This is the second portion of a two-part article on aviation industry standards. The first article discussed the need for standards and how they emerge. This portion will cover one of the most widely-used international industry standards: the ATA spec family of aviation standards (and ATA Spec 2000 in particular). There are many more industry standards, but from an aftermarket point of view, ATA Spec 2000 is one of the key means of transacting aircraft parts-related business. This is why I chose to explore this particular set of standards further.
D.O.M. News
04/01/2012 - 12:00
04/01/2012 - 12:00
The time is coming when we shall find the means of transportation by bird-like flights as safe and satisfactory as transportation by steamship or locomotive and with still greater speed. This is not to be accomplished by racing or doing circus tricks in the air at aviation meets. - Harriet Quimby, Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, 1911
04/01/2012 - 12:00
Is your company stuck in the 19th or early-20th century “find me a victim” scenario? Did you drink the Kool Aid and get sucked into the “no fault, gather around the camp fire, pound a drum and chant” syndrome? Did you eventually snap out of your delusion only to revert to finding victims? “Spare the rod, spoil the child,” is still valid but it has to done judiciously. Punishment for the sake of punishing is sadistic and counterproductive.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
By Thomas G. Dolan
With the advancements in technology of today’s aircraft, avionics knowledge is a necessity in most aircraft maintenance career fields. Brad J. Primm, executive vice president of aircraft technical support for Million Air at Houston’s Hobby Airport in Texas, recalls that when he got his start in what was to become a full-blown career in avionics, he didn’t know what the word meant.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
How willing would someone be to obey an order that conflicts with his or her personal conscience? That’s what Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram set out to understand in his controversial psychological experiment in 1961.
03/27/2012 - 07:34
In each of the past 49 years, the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized a small group of aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics, and safety for their contributions to aviation, education, and flight safety.
03/27/2012 - 07:29
Aspen Avionics, manufacturer of the Evolution Flight Display, and Avidyne Corporation, a provider of integrated flight deck solutions, announce that certification is imminent for the interface between the Avidyne DFC90 Digital Autopilot and the Aspen Evolution Pro Primary Flight Display, and is expected in the next ninety days.
Initial certifications will be in Avidyne's Cessna 182 and in Aspen's Cirrus SR22, with additional plans to seek installation approval on the Beech Bonanza in second quarter of 2012.
03/26/2012 - 12:36
Associated Aircraft Group (AAG), the East Coast’s premier executive helicopter service, is celebrating its achievement of more than 40,000 hours of safe flying in its fleet of Sikorsky S-76® helicopters. The company’s achievement encompasses more than 17 years of operating the S-76 helicopter.
03/26/2012 - 12:26
Dallas Airmotive’s Singapore Regional Turbine Center (RTC) has been awarded its operating certificate by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). The RTC is authorized by Honeywell for TFE731 major periodic inspection (MPI) services and line maintenance on TFE731, CFE738 and HTF7000 engines as well as line maintenance on RE100, RE220 and 36 series APUs.
03/01/2012 - 12:00
I’m surprised at how the word “communication” is so easy to pronounce, and almost everyone believes is easily accomplished. But is it?
As a director of maintenance, this one single word could be the key to your success! We know that in a large operation, whether it is an MRO or aircraft management company, the structure is such that there are many departments that make up the whole of the operation. Being a good communicator has to be at the top of our list to bring our specific department up to its best performance level that can be achieved.
03/01/2012 - 12:00
Snap-on Industrial, a division of Snap-on Incorporated, a global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, diagnostics, equipment, software and service solutions for professionals, has donated two items for this year’s D.O.M. magazine awards winners. Snap-on Industrial has donated a BK6000 Video/Still Recording Digital Borescope and a TechAngle Electronic Torque Wrench.
03/01/2012 - 12:00
West Star Aviation has been named Business of the Year by the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. The announcement was made on Friday, January 27th, at the annual awards banquet held at Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction. West Star was chosen by past winners of the award, and is being recognized for its contributions to the local community.
03/01/2012 - 12:00
Constant Aviation, LLC, a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility headquartered at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, announces the completion of the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Aircell’s® Cabin Wireless Access Point (CWAP), which provides in-cabin Wi-Fi service for Gogo Biz™ Inflight Internet for Embraer EMB135LR aircraft.
03/01/2012 - 12:00
Emmanuel Dupuy, managing director and partner Alain Regourd, announced the public launch of Heli Asset at HAI’s Heli Expo® Convention in Dallas, TX.
Heli Asset’s mission is to deliver the highest level of brokerage service to helicopter operators and lessors.
A spin-off of Regourd Aviation’s helicopter sales department, it has decades of helicopter transaction experience. It offers clients decisive processes, a global network and local expertise wherever in the world.
03/01/2012 - 12:00
I was recently following an online discussion on the shortage of aircraft mechanics in the industry. Most people that were involved in the discussion felt that good, qualified mechanics are difficult, if not impossible to find. This is a discussion that I am hearing more frequently these days as the problem continues to grow.