Workforce & Training

Which wearable technologies will gain traction in MRO and which ones are not living up to the hype?

Key takeaways from Aviation Week’s MRO BEER virtual event in June.

Dave Davis, president and CFO at Sun Country Airlines, talks about how the airline’s new asset policy will aid its MRO.

How wearable devices are making MRO tasks easier and safer to complete.

Bird Guess, president/CEO of The Racial Equity Group, and Dr. Rebecca Keiser, chief of research security strategy and policy at the National Science Foundation, provide context and concrete actions.

The newest branch of the Aviation Institute of Maintenance will be 30% larger than its flagship campus in Norfolk, Virginia.

Chicago-based nonprofit AeroStar Avion Institute is working to make aviation careers more accessible for diverse communities.

Objectives could include building hangars for additional lines of maintenance or painting, as well as aircraft conversions.

Component and services demand for Pratt & Whitney’s legacy engines remains steady thanks to the soaring freighter movements in the past year.

ALL4JETS has implemented online training and distance examinations, launched an engine inspection subsidiary and increased staff in the face of changing customer demand.

Sensing that customers will continue to crave options to keep costs down and reliability up, Iberia Maintenance has positioned alternative sourcing as a major part of its services portfolio.

As progress is made on modernizing FAA Part 147 educational requirements, AMT schools prepare to train students to work with emerging aviation technologies.

To install a part or not, that is the question.

FAA, EASA and IATA develop new standards for biocide treatments to prevent engine degradation problems.

Aviation Women Inspiring Next Generation (A-WING) is working on efforts to bridge the gap between organizations devoted to women in aviation and companies seeki

Extended reality systems present a way to address key safety and workforce-training challenges.

Etihad’s head of technical training on adapting coursework to cope with pandemic restraints and looking into new technologies to train MRO workforce.

A study by members of the FAA’s Women in Aviation Advisory Board has identified several factors standing in the way of workforce gender balance.

United Airlines said Pratt & Whitney, the FAA and other stakeholders are making progress on getting Pratt PW4000-series engines back in service but declined to say when its affected 777s will return.

Ask the Editors: Despite pandemic budget challenges, MROs invested in technician-training technology to ensure regulatory compliance.

Launch Technical Workforce Solutions CEO Mike Guagenti shares insights on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the MRO workforce.

Aviation Week editors answer questions about the direction of the MRO industry as commercial aviation climbs out of the crisis.

Startling examples from the aviation industry reveal there is more work to do in making the aviation aftermarket workforce more diverse.

VIPER Transitions is working with MRO industry partners to help service members transition more easily into aviation maintenance careers.

Women in the MRO workforce are still facing gender-related challenges on the job.