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 Post subject: Turbine Aircraft Maintenance Facilities
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To say that managing maintenance events has become challenging in the last few years would be an understatement. It seems that a maintenance visit to any shop has a fair chance of being a disappointing experience.

What the heck is going on?

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 Post subject: Re: Turbine Aircraft Maintenance Facilities
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To say that managing maintenance events has become challenging in the last few years would be an understatement. It seems that a maintenance visit to any shop has a fair chance of being a disappointing experience.

What the heck is going on?


Retirements. New hires. Lower expectations from shop management based on who is out there to hire (nobody). Your best bet is to park yourself there from start until finish.


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Some years ago a CFI that I used was not available for a Flight review in time for my needs. He told me he managed a PC-12 for a small group and was going to be out 10-14 days. The plane was going out of state for an annual inspection and he would be present for its entirety. That was back when things were "normal", so in today's environment it is probably a necessity to keep your airplane from sliding back in the schedule.

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What the heck is going on?

Supply and demand. Demand is significantly outstripping supply.

The maintenance ecosystem is a little like the highway system - you can add more traffic until it crosses a threshold where there is not quite enough spare space to maneuver and then everything just gets jammed up.

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I built this hangar, hired mechanics, and got my A&P because the writing was on the wall a few years ago. You cannot support/sell/own/operate quality machines without an intimate knowledge of maintenance. There are 15 parts airplanes behind the hangar, 2000 ft of air conditioned parts storage and 5 more shipping containers of parts.

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