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thing is then doing that, because if you're
waiting more than two to three weeks on
something, each aircraft that's down, out
of rotation and out of operation, again, is
another impact to profitability and cashflow, "
Collins said.
The supply chain issues have forced
Paragon to be able to program only one
aircraft at a time being out of service out
of its fleet.
" What we've also noticed, I think, and
this is one of the other things we have to
do with our suppliers, is look at shipping
methods and shipping mechanisms that we
can rely on for shorter timeframe orders.
The larger institutional shippers, your
FedEx, your UPS, etc., right now, are not
as good a resource for our industry and our
companies as they have been in the past,
because they are involved, to a great degree,
in supply chain management for the very
large customers, very large segments of our
industry, " Collins continued.
To mitigate, Collins said they are moving
towards using more regionally affiliated
shippers that they feel have more reliability
right now.
Solution Shortage
For the maintenance shops feeling the
brunt of the supply chain disruption, there
is little they can do to help the problem
other than wait for it to resolve, said Hynes.
" I think in time it will get better. We all
just have to be patient and let the situation
work itself out, " he said. " Most mechanics
and owners have figure it out and worked
their way through it. We all just have to be
patient and let the situation work itself out.
You can not control those things that you
are not in charge of. "
While mechanics can do little but wait for
the problems to be solved, Collins stresses
that the industry should be self-examining
why this has happened to prevent it from
reoccurring in the future. " And I think it's
important ... for the folks in the aviation
maintenance industry to really sit back
and do an analysis of what's happened,
not just during the pandemic, but as we've
begun to wake up from that pandemic. How
we've responded and how we've been able to
respond are critically important, " he said.
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Collins continued that aviation and
aerospace are at a turning point and the
industry is poised for long-term growth;
growth that is unable to happen without
the critical aspect of aviation maintenance
being met. " It's an issue that the
industry has to demand from itself. We
have to solve it. We can't just sit back and
say, 'Well, we're going to wait on these
parts from China that we've been told are
going to take three months.' Well, that's
not really a solution. That's a reality in
present time, but it's not a solution for the
future, " he said.
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