MainLog attended the 12th Annual Latin American & Caribbean Airline Engineering & Maintenance Conference.

Line & Base Maintenance Manpower Recruitment & Training.
Steve Salvione, Technical Director, Taca Aeroman, WA, USA. Given the expected growth in the world’s fleet, there could be a shortage in base and line maintenance manpower on a worldwide basis. What steps can airlines take to ensure that they have suitably qualified and experienced personnel when they need them? What lead times are required to ensure that such personnel are available? To what extent have former sources of
recruitment dried up as aviation has become a less ‘glamorous’ profession?

Impact of Fuel Cost to the MRO Industry
Jonathon Berger, VP Technical Services, SH&E, NY, USA. What can airline maintenance divisions do to help offset the rising costs of fuel? How will 3rd party MROs be impacted? To what extent will high fuel costs impact MRO outsourcing? A look at the historical and potential future impact of high fuels costs to the MRO
industry.

Reducing Inventory Costs
Russell Bonnell, SVP Global Sales, GA Telesis, FL, USA. An airline discusses the steps that it has taken to reduce its inventory costs, the selling of surplus inventory, policies for purchasing new inventory and the purchasing of used inventory. Rotable asset management, the use of consignment inventories and the use of
specialist inventory providers.