Why Delta Is Testing Airplane Structural Monitoring Sensors
Release Date: 03/23/2021
Air India Crash Spotlights MRO Response To Accidents
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
India's regulator wasted no time in ordering special maintenance inspections within 24 hours after the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787. They were billed as "precautionary" and have turned up nothing notable—accident-related or otherwise. It's the latest example of how regulators are responding quickly to major occurrences, even if their actions have little technical basis. Host James Pozzi is joined by Aviation Week Safety Editor Sean Broderick and Dan Williams, director of Fleet Data Services for Aviation Week Network.
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What Stood Out At The 2025 Paris Air Show
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Listen in as editors discuss the big MRO news from this year’s Paris Air Show, as well as what changed from the last time the industry convened in Le Bourget in 2023.
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How Is GE Evolving Inspections & What’s Ahead For GTF Durability?
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Listen in as editors discuss the recent Pratt & Whitney GTF engine upgrades and how GE Aerospace is utilizing technology to develop new engine inspection processes.
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What's Happening In Engine Leasing?
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Aviation Week's James Pozzi, Alex Derber and Antoine Fafard share insights into the engine leasing market following the recent gathering of lessors and financiers at the ELTF Europe conference.
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Electrification, Hydrogen And A&P Testing Barriers
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Editors discuss the newest issue of Inside MRO, delving into features on electric technologies, testing barriers for U.S. A&P students, Ryanair’s evolving aftermarket and development of hydrogen fuel cells for aviation.
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Breaking Down The Headlines At MRO BEER
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Editors discuss the headline issues from MRO BEER 2025, including regulation and use of generative AI, shop visit strategies and workforce retention.
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What the Rolls-Royce And Turkish Technic Tie-Up Means For Trent MRO
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Listen in as editors discuss Turkish Technic joining Rolls-Royce's aftermarket network and plans to build a new maintenance center in Istanbul for Trent XWB and 7000 engines.
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Confronting MRO's Juniority Problem
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Listen in as James Pozzi and Lindsay Bjerregaard discuss the MRO industry's emerging challenge of a less experienced workforce as an increasing number of people reach retirement age.
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Will APAC Engine MRO Stay The Course?
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Listen as James Pozzi, Lee Ann Shay and Tom Broughton discuss highlights—including tariffs, engine leasing trends and engine material availability—from Aero-Engines Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong.
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Airlines And Aftermarket React To Tariffs
Aviation Week's MRO Podcast
Listen in as editors discuss market details as the tariff war disrupts the aviation industry, leaving airlines and the aftermarket facing uncertainty.
info_outlineDelta Air Lines installed sensors on the WiFi antenna area of an aircraft to test structural health monitoring. Could this be a step toward moving airframe MRO to a more predictive maintenance model, similar to that used by engines? David Piotrowski, Delta TechOps’ senior principal engineer, talks with Aviation Week’s Lee Ann Shay about how aircraft mainteannce could shift to data diven, tail-specific maintenance.