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The Next Big Thing for MRO Editor
Vittorio Rossi Prudente
vittorio.prudente@gbp.com.sg
The Asia-Pacific Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) market is expected to double
in size by 2025 to approximately US$ 32 billion. However, the increasing sophistication Associate Editor
Jay Menon
of modern jetliners will create significant challenges for MRO operators in having jay.menon@gbp.com.sg
access to trained manpower. While the region will continue to demonstrate a strong Special Correspondent
annual MRO growth rate of approximately six per cent; lack of sufficient numbers of Atul Chandra
trained and qualified technical personnel, could literally be a ‘spanner in the works’ for atul.chandra@gbp.com.sg
MRO operators in the region looking to rapidly scale-up their operations. Over the last Operations Director
10 years a new technology has matured to a level, where Virtual Reality (VR) technology Siva Sachi
is now being considered as something that could be a real game changer for MRO siva.sachi@gbp.com.sg
training. It has real potential to transform the way technicians are trained. VR training, Art Director
as it matures, will likely be the default option for training tasks such as, familiarisation, Arthur Chan
repetitive and recurrent training. arthur.chan@gbp.com.sg
Web Director
Virtual training will also remove the physical constraints of requiring large spaces Elmer Valencia
to conduct training on equipment and systems, which is of importance to the bigger elmer.valencia@gbp.com.sg
MRO firms, which will need to conduct new or recurrent training for large batches of Circulation Manager
technicians and personnel. It will also lead to a reduction of the losses that are incurred Khairul Naem
when expensive physical assets are kept away from service for training purposes and khairul.naem@gbp.com.sg
of course reduce the possibility of damage to in-service equipment/assets. “Virtual
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performance when the actual task is performed.

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