Analysis of the current needs of specialties in aircraft maintenance for the Brazilian Air Force
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https://doi.org/10.22480/revunifa.2013.26.600Keywords:
Aircraft, Specialty, Specialist, MaintenanceAbstract
Given the diversity of aircraft fleets of the Brazilian Air Force (BAF), the types of operations, and the types of maintenance currently practiced, as well as the worldwide trend in outsourcing aircraft maintenance services, this paper sought to identify, qualitatively, the current needs for aircraft maintenance specialists. The method employed consisted on grouping the maintenance tasks based on their natures, in their relationships, and in the interconnections of the components of the aircraft subsystems, and compare the generated groups of maintenance tasks with the BAF’s maintenance specialties. These specialties were also compared with the United States Air Force’s and the Canada Air Force’s maintenance specialties. These comparisons helped to verify the generalists trends of the specialties Structures and Painting (BEP), Electricity and Instruments (BEI), and Aircraft Maintenance (BMA), leading to the conclusion that, even generalists, they will fit to the current needs of the BAF, since the change recommendations in the basic training courses be implemented as suggested in this work.
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