October 10, 2022

October 10, 2022

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Inside MRO

Slowly Climbing

By James Pozzi,Sean Broderick12 min

PILOTS

TRAINING DAZE

By Sean Broderick,Ben Goldstein10 min

ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY

Self-Flyer

By Garrett Reim10 min

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Inside MRO

Slowly Climbing

London and Washington After a two-year slump tied to the significant reduction in flying caused by the passenger-demand downturn, engine maintenance activity is slowly trending upward—particularly for heavier workscopes. But an across-the-board return to pre-pandemic levels is still seen as a few years off, with engine shop-visit activity not expected to hit 2019 levels until 2024 or later.

By James Pozzi,Sean Broderick12 min

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PILOTS

TRAINING DAZE

> EARLY RETIREMENTS SHUFFLED LARGE-AIRLINE PILOT SENIORITY LISTS > CHANGES FORCED SOME CARRIERS TO MODIFY TRAINING PROGRAMS > REGIONALS ARE BOOSTING WAGES-BUT ALSO THEIR COSTS

By Sean Broderick,Ben Goldstein10 min

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ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY

Self-Flyer

> WISK UNVEILS “GENERATION 6” PRODUCTION eVTOL > COMPANY BORROWS BOEING EXPERTISE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

By Garrett Reim10 min

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Indian Roadblocks

Bureaucratic red tape could be holding back the country’s MRO development

By Swaati Ketkar9 min

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FLYING THE VRM HELICOPTER SIMULATOR

TRAINING VIRTUALLY

> VRM SWITZERLAND’S VIRTUAL-REALITY SIMULATOR APPROVED AS LEVEL 3 FLIGHT TRAINING DEVICE > IT NEEDS MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAN FULLFLIGHT SIMULATOR > DEVICE OFFERS LOWERCOST WAY TO PROVIDE HELICOPTER TRAINING

By Patrick R. Veillette9 min

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PILOTS

Shoring Up the Post-COVID-19 Pilot Workforce

> CONSULTANCY OLIVER WYMAN PREDICTS LOOMING PILOT SHORTAGES > EUROPEAN COCKPIT ASSOCIATION SEES TRAINING ISSUES FOR EUROPE’S PILOT WORKFORCE

By Helen Massy-Beresford,Thierry Dubois,Adrian Schofield8 min

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DEFENSE

Sensory Overload

> HIGH-ALTITUDE SENSING QUEST NEARS U.S. ARMY LAUNCH > SERVICE OUTLINES PLANS FOR HADES, HERMES, ARGOS AND HELIOS

By Steve Trimble8 min

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LOT Polish Airlines

How is LOT’S operation ramping up in 2022 compared with the previous two years? From the airline’s perspective, we are fitting in well within the International Air Transport Association’s predictions and how commercial aviation in Europe and globally will fare after COVID-19.
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Going Long-Play

Cockpit voice recorders get boost in recording time, data integration

By Paul Seidenman,David Spanovich7 min

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European Component Crunch

MROs are responding with innovations that will serve them well when the crisis is over

By Keith Mwanalushi7 min

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