As a prerequisite to guarantee compliance with AS9100C, aerospace engineers must understand why the AS9100 standard was modified with the revisions present in its current version, “C.”

Quality should be determined by the intended technicians, clients or customers, and not by society in general.

All companies need a real-time dashboard that represents their external eyes and ears.

Understanding how to interpret standards and specifications can reduce the need to ask for engineering help.

I realize that LSS and the theory of constrains are good things, but the main root cause problem is overlooked.

In 2005 the USS San Francisco (SSN-711) had a problem, and collided with an undersea mountain, damaging the submarine’s forward ballast tanks and sonar dome.

Standards and specifications do not provide an enjoyable reading experience. There are no metaphors or similes as in poetry. There is no mayhem or suspense like you would find in a good mystery novel; no jokes as in a comedy; and worse yet, no plot or climatic ending.

Visual inspection is one of the most important nondestructive inspection techniques used today. However, it must be done carefully.

Today’s NDT inspection has moved beyond aerospace and defense, and is becoming increasingly important to the medical industry.