THE RETURN OF MRO AMERICAS, AN INTERVIEW WITH LEE ANN SHAY - AVIATION WEEK NETWORK

THE RETURN OF MRO AMERICAS, AN INTERVIEW WITH LEE ANN SHAY - AVIATION WEEK NETWORK

Return  of MRO Americas

This year's MRO Americas exhibition saw a great turnout with hundreds of exhibitors. It gave Stephanie Bento, Senior Brand Manager for MHIRJ, the opportunity to sit down with Lee Ann Shay, Executive Editor MRO and Business Aviation, Aviation Week Network, to discuss her insights on the trending topic of recruiting labour technicians to the industry. 

Stephanie Bento: A hot topic in the industry right now is attracting talented maintenance technicians. And here to talk to us about that is Lee Ann Shay for Aviation Week. So, Lee Ann, from your perspective and your conversations in the MRO space, tell us, what are you seeing as a trend with this issue of recruiting labour technicians?

Lee Ann Shay: Labour shortage is being exasperated, especially as the airlines continue to recover. And there’s a lot of activity going around but it is having a direct impact for some MROs, but it’s also affecting the supply chain. It’s not just maintenance technicians, there’s a labour shortage around the world that’s affecting all aspects of the MRO industry. So, it is affecting turnaround time. 

 

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Stephanie Bento: We were really excited to be at this show post-COVID, meeting with our customers and our vendors. What do you take away from this year’s show?

Lee Ann Shay: It’s been a great MRO Americas. I mean they all are! But we are almost back to our pre-pandemic levels, but I think one of the over-arching themes was just that people are so happy to be back meeting in person and transacting business. We had over 800 exhibitors here. You know we had the commercial conference, MALMS, the Aerospace Maintenance Competition, record teams there. So just lots of really good enthusiasm. We’re very happy with it!

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It’s not just maintenance technicians, there’s a labour shortage around the world that’s affecting all aspects of the MRO industry. So, it is affecting turnaround time.

Lee Ann Shay