Just spent a morning at the MRO in Atlanta and it changed my mind about digital recordkeeping

I've always been a paper log guy, swore by it for 15 years. But last Tuesday I was down at Delta's TechOps facility in Hartsfield-Jackson and saw how their mechanics use tablets for every sign-off and inspection. One guy showed me how he pulled up a whole engine's repair history in 20 seconds flat. No flipping through binders, no hunting for smudged signatures. It convinced me that digital tracking saves way more time than I thought. Has anyone else made the switch and regretted it or are you all happy with it?

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phoenix_grant14d ago

Delta's been running that system for like 8 years now, so it's pretty proven.

amy_martin14d ago

Eight years is like dog years in tech, so that system's probably on life support by now. I bet @phoenix_grant was one of the lucky ones who got to deal with the year one glitches where the boarding passes printed upside down or something. Modern problems require modern workarounds, right?

gracethomas14d ago

Eight years? Man, that's ancient in tech years. Makes me wonder how many glitches they had to work through in year one.