Cancelled for Maintenance

​The Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) is held annually in conjunction with Aviation Week Network’s MRO Americas. Teams representing educational institutions, commercial airlines, repair and manufacturing companies, general aviation and space compete in a wide range of events that will highlight their technical prowess in aviation maintenance to find out who's the best of the best. The competition is hosted by the Aerospace Maintenance Council, a non-profit organization that promotes and supports the aerospace maintenance community. Today, Six & MBP explore some of the rules and the events that go into the AMC and how aspiring mechanics (and some seasoned ones too) should visit the event and if possible, participate in one. Big shoutout to all the teams who participated in this year's AMC event including but not limited to: the all-women team from Elevate Aviation, American Airlines, United; the service members from the US Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and the Royal Canadian Air Force; team members from various other airlines and MROs; and the student teams from various AMT schools across the US!

*For all the teams that participated or have participated in previous competitions, please let us know how the competition went, some of the ups and downs, and what you would recommend to anyone who's interested in participating in a future competition!*

Would like to learn more about the Aerospace Maintenance competition? Visit: https://www.aerospacecompetition.com/

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Everyone is exhausted. People are coping with collective grief and trauma, especially due to COVID-19. Today, we discuss how leaders and people of influence need to foster healthy coping mechanisms and discourage unhealthy ones; help ward off common mistakes while under pressure; and don’t cause additional issues on top of what people are already dealing with. 

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Being proactive can mitigate unforeseen risks and aid in optimizing tasks. However, proactivity can be a double-edged sword. Today, we explore how being proactive can actually hurt your productivity and how it can be seen as annoying and obnoxious!

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent federal agency that investigates every civil aviation incident in the United States.  The analyze probable cause to incidents and recommend safety actions to prevent mishaps from happening.  It's fair to say when NTSB representatives show up on site, everyone's anxiety level goes up, especially if you are going to be an involved party during an investigation.  We'll touch on the overall process the NTSB uses and what you as a mechanic should know and do about it. 

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We've talked  a lot about bad leadership and its consequences.  We've also mentioned how leaders can morph into the bad guy because of some toxic employees on their team. How though, do you provide assistance to your team without micromanaging them or come off as micromanaging them? Micromanagement has become a foul word in the workplace in every possible industry.  Why is it such a bad word, and how do we prevent it?

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We have made jokes in some of our previous episodes about having R2-D2 astromech robots to partner with us and perform aircraft maintenance. While having autonomous machines performing human-level maintenance may seem far away, there are robots in use today that aid in our performance upkeep tasks! From crawling spider bots to quad-copter hull scanners, future is fast becoming the now!

Would like to read more about the article we used for this episode? Visit:
https://www.prescouter.com/2019/12/emerging-technologies-in-aircraft-maintenance-robots-and-drones/

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What goes into an airport, why is it located where it’s at, and why are some airports nicer than others? Today we take a trip and explore 6 of the most luxurious airports in the world.  What sets these airports above the rest and why you should make that part of your travel plans!

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On April 24, 2022, Hulu will livestream the Red Bull “Plane Swap” stunt where two seasoned skydivers will set their planes on a 14,000 ft nose-dive, jump out of them, and then swap planes mid-dive. As amazing as this stunt will be, and we surely hope they are able to pull this off, the planning and execution of this stunt is no laughing matter. Today, we explore some of the steps it would take to pull off something like this, some of our views as mechanics, and we ask the question, “What comes after this?” 

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Today, we are co-collaborating with the Leaders of Aviation Podcast, hosted by Jeff Lively! Jeff is a pilot and Apache helicopter mechanic who assists pilots, both aspiring and seasoned, in their training and provides tabbed copies of the FAR/AIM manual for easy reference and effective training. We discuss our backgrounds, the importance of aircraft technicians and pilot training, and the potential future in aviation. The Leaders of Aviation podcast interviews business owners and other aviation personnel to give them a voice and provide a glimpse into their world. 

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In the aviation industry, some tasks feel very repetitive, tedious, convoluted, and even boring. These very mundane-seeming tasks lead us to get complacent and sometimes skip over their completion because of how superfluous they seem. When complacency sets in, that’s when mishaps occur. Today, we review two released incident reports from the US Air Force, as requested by some of our patrons, and explore how two seemingly mundane tasks can lead to millions of dollars in damage and almost resulted in loss of life. Some information have been oversimplified to preserve controlled information.

**Do you have a maintenance-related mishap story? Share us your story by emailing us at [email protected] or DM us on our social media handles!**

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