How The MRO Industry Is Handling The Experience Gap

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AAR is assessing how technology—such as augmented and virtual reality-based training and QR-code-prompted video tutorials—could help technicians learn more quickly.

Credit: AAR Corp.
Widespread efforts in the maintenance, repair and overhaul industry to boost interest in aviation careers and create pipelines for new technicians are starting to make a dent in the labor shortage, but changing workforce dynamics are leading to different challenges for employers. According to the...
Lindsay Bjerregaard

Lindsay Bjerregaard is managing editor for Aviation Week’s MRO portfolio. Her coverage focuses on MRO technology, workforce, and product and service news for MRO Digest, Inside MRO and Aviation Week Marketplace.

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