Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Crewchief Systems has integrated Flyparts into its maintenance management platform, Crewchief MX, allowing aircraft technicians and shop managers to find and order parts from within an active work order without leaving the platform.&nbsp;Technicians can now search, locate, and order parts directly from an open work order via Flyparts' marketplace and integrated suppliers, which provide access to more than 2 million aircraft parts.
For shop teams managing scheduled inspections, squawks, or component replacements, this means parts "get sourced quickly without workflow interruption or redundant admin work,” according to Crewchief.
“No other maintenance management platform gives technicians the ability to order parts from inside a work order,” said Crewchief CEO Aaron de Zafra. “We built Crewchief MX to be the single place where shop teams manage every aspect of aircraft maintenance, and adding Flyparts makes that promise more complete.”
“Integrating with Crewchief MX brings real-time parts availability and ordering directly into the technician’s workflow,” added Flyparts COO and co-founder John Gitts. “This eliminates friction between maintenance and procurement, reduces aircraft downtime, and ensures critical documentation like [FAA] 8130s flows seamlessly into the maintenance record—all without leaving the platform.”
Crewchief is offering live demonstrations of this integration next week at EAA AirVenture.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

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