Motorblog

Reliability and Maintenance Project

We are working on two projects aimed at drawing attention to our industry.  Both are presentations and videos that we are going to make generally available.

Motor Management Defined

Motor Management is often improperly defined.  In this blog we define the term.

Reliability and Maintenance Lessons from the Deadly Skies

Four questions and answers related to the impact of the recent airline issues on R&M and four predictions.

The Winds of Change

Long Live the Maintenance Revolution!
Vive la révolution de l’entretien!

Who really stands for change in our industry?

Airline Maintenance Issue - Fly the Deadly Skies?

American Airlines cancels thousands of flights stranding 100’s of thousands of passengers.  Just the beginning?  Or punishing those that comply?

And Even More With The Airlines

ATA, Aloha, and Skybus going out of business because of fuel costs?  Bunk…

Why Our Maintenance Is Ineffective Part 1

Issues such as wrench-time and key performance indicators actually push our industry backwards.

Updates and Starting to Address the Issue of CMMS and Cost Based Maintenance

Updates concerning SBD and a discussion why it is so important to put correct data into CMMS programs.  By Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP

More Airline Issues (Continued)

More on the airline issues and how people tend to subconciously avoid reliability and maintenance issues in general.  Final installment.  By Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP

Southwest Airlines Continued and The Problem with Wrench Time

Comments on Southwest Airlines and the beginning of the topic on revisiting our premises related to R&M from a business point of view.  Editorial by Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP