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In aviation a conspicuous requirement among all the standards and regulations is training, Every. Single. One.

Do you claim to have a Quality and Safety culture? Show me your training program.

If there has ever been a critical time to revisit and...

As many of you know I have a fondness for electronics born of my avionics and electronic warfare background and experience, so the subject matter herein always commands my attention, as it should for you too since so many of you either sell assemblie...

Me at home: ‘Honey, where’s the ketchup, did you finish it?’

Wife: ‘It’s in the fridge’

Me: ‘I looked, it’s not there’

The sound of pounding footsteps on a mission are heard marching to the fridge, whereupon an impressive and commanding opening sw...

Scenario: You are a distributor, and you have an MMR (Multi Mode Receiver) in your Quarantine Cage because the MRO- Maintenance Repair & Overhaul shop returned the part to you as BER- Beyond Economical Repair due to an unrepairable power supply. Ther...

It has been 22 years since the ATA Spec 106 was updated, and it is now at revision 2023.1. The proper and full name of this document is ATA Specification 106, Sources & Approved Parts Qualification Guidelines (herein ‘the spec’). In this article the ...

Last year the ASA recorded 41 Repeat Findings during audits. What behaviors (or lack thereof) contribute to the likelihood of new or repeat findings?

I was recently in a hotel listening to the local news broadcast. An area leader was celebrating the...