Repair stations face rule changes from security to new ratings

1. Wi-Fi Remote-Controlled Test Supplier: Barfield Offering: Barfield introduced a new fully automated, Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) compliant air data test set, the DPS1000, last year, and now just added a new feature—Wi-Fi-enabled remote control via a tablet or an iPad. This air data test set is designed to feature a user-friendly interface and customer-programmable test routines. Barfield is a Sabena technics company. www.barfieldinc.com Link 605

Influences will be interiors, Asian market and better data management

Kellstrom finished consolidating and segregating its business into commercial and defense units, and it expects the first quarter of 2014 to start showing the results of those efforts, as well as its “leaner and meaner side,” says Roscoe Musselwhite, Kellstrom Materials president. Kellstrom purchased AirLiance Materials in May, which subsequently involved not only consolidating and streamlining its commercial parts distribution business, but also all of the operations functions, such as IT migration and vendor code and invoice harmonization.

Kellstrom finished consolidating and segregating its business into commercial and defense units, and it expects the first quarter of 2014 to start showing the results of those efforts, as well as its “leaner and meaner side,” says Roscoe Musselwhite, Kellstrom Materials president. Kellstrom purchased AirLiance Materials in May, which subsequently involved not only consolidating and streamlining its commercial parts distribution business, but also all of the operations functions, such as IT migration and vendor code and invoice harmonization.

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AerCap Accelerates Growth With ILFC Bid

Industry trade groups are urging the FAA to put the brakes on a well-intended guidance-streamlining effort that would result in mass cancellation of official agency interpretations that are not housed in one of three online repositories.  The FAA’s move, outlined in a Dec. 3 memorandum from Flight Standards Service (FSS) Director John Duncan to all FSS employees, would cancel any guidance not found in the Flight Standards Information System, the Regulatory and Guidance Library, “or elsewhere on www.faa.gov,” effective January 14, 2014.