The WATS 2024 maintenance session on VR/AI showed the commercial aviation maintenance community has indeed radically changed course. Marty Kauchak reports.
George Perrin, Moderator of WATS Maintenance Session 3, led a panel discussion that conveyed to an overflowing room of delegates that the US commercial aviation training community is has started making important changes in the way regulators and community stakeholders recruit, train and retain its maintenance technicians.
Efforts to bolster the certificated aviation mechanic workforce face a pivotal juncture, with the latest research from the Aviation Technical Education Council (ATEC) showing the critical need for growth and diversification.