Latest Helicopters Podcast Episodes
Duct tape is OK | What makes things airworthy?
Cancelled for Maintenance - September 08, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutesHave you ever seen an aircraft mechanic/engineer “duct taping” aircraft parts together? How about noticing some panels are “missing”? Are these ok to fly and should you be concerned? This has been a recurring topic that’s been cycled around in our non-aviation groups. To the non-versed ...
Delta Pilot Interview - Getting Hired, Culture, and QOL review
Aviation Intelligence - August 30, 2023 15:00 - 1 hourDelta Airlines has a reputation being one of the best places to work. Let's hear if it is true first hand from a line pilot who lives in Atlanta, but commutes to NYC for work. Mike has decades of aviation experience and delivers some amazing advice for the next generation.
Delta Pilot Review - Interview Tips, Culture, and QOL review
Aviation Intelligence - August 30, 2023 15:00 - 1 hourDelta Airlines has a reputation being one of the best places to work. Let's hear if it is true first hand from a line pilot who lives in Atlanta, but commutes to NYC for work. Mike has decades of aviation experience and delivers some amazing advice for the next generation.
Butcher's nails | The effects of anger in the workplace and how to manage it
Cancelled for Maintenance - August 25, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutesSometimes anger gets the best of us. They can feel like butcher’s nails, where the longer they stay in, the harder it can be to take them out. Over time, it can rob us of our patience and cause us to lash out in frustration, like telling passengers to be civil after long strings of unru...
Audit Season and Paper Hats | Everything comes from a standard
Cancelled for Maintenance - August 18, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourWe are back again in the swing of things bringing you an episode after a small, but much needed hiatus. What better way to ring back in the times, than to talk about what it’s currently time for and that is audit season! That’s right, everyone’s “favorite” time of the year. But why DO w...
Give life a turn! ft. Finding Demo Surf Fishing
Cancelled for Maintenance - August 11, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourSometimes life gets tired of waiting in line for you to give it its due attention. When this happens, life can cut to the front of the line and demand that you give it. Continuing our conversation from our last episode about taking a moment, we are joined by Brian from the Finding Demo ...
Take a Moment | Don't forget about yourself!
Cancelled for Maintenance - August 04, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutesWe have often emphasized on the show that you should take a moment to work on your personal, professional, and family needs. Who would we be if we didn’t try to practice that ourselves? Joining us today is Nine, Six’s wife, and special guest from episode 18! We talk about taking those m...
Sunken Testers | The importance of troubleshooting and testing
Cancelled for Maintenance - July 14, 2023 07:00 - 52 minutesWe rarely cover crashes and mishaps, mostly because when dire situations like these come up, it’s typically sounded around the land and the horse gets beaten beyond the point of glue. We do, however, want to take this time to emphasize the importance of testing, troubleshooting, and fol...
Bonus - Awards and other things
Cancelled for Maintenance - July 07, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutesIt’s fast approaching three years since we’ve started our show. It’s been such a wild ride; reaching new heights each time, gaining accolades we’ve never imagined possible, and connecting with people who have such an influence on our aviation industry. Today, we’re recollecting on our ...
On-Time Performance | How punctuality drives maintenance
Cancelled for Maintenance - June 30, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutesYou may have heard us talk about it throughout most of our episodes, punctuality is one of the most critical characteristics of the aviation industry. It goes by different names, but On-time performance (OTP) is how punctuality is measured. What is it though? Why is it important, and wh...
STAY Indiana | Helping the future find their future
Cancelled for Maintenance - June 23, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourWe can all agree that sometimes the pathway to an aviation career can be rather muddy and very expensive. In addition, there’s copious amounts of bad gouge/misinformation out there that can deter someone from achieving their aviation goals. Today we are joined with Matt and Marty of STE...
The Dunning-Kruger Effect | The overconfidence in inability
Cancelled for Maintenance - June 16, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutesHave you ever experienced someone who believes they are more capable in an ability, skill, or knowledge in a certain area than they actually are? Is this narcissistic or is the person genuinely unaware of their ignorance? What you have witnessed is a cognitive bias called the “Dunning-K...
Rest days are the best days!
Cancelled for Maintenance - June 09, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutesWe often hear that the best way to minimize burn out/exhaustion is to take a rest day. What if we don't know when that rest day will come, or worse what if we use that rest day as a "catch up" day, and end up using it to do more work? Today we explore ways to give yourself break, identi...
The "Anti-Handbook" Handbook | How to set clear expectations
Cancelled for Maintenance - June 02, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourHandbooks spell all the governing policies and procedures of a company, likewise what the expectations are. However, we’ve all seen those organization handbooks that are pages upon pages thick, and the sheer size of it discourages us from reading them. For this episode, we take a look a...
Mood & Food pt. 2 | The 10% You and dispelling common misconceptions
Cancelled for Maintenance - May 26, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourWe are joined by returning guests, Kora the aviation therapist and Jill the aviation dietitian, and are likewise joined by a new guest, Alexis with Fly High Nutrition. For this episode, we continue our conversation from our last episode about the connection between our moods (brain) and...
Mentorship | What it means & how to unlock your professional growth
Cancelled for Maintenance - May 19, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutesIn today’s world, business and technology are progressing at such a pace, that growth and development are mandatory traits. Mentorship programs and initiatives are meant to facilitate your aspirations and bridge the gap between you and your goals. For today’s episode, we go over why are...
Parts Protection | Packing, Marking, Storing, and Shipping
Cancelled for Maintenance - May 12, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutesWhat’s the most frustrating thing about parts? Is it the agonizing waiting game? Is it receiving the wrong part or revision? OR how about when you’ve painstakingly waited for said part(s), the success of the maintenance task and ultimately the success of this high priority flight(s) hin...
Creators' roundtable
Cancelled for Maintenance - May 05, 2023 07:00 - 2 hoursToday we are joined with three guests and fellow aviation content creators; Stig Aviation, Faith of How to Helicopter, and Elena of Fix-Fly-Travel! On this special episode, we explore some of the challenges aviation content creators face, the passions that drive them, how to deal with b...
Value-stream mapping
Cancelled for Maintenance - April 28, 2023 07:00 - 52 minutesWe often hear “Lean” as the method that will streamline and make our aviation spaces better. On paper, the principles and methodologies of Lean sound amazing and promise valuable improvement, however the practice of it can be convoluted and misunderstood. Today we talk about one of the ...
Behind the Scenes pt. 2
Cancelled for Maintenance - April 21, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutesPicking up from our last behind the scenes episode; we expand more on how our mindsets have shifted throughout our time on the show, some thoughts about our comics, where we want to go, and what we hope to do. Follow us on Facebook- @cancelledformaintenance, Instagram- @canxformainten...
Aviation 4.0 | The future of everything
Cancelled for Maintenance - April 14, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutesModernization, industrialization, and digitalization have progressed most notably in three key movements. We may understand these as “revolutions”, seeing as how they’ve revolutionized the game for each facet of industry they have affected. With today’s advances, a new “fourth revolutio...
Shift Wars revisited | Can shift animosity be indication of bigger problems?
Cancelled for Maintenance - April 07, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutesAnimosity and frustration exist between shifts of all industries. We’ve all seen examples of that, from inadequate turnovers to downright failure to accomplish assigned tasks. Today, we revisit a topic from a previous episode many moons ago, rehash some frustrations from shift to shift,...
TQM | What is it and how can it help?
Cancelled for Maintenance - March 31, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutesTotal quality management (TQM) has a history that dates back to the 1920s, took root in Japan, and has been a driving framework for what we do today. It has led to the expansion of quality concepts and standards which have evolved to encompass virtually every industry. For today’s episo...
Owner-Produced Parts | What is it and how can it land you in hot water?
Cancelled for Maintenance - March 24, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutesWhenever an aircraft needs parts for replacement or repair, there’s common avenues we use. That being: Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA), or the salvage yard. For today’s episode, we focus on a fourth avenue that has some nuance and some shadiness ...
Mood and Food | Common myths behind gut and mental health
Cancelled for Maintenance - March 17, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourThe internet and our peer groups are full of diet and mental health advice, so much so that we can hardly tell what is true and what is false. Often times, we are led to believe that certain entities have the best credible advice, only to be busted and be profoundly false! For today’s e...
On the Road | Some Challenges of Work Trips
Cancelled for Maintenance - March 10, 2023 09:55 - 54 minutesWork trips can be fun and are fun most of the time, but it does have some significant challenges. Being away from a home station means some resources are either limited or non-existent. What do you do to face these challenges? For today’s episode, we explore some of the challenges you c...
Back to Basics w/Stig Aviation
Cancelled for Maintenance - March 03, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourWe often hear the phrase “excellence in the basics”, but is that always in practice? It seems like a recurring theme were someone or some group try to reinvent the wheel, and either incidentally or intentionally forsake the basic fundamentals in favor of speed. Today we are joined by re...
Diet & Health | When healthy choices are no longer optional
Cancelled for Maintenance - February 24, 2023 08:00 - 51 minutesHave you ever been told that your eating habits are leading down a dark path and receive an ultimatum of sorts because of it? It’s not a big stretch to say that aircraft mechanics probably have some of the worst diets in the world. On today’s episode, we open up about our past eating ha...
Corrosion | How minor oversight can have major consequences
Cancelled for Maintenance - February 17, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutesHave you ever worked in a humid/moisture heavy environment? If you have, you’d know that corrosion is one of the most constant, ongoing battles you face every day. Corrosion is one of those aspects that can get away from you very fast if you don’t exercise proper treatment and preventat...
Shift Work | Pros and Cons of the Different Work Schedules
Cancelled for Maintenance - February 10, 2023 08:00 - 47 minutesIf you were able to choose your ideal work schedule, what would it be? 5/8s? 9/80s? 4/10s? Why would you pick it? On this episode, we address a Patreon request as to the pros and cons of different work schedules, and what factors that could come into play that would help you decide. F...