April 2026

Aviation Technician Shortage

You Can’t Hire Your Way Out of a 60,000-Technician Shortage. But You Can Out-Produce It.

You Can't Hire Your Way Out of a 60,000-Technician Shortage. But You Can Out-Produce It. Tackling a Looming Aviation Maintenance Technician Shortage and Why Digitizing Aircraft Records Is Your Most Underutilized Productivity Lever The aviation maintenance industry is staring down a workforce crisis — and the answer isn't more recruiting. McKinsey's latest analysis projects a…
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The Story of Bluetail Digitizing a Living Legend’s Aircraft Records

The Story of Bluetail Digitizing a Living Legend’s Aircraft Records One of only two airworthy Boeing B-29 Superfortresses in the world trusted us with eighty years of history. We didn't take that lightly. There are moments in this business that stop you cold — where the work transcends compliance deadlines and software demos and becomes…

New Release: Turn maintenance history into a living source of knowledge.

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