Maintenance and Modifications
Safety, Workforce Headline Topics at NBAA Mx Conference
The conference featured 28 education sessions and 50 speakers
Maintenance talent retention panel at NBAA's maintenance conference
Jets MRO founder and CEO Suresh Narayanan responds to a question from moderator Erika Armstrong during a panel on mechanic retention and leadership challenges at NBAA’s annual maintenance conference as David Sturdy, senior talent acquisition specialist with Duncan Aviation, and Chris Poliak, Executive Jet Management’s v-p of maintenance, look on. © Curt Epstein/AIN

Safety and workforce issues were among the major topics of discussion at NBAA’s Maintenance Conference, held this year in Columbus, Ohio.

In his opening comments, Ed Bolen, the organization’s president and CEO, addressed the recent spate of aviation accidents across the entire industry and its impact on public perception. “They are asking me and everyone in aviation, ‘Is it safe to fly?’” he told the audience. “Now the empirical data suggests yes; the emotional data, maybe not as much.”