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As 2020 comes to a close, PAMA would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the PAMA Mx News Watch a look at our choices for 'Most Relevant Articles' of the year. Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, Jan. 6.
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1. FAA confident new mechanic training rules imminent
Aviation Week Network
From Sept. 17: The FAA remains confident that it will finalize a long-awaited revamp of U.S. mechanic training standards by the end of 2020, Administrator Steve Dickson said Sept. 14.
"We're working very hard to push this on through the rulemaking process and get it on the street by the end of this year," Dickson told attendees of the Aviation Technician Education Council's virtual annual conference.
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2. MRO 'swamped' with inquiries over anti-microbial coating treatment
Aviation Week
From March 25: Constant Aviation, a Cleveland-based maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist, says concern over the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wave of inquiries from business and commercial operators over applications of a specially developed anti-microbial protection treatment for aircraft interiors.
The nontoxic coating, developed by coating company MicroShield 360, is currently being applied to more than 160 aircraft operated by Flexjet, and is also applicable to larger commercial aircraft.
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3. Metrojet completes major Mx checks on G650ERs
AINonline
From Nov. 25: Metrojet has completed two Gulfstream G650ER 4C inspections in the past six months, the only Hong Kong-based MRO to do so. The first one was completed in May while the second one was wrapped up in October.
Included in the checks were fuel tank inspections, ram air turbine ground functional tests, landing gear modifications, and shock servicing. Metrojet also rectified all defect findings on the twinjets within the 30-day planned downtime.
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4. Why is the cockpit called the cockpit?
General Aviation News
From Sept. 23: Franklyn, a Sport Pilot from Virginia, writes: I figured that as you write "Questions from the Cockpit," you'd know how the cockpit got its name. Why is the cockpit called the cockpit?
There are three competing theories to explain the use of the word "cockpit" as the name for the nerve center of an airplane. Strap in, we'll fly through them all.
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5. Torqued: Beware what you put in writing
AINonline
From March 4: Just when you think there isn’t another lesson to be learned from the Boeing 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, along comes a trove of email and text messages from Boeing employees involved in the certification of the Boeing 737 Max that just leave me scratching my head. The messages were handed over to Congressional investigators at the beginning of the year and include over 100 pages of internal documents; most are messages between Boeing employees; but some are between Boeing employees and inspectors at the Federal Aviation Administration.
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7. Michigan pilot creates hangar man cave
General Aviation News
From Aug. 12: Gary Huffman likes to kid people when they come inside his hangar “man cave” asking him where the hangar door is. He tells them he takes the wings off his plane and brings it in through the window.
Except for the telltale red hydraulic cylinders on each side of the closed door, it really isn’t very easy to tell where the hangar door is.
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8. Ask Paul: Can I permanently remove the vacuum pump?
General Aviation News
From Oct. 14: Q: Are there any Service Bulletins or Service Instructions pertaining to permanently removing a vacuum pump from a Lycoming engine?
I've noticed a Plug-Vacuum Pump Drive, P/N LW-10303, is shown in some parts manuals, but is not shown in other parts manuals.
The engine I'm currently servicing is an IO-360-C1C6, installed on a PA-28R-201 (Arrow III), built in 1978. This plane has recently had its two original gyros removed and replaced with dual Garmin GI 275 indicators.
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9. FAA updates on Boeing 737 MAX
FAA
From July 8: The FAA and Boeing today completed the certification flight tests on the Boeing 737 MAX. During three days of testing this week, FAA pilots and engineers evaluated Boeing's proposed changes in connection with the automated flight control system on the aircraft. While completion of the flights is an important milestone, a number of key tasks remain, including evaluating the data gathered during these flights.
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10. Aviation mechanics need to be interested early down under
Aviation Week Network
From Feb. 19: Technician recruitment is a challenge impacting all parts of the world. This is very much the case in Australia, a country where MRO providers are looking at the tips and traps for recruiting new aviation mechanics.
For example, Denise Dunn is head of department for senior schooling and partnerships at Aviation High School. "We are a standard high school which attracts students interested in this occupation," Dunn explains.
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TRADE SHOWS AND CONVENTIONS
| Date |
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| Jan. 1-June 30, 2021 |
2021 Regional Forums |
Various Locations
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| Jan. 26-27, 2021 |
MRO — Aero Engines Americas |
Dallas, Texas
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| Feb. 8-10, 2021 |
2021 Leadership Conference |
Palm Springs, California
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| Feb. 9-11, 2021 |
Routes Americas 2021 |
Bogota, Columbia
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| Feb. 23-26, 2021 |
2021 Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC2021) |
Fort Worth, Texas
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| March 2-3, 2021 |
MRO Middle East |
Dubai, UAE
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| March 5-6, 2021 |
PB Expo |
Miami, Florida
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| March 11-13, 2021 |
Women in Aviation |
Reno, Nevada
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| March 23-25, 2021 |
Heli-Expo |
New Orleans, Louisiana
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| April 13-15, 2021 |
NBAA ABACE |
Shanghai, China
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| April 27-29, 2021 |
MRO Americas — Aerospace Maintenance Competition |
Orlando, Florida
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| June 2021 |
FAA-EASA International Aviation Safety Conference |
Washington, D.C.
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| June 14-19, 2021 |
QUE Group |
San Diego, California
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| June 21-27, 2021 |
Paris Airshow (CANCELED) |
Paris, France
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