Fake parts a real threat

Counterfeit parts are a threat to safety, reliability and profitability of operators and MROs alike. Chuck Grieve has been looking at the problem. They’re called suspected unapproved parts – SUPs for short. When an industry gives something like that its own acronym, you know there’s a problem. The...

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