Aviation View - Dec 2023

8 AVIATION VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 3, ISSUE 4 reliability and enhanced operations. It will be the standard in the future.” - LEONARD BEAUCHEMIN Managing Director, AeroTechna Solutions, LLC SAFER FLYING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY While increased utilization and lower operating costs are primary drivers behind the adoption of predictive maintenance technologies, another significant benefit is a measurable level of increased safety. “As the operational environment becomes more complex and congested, data generated by the aircraft can be used extensively for Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) applications to enable pilots to review past flights and learn from that data,” Kershaw said. “This will increase pilot awareness of safety-critical flight performance by enabling flight departments and training providers to refine procedures with the objective of increased operational safety.” “Going forward, there will only be benefits from the significant improvement in the collection and analysis of aircraft performance data relating to mission performance and maintenance,” Beauchemin said. “The aircraft manufacturing industry’s competitive sales will drive the use of predictive data for both reliability and enhanced operations. It will be the standard in the future.” While it may seem like emerging predictive technologies may be a proverbial silver bullet, promising to cure all business aviation maintenance woes, the fact is, to really benefit from all it can deliver, experts suggest the industry might need to shift the way it looks at intellectual property. “Communication and collaboration will be keys to success,” Kerton explained. “Data means nothing if it’s not shared with the right people at the right time. The aircraft’s manufacturer, suppliers and customers need to know what’s happening with each airplane to benefit us all.” Source- nbaa.org . Gaurav Joshi, First Published December 21st, Nov/Dec 2023