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Lean Digest: Quick, Actionable Solutions for Aviation Leaders
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Jan 7, 2026
Moving Forward with Lean
Lean Management
A list of practical ideas to help airlines turn operational challenges into opportunities for improvement and better team performance.
Jan 6, 2026
Airworthiness in 2026: What Operators Need to Know
Airworthiness
Key insights on fleet aging, regulatory changes, digital tools, and workforce readiness to keep airworthiness safe and efficient in 2026.
Dec 31, 2025
Hansei: The Art of Self-Reflection with the Power to Transform Operations
Lean Management
When was the last time you reflected on your work—what went wrong, what went well, and how to create plans to prevent issues from repeating?
Dec 30, 2025
Historic or Anticipated? Fleet Average or Individual? All About Aircraft Utilization
Airworthiness
Explore best practices to calculate anticipated aircraft utilization and ensure compliant, safe, and effective maintenance programs.
Dec 23, 2025
Reliability Starts with One Skill: Set the Standards, Catch the Deviations
Airworthiness
Discover why defining performance standards and identifying deviations is key to data-driven aircraft reliability—across alert, index, event, and trend-based programs.
Dec 17, 2025
Beyond Indicators: Building a KPI-Driven Culture
Lean Management
Use KPIs not only to drive performance but also to boost engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Dec 16, 2025
The Reliability Cycle: A Continuous Approach to Aircraft Reliability
Airworthiness
Discover how the Reliability Cycle enhances aircraft safety and reliability, and drives effective airworthiness decisions.
Dec 10, 2025
Yokoten: Learning Across Airline Operations
Lean Management
Explore how horizontal knowledge sharing helps airlines prevent errors and foster continuous improvement.
Dec 9, 2025
UPS Flight 2976 Accident: Reflections on the Left Engine Pylon Failure
Airworthiness
Preliminary report highlights fatigue cracks and overstress failure in left engine pylon: what this means for the Aircraft Maintenance Program
Dec 3, 2025
Safety Intelligence Alone Will Ruin Your Airline
Lean Management
No Financial and Efficiency Intelligence? Safety Intelligence won’t save your airline. Integrating all three dimensions is key to sustainable growth.
Dec 2, 2025
Structural Smarts: Aircraft Repairs
Airworthiness
From damage assessment to repair classification, inspections, and monitoring for continued aircraft structural integrity.
Nov 26, 2025
Inside or Outside? The Strategic Side of Outsourcing in Airlines
Lean Management
Discover how airlines decide which operations to manage internally and which to outsource for efficiency, cost savings, and operational control.
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