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The scheduling problems nobody writes down

Daily, practical articles on helicopter MRO manpower planning, Part-145 compliance and audit survival — from an active AW139/AW189/AW169 type instructor. New article every day.

2026-10-22

Two heavy checks land in the same week: the manpower math nobody does

Hangar slot planning gets all the attention — but the real bottleneck is certifying staff coverage when check packages overlap. The overlap arithmetic, and why your man-hour plan should have seen it coming.

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