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AIRLINE MX COSTS WILL GO UP

Posted By Roy Resto | August 02, 2019

You’re on your honeymoon. Your eyes are a-glaze with thoughts of a tranquil reverie with your beloved. Soon the honeymoon will be over and you’ll come home to the new reality of the challenge to make the relationship work. And so it is with airlines…...

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ARE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMs (SMS) COMING TO USA 145’s?

Posted By Roy Resto | June 06, 2019

To lawyers and quality geeks, the careful selection of words one uses to communicate is a source of constant musing. Because of this I’m amazed that preflight passenger briefings continue to use a curious mixture of potentially confusing words for...

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FACTS, FIGURES, AND FORECASTS, 2019 Part I

Posted By Roy Resto | April 01, 2019

As promised, here is part I of 2019’s compilation of Facts, Figures, and Forecasts (F3). I normally would have posted this later this year, but there was a considerable abundance of data, so here ‘tis. By the way many of you have shared your like ...

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Aircraft Disassembly/Recycling’s AFRA BMP and the New IATA BIPAD

Posted By Roy Resto | February 01, 2019

I detect that I have set a new personal record (woohoo!) for the amount of acronyms in a blog article title at four. If you’re reading this, you probably already have a good handle on what they mean, but more on that later.

Before we get started I ...

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FACTS, FIGURES, AND FORECASTS, 2018 Part II

Posted By Roy Resto | December 03, 2018

As promised, here is part II of 2018’s compilation of Facts, Figures, and Forecasts (F3). The source citations are at the very end.

Here are the data listings in this order:

  • Here’s a listing of the world’s top defense contractors
  • Level of Chinese a...

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MROs OPENING UP AFTERMARKET DISTRIBUTORSHIPS

Posted By Roy Resto | October 01, 2018

A growing trend I’ve observed in my consulting and auditing activities involves Maintenance Repair and Overhaul MROs) organisations opening up affiliated aftermarket distributorships. For example, an MRO opens up a separate but affiliated firm, an...

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