AVweb’s Friday Podcast: PAMA’s Brian Finnegan on the Current State of Airplane Maintenance

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Key Takeaways:

  • PAMA President Brian Finnegan refutes the claim that insurance concerns are the reason maintenance shops refuse to work on older airplanes.
  • Instead, Finnegan suggests that a shortage of skilled maintenance technicians is the underlying problem for shops declining work on older aircraft.
  • The podcast also addresses an expected looming shortage of aviation maintenance technicians.
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In today’s Friday podcast, AVweb literally talks shop with Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) President Brian Finnegan. He dismisses the notion reported in AVweb earlier this week that insurance concerns are behind some maintenance shops’ decision to refuse to work on older airplanes. Instead, he suggests that a shortage of skilled maintenance technicians could be behind the problem. To hear about this and the expected looming maintenance technician shortage, click through and listen.

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