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TRAINING VS COMPETENCY

Posted By Roy Resto | August 01, 2025

A noticeable trend which should give all of us pause for circumspection is that of training vs competency. The noticeable trend is that on paper, employees have the documented training, but in practice the corresponding skills are noticeably lacking....

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Where Does Your Quality System Stand on the Matrix?

Posted By Roy Resto | June 01, 2025

As an auditor of Quality Systems and a consultant, I find myself in a unique position to observe the evolving conditions of many companies both domestically and globally. A conspicuous phenomenon is that the status quo or stability in Quality Syste...

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AI In Our Market Segment

Posted By Roy Resto | March 30, 2025

POV: Forever that acronym will be etched in my memory as Privately Owned Vehicle of government expense report fame, but today it has gained social media popularity as Point of View. Today I’ll stick to the latter.

Depending on your POV, Artificial ...

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THE UNIQUE WORLD OF AERIAL FIREFIGHTING

Posted By Roy Resto | February 02, 2025

INTRODUCTION:

As I was researching and writing this article the morning headlines read “Thousands Flee as Wildfires Burn Out of Control Around Los Angeles.” Honestly, I was in wonder at this coincidence, but here we go.

I had the pleasure of being ...

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Considering Opening A FAA Repair Station in the USA?

Posted By Roy Resto | December 01, 2024

I have received many inquiries about opening FAA repair stations in the USA and have had the pleasure of working with clients on many such projects. I have also worked with clients to open a Canadian AMO and Brasilian repair station, but those are id...

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RETURNS, RMAs, AND UNDERREPORTED QUALITY ISSUES

Posted By Jeanne Meade | October 02, 2024

In this age where we bask in torrents of overwhelming data, we must pause and ask, as we used to say in the military, what bits of this information comprise actionable intelligence? Most importantly is which bits can be data-mined for analysis which ...

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