PSA: The shift from paper logbooks to tablets in our hangar took about 18 months

When I started at this regional airport, everything was paper. Tech logs, work cards, you name it. About two years ago, management brought in rugged tablets for everyone. For the first six months, it was a mess. People missed steps or forgot to sync. Now, I see guys pulling up a plane's full history in under a minute. The big change was when they linked the tablet software directly to the parts inventory system. No more walking to the cage to find a part is out of stock. Has anyone else's shop seen a big drop in repeat write-ups after a switch like this?

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cole_miller22d ago

We saw the same thing... repeat snags dropped by maybe twenty percent. The real win is having all the data in one place now. It just cuts down on the little mistakes that snowball.

ryan_kim6322d ago

Yeah, that checks out. The upfront hassle is real but the payoff is huge once everything talks to each other.