PMA suppliers have lobbied airlines and their lessors to approve their products for years. With the entry of Pratt & Whitney into the PMA business, their efforts may have turned the corner.

Crew rest areas have typically comprised dedicated seating in the first or business class cabins, or main-deck bunks. Now, Timco, in conjunction with Austrian Airlines, has developed a crew rest solution that doesn't sacrifice valuable passenger revenue space.

When Goodrich Corp.'s Information, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Division occupied its Chelmsford, Mass., location in April 2004, facilities manager Ken Deardon soon realized that the building, in which airborne surveillance equipment is produced for military applications, was hemorrhaging cash in energy costs.