's SAP For Mx
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by Lee Ann Tegtmeier at
12/2/2008 8:24 AM CST
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My colleague Graham Warwick let me know that Japan Airlines launched an enterprise resource planning system for its aviation maintenance activities, which includes managing 160 aircraft, 460 engines and 500,000 parts. Everything from maintenance planning to quality control is included in this SAP system that IBM Business ... Read More » |
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