The Good the Bad and the Ugly: The Aviation Maintenance Industry - Raw!

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  Is Wheelz alive? 14.04.2025 1min

  “Where have you been?” “Are you still alive!?” “Has the FAA captured you?” “Is all ok?” We’re here :), Yup, not yet and so-soAppreciate the continued support and camaraderie folks! Take care, be save and always do the right things for the right reasons!
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  A/P Schools bastardized! Unsafe, unprepared & ... shenanigans. A TGTBTU Expose! 10.10.2023 43min

  Hello everyone and welcome to 2023's first expose' episode. We're diving into the changes being put into effect for our Part 147 Airframe and Powerplant schools in the U.S and why these "changes" aren't all they appear... While I agree the curriculum taught in A/P school(s) needs to be upgraded, modernized it doesn't end there. As almost everything "aviation" nowadays, there always seems to be a 'background motive' ... On the outside it looks great mandating curriculum changes but once you start peeling away the FAA, "Filler", you find others stand to benefit... Will future A/P school graduates really be prepared? I'll give you my $.02, tune in! ** Correction in part 1 of the episode: I said this was 2023's first episode but it wasn't. I misspoke, its 2023's first EXPOSE' episode, my bad. Link to my experience in A/P school: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/iVTIG3M1CAb Some other Expose' episodes: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/yUoe7ZJ1CAb , https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/4KcD4lS1CAb , https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rcH3fF81CAb Tune in!  Subscribe & share! New episode second Wednesday of each month. Please review the podcast on your favorite listening app, your reviews help the podcast grow :) Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook -or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * Shout out to Matt, the shows producer!
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  From the Archives! - Being an aircraft mechanic during the beginning of COVID 13.09.2023 22min

  Thanks for tuning into 2023's first Bonus episode pulled "from the archives". This was recorded back in 2021 in Season 1. It was put on the back burner as other content took priority & forgotten about until this year. I've received a lot of questions about mine & other mechanics experiences during the first few weeks COVID 19 hit the U.S. I've been hesitant to release this old recording from "the archive" Why? Well, -> !WARNING! This episode is contentious. I expect folks with differing opinions to chime in. I speak for myself, my thoughts & my nerves only. I will NOT respond or comment to any political or bureaucratic B.S. outside of aviation & how COVID affected mechanics, cabin crews & flight crews. It was an unnerving time trying to navigate the best way to maintain aircraft on the line while also trying to avoid contracting COVID. Little was known these first few weeks about the virus. Management had no clue, we had no clue, but we knew the virus was swiftly entering the U.S onboard aircraft & we were the 'boots on the ground', EXPOSED to this deadly virus with ZERO clue on how to protect ourselves AND maintain the aircraft. If you think it was a walk in the park... it wasn't. Big shout out to Matt, the shows producer for returning this year to help keep the podcast on track! Please subscribe & share! Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook -or search for "PODCAST: The Good The Bad The Ugly: The Aviation Maintenance Industry" **Please remember this is one of the very early episodes recorded at the very beginning thus such things as: Episode release date, quality of audio etc. has changed. To clarify: New episode 2nd Wednesday of each month and .. the audio quality of the show has improved immensely!
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  Podcast Aug 2023 update ! 10.08.2023 7min

  Hello everyone and thank you so much for supporting the show all these years and sticking by throughout! No, this isn't goodbye but in the upcoming months I will be taking another hiatus to take care of some personal 'stuff' which means I will be less active after October 2023. Still a few months away and there theres still new episodes incoming :) That means I will be needing someone to take over hosting 'duties' during my hiatus. If you're seriously interested and committed to take on such a venture, reach out to me at apmechanicpodcast@aol.com or contact me on my social media pages and we'll chat about it. Again, this isn't goodbye forever but sometimes life throws you a curveball... Remember YOU make a difference. YOUR VOICE counts! The aviation industry is continuing to spiral out of control where profit is prioritized over safety and you need to demand that the industry change, that it become transparent to those who deserve it... YOU and YOURS. Please review the podcast on your favorite listening app, your reviews help the podcast grow :) Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook -or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * Shout out to Matt, the show's producer! **Some other episodes of interest: 2023's first episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/S6ajhQQO9Bb How to be a good manager and avoid becoming a bad one: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/yo8HR1ZO9Bb Interview with Xtended Aviation: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/SrHbXk7O9Bb Is your GENFAM instructor blowing smoke? https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/4UXT8WaP9Bb Allegiant Airlines, Shenanigans at its finest: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/QrMrm0aP9Bb
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  2023's FIRST aircraft Tech talk! 09.08.2023 31min

  The long awaited 'Aircraft Tech Talk' is back. Tune in for 2023s first Aircraft Tech Talk where I answer your aircraft "technical questions" and boy have I received a lot over the past winter! So, sit back and relax as we dive into the technical side of how aircraft "work" and "why." Embraer's, Airbus A300's, 767's and I put the 'kabosh' to an angry listeners "Chemical Contrail" conspiracy theory! Tune in!  Subscribe & share! New episode second Wednesday of each month. Please review the podcast on your favorite listening app, your reviews help the podcast grow :) Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook -or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * Shout out to Matt, the shows producer!
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  How to be a good manager and avoid becoming a bad one. 12.07.2023 16min

  Hey there everyone and thanks for tuning in! We're talking about how to be a good manager and how to avoid being a bad one in addition to talking about the traits of bad leadership and why they are... the way they are. And if you're a bad member of leadership listening to this, maybe you will learn something too! Link: "A mechanics voice and why managers should listen: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/8cWjTDT1CAb Link: "Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance": https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qL6wfya3CAb Tune in!  Subscribe & share! New episode second Wednesday of each month. Please remember to leave a review of the podcast as well! Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: ⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * Shout out to Matt, the shows producer!
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  2023's first episode! Update & 'mini' listeners questions answered! 14.06.2023 25min

  Hello everyone and WELCOME BACK!! This is 2023's FIRST episode of the show in season 3 and I answer the big question, "Where in the hell have you been Wheelz?!?" Also, I'll be answering your questions in addition to letting you know what to expect ahead this year! So, consider this episode as dual purpose in a sense: What's been going on with me, answering your questions AND what lies ahead this season! I'm excited to "Get the ball rolling" this season so sit back and enjoy! Tune in!  Subscribe & share! New episode second Wednesday of each month. Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook -or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * Shout out to Matt, the shows producer!
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  Bonus 12! Destroying trolls. Hangar talk & B757 parts wait. 08.12.2022 18min

  Hello and welcome !   No, did not expect to be talking to you fine folks so soon BUT trolls need to be schooled sometimes and hell, waiting for THE CORRECT parts to arrive for an aircraft can be boring.   Recorded in the hangar, edited and uploaded for your entertainment! Join me will you as I go one-on-one with today's local twitter troll, talk some 'hangar talk' and ask you, the listener some questions.   Always informing. Always fighting the good fight. AND ALWAYS doing the right things ... for the right reasons.  Tune in!  Subscribe & share! Link to my other "troll" episodes: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/OmTeKZJ1CAb Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap   Facebook: PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook -or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * Shout out to Matt, the shows producer!
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  Christmas 2022 update. .. while driving 02.12.2022 32min

  Hello everyone and welcome! Update on, “where you been?”, what’s expected, AND I get cut off in traffic. In addition you’ll hear my rant about the FAAs decision to bastardize Part 147 A/P schools, SouthWest is getting better, Alaska Airlines on the, “up and up”, mechanics who love certain brands of tools, my .02$ dealing with bad passengers AND a Merry Christmas message! Wow! Quite a lot for 40 mins of driving eh?! Not the best audio (apologies) as I was driving while recording.. but you’ll get the “gist”. Happy holidays!! Tune in and please remember to subscribe and share!  Shows producer: Matt @ https://www.fiverr.com/mattvopro  Subscribe & share! Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap   Facebook: PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠-or search for: "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry"
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  Is "Maintenance" really the reason behind flight delays and cancellations? 13.07.2022 12min

  Thanks for tuning in everybody!   This episode comes from the 'old archives' and was not previously released but here it is!  In this episode, I'm talking about the increase in flight delays and cancellations being blamed on maintenance and why its happening.   Its not all what it appears...    Here is the two episodes I mentioned: https://anchor.fm/bryan-wheelz/episodes/Episode-7-A-Mechanics-Voice-and-why-management-should-listen-e137fp8  -and-  https://anchor.fm/bryan-wheelz/episodes/Episode-4-Pencil-Whipping--Does-it-happen--Should-you-be-concerned-e12sv0d Tune in and please remember to subscribe and share!  Shows producer: Matt @ https://www.fiverr.com/mattvopro  Subscribe & share! Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap   Facebook: ⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * And Shout out to Matt, the shows producer!
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  Special Episode! Interview W/ Pieter Johnson @ 'Xtended Aviation' Podcast! 08.06.2022 45min

  Hey there everyone!  Thank you for tuning in.  In this TGTBTU Special; I've got the distinct pleasure of being a guest on the, 'Xtended Aviation Podcast'. In this episode I am speaking to Pieter Johnson about the podcast, why I do it and what the premise of TGTBTU is all about!.  What a great time I had speaking with Pieter and I hope to do it again soon!   Check out the 'Xtended Aviation' podcast, Europe's Premiere Aviation podcast HERE: Contact: getinvolved@aviation-xtended.co.uk https://aviation-xtended.co.uk/ https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id529742666?mt=2&app=podcast&ls=1  https://www.facebook.com/AviationXtended https://twitter.com/AviationXtended https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/aviationxtended/ Subscribe & share! Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: ⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * And Shout out to Matt, the shows producer!
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  Anti-Boeing Trolls -VS- Me 11.05.2022 15min

  Hello everyone and welcome!   This podcast was supposed to be a bonus podcast but instead I thought it needed to be said sooner rather than later..   Why does social media and the ignorant make false claims, spread bad information and hate on those of us who dare tell the TRUTH?  Why do Anti-Boeing trolls hesitate or deflect when told facts and why do they get so upset when those living in reality put them in their place?  What do they have to gain and what do they have to loose?  After the 777 Air France flight AF11 'incident' overseas, it got worse. ** And BTW, turns out the preliminary investigation shows NOTHING WRONG with the aircraft making the Anti-Boeing trolls ever more sour! **  There is so much bad aviation information out there.  Who can you trust and who can you not?  Well, I break it down for you in another one of my famous, 'passionate' explanations.  Tune in!  Another "trolls" episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/htyl40P2CAb Subscribe & share! Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: ⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" * And Shout out to Matt, the shows producer!
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  2022's first expose'- The Saga of N874AA 13.04.2022 44min

  Hello and welcome to this, 2022's first expose' podcast! We're talking about the saga of N874AA (I refer to it in the show as "Nine874”) An ex- AA 727 that was donated to the museum of flight in Seattle, WA & ended up in the hands of a museum located in Missouri. It was ultimately scrapped in 2021.  But it’s not the scrapping of the aircraft which I found interesting, it's the circumstances surrounding the scrapping of the aircraft which is right up the alley of 'shady'.  And yes, it includes some aircraft maintenance 'stuff' too! Strap in and hold on, another great expose' episode coming at you! **Court documentation: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21111558-antares-pdf The 'infamous' Scot Spencer: https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/DOT-approves-permanent-ban-on-Scot-Spencer-from-aviation-biz Relevant articles: https://www.flyingmag.com/727-scrapper-ahm/  ,  https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft/news/21247240/absolutely-tragic-the-grisly-demolition-at-seattles-boeing-field-of-an-old-727 , https://www.sbsun.com/2018/05/10/san-bernardino-international-airport-criminal-case-never-got-off-the-runway/ The NEW podcast website:(the original) The Good the Bad and the Ugly: The Aviation Maintenance Industry – Raw and unscripted! – Aviation, Aircraft mechanic, Aviation Maintenance (wordpress.com) Subscribe & share! Show producer; Matt @ https://www.fiverr.com/mattvopro  Email: apmechanicpodcast@aol.com _OR_   Twitter @goodbadugly_ap   _OR_    Facebook: ⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry"
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  China Eastern Air Crash: Debunking false/bad aircraft information 21.03.2022 17min

  Hello everyone and welcome!   In this pretty much, off-the-cuff episode; I am dispelling some ridiculous statements, rumors and B.S information about the China Eastern Airlines B737-800 that crashed today carrying 132 people in southern China.  A very tragic and saddening event that's becoming overshadowed by anti-Boeing propaganda, false narratives and asinine aircraft 'tech' information.  Yours truly is debunking this garbage.  Tune in! Subscribe & share!   Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: ⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" Podcast website: The Good the Bad and the Ugly: The Aviation Maintenance Industry – Raw and unscripted! – Aviation, Aircraft mechanic, Aviation Maintenance (wordpress.com)  Podcast Merch store: https://aviationmxpodcastswag.myspreadshop.com/ *Also please let me know how this new audio sounds to you! Feedback is appreciated* **Correction: I said 123 deaths.  Correct number believed to be 132.
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  Bonus 11.5: "Was I picking on Cpt. Sully Sullenberger?" Nope. An Explanation. 16.03.2022 10min

  Hello and welcome everyone!  In this kind of-sorta bonus, 'explanation' podcast I'm talking about how some of my social media postings recently were taken out of context when referring to Cpt. Sullenberger.   Sully is an amazing person, an American hero, no doubt!  I have NOTHING 'against' him.  But his focus as US. Aviation Ambassador seems to me focused solely on the safety of flight, for the flight crew (and of course the PAX)   I would just like to see his focus on aviation safety beyond that of the flight crew as there is far more safety issues facing the industry.   So I'm putting it back into context with this episode.   *Note at the beginning I said "Sullenberg" instead of Sullenberger. Apologies Cpt. Subscribe & share!  **Show producer; Matt @ https://www.fiverr.com/mattvopro  Email:  apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap    Facebook: ⁠⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" Podcast website: The Good the Bad and the Ugly: The Aviation Maintenance Industry – Raw and unscripted! – Aviation, Aircraft mechanic, Aviation Maintenance (wordpress.com)  Podcast Merch store: https://aviationmxpodcastswag.myspreadshop.com/ *Also please let me know how this new audio sounds to you! Feedback is appreciated*
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  Episode 14: Is your GENFAM Instructor blowing smoke? Debunking the smoke & mirrors! 10.03.2022 24min

  Hello and welcome to the podcast!  Talking about bad GENFAM instructors in todays episode and correcting some bad information some instructors have shared with their students!  We rely on GENFAM to be an experience where we take away fundamental, systematic knowledge of the aircraft for which we're in the class for. (DUH) NOT to be fed a line of B.S!   Tune in and please remember to subscribe and share!  ** First episode by the shows new producer!  Matt @ https://www.fiverr.com/mattvopro  Reach out to me at: apmechanicpodcast@aol.com , https://anchor.fm/bryan-wheelz/message or Twitter @goodbadugly_ap Facebook: ⁠⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" Podcast website: https://thegoodthebadandtheuglytheaviationmaintenanceindustryrawandunsc.wordpress.com/The Podcast shop is up too! Check it out!  Podcast Merch store: https://aviationmxpodcastswag.myspreadshop.com/ *Also please let me know how this new audio sounds to you! Feedback is appreciated*
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  Bonus #10: What's with all these aircraft tire mishaps? Are re-treaded tires really safe? 20.02.2022 22min

  Hello everyone and welcome to this last minuet bonus podcast!.  I've been asked quite a lot recently why we're seeing all these aircraft tire blow out incidents on commercial flights and whether re-treaded or 're-capped' aircraft tires are really safe. I'll answer these questions and put your mind at ease while an additional bonus, you get to hear my not so great COVID voice (yes I still have the effects of that nasty COVID crap) so I am using another microphone, the Shure MV7X to mask some of the unpleasantries of my still crappy voice.  Enjoy!  Also, new website is up! https://aviationmxtruth.com/ If you have questions, thoughts, concerns or want to share YOUR stories and experiences live on the podcast? Reach out to me at: apmechanicpodcast@aol.com, https://anchor.fm/bryan-wheelz/messageor Twitter @goodbadugly_ap Facebook: ⁠⁠PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook ⁠⁠-or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" New podcasts the 2nd Wednesday of each month ! Podcast merch store: Podcast Merch store: https://aviationmxpodcastswag.myspreadshop.com/  Until next time take care and be safe!
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  Episode 13- Listener question: Are MELs safe? Do airlines abuse MELs? 09.02.2022 13min

  Hello everyone and WELCOME to the second episode of 2022!.  Please forgive me for my "COVID voice" - I'm still getting over having COVID but the show's got to continue.   In this short podcast, I answer a listener's question(s) about MELs.  Do airlines skimp on them? And are MELs safe?  In this very short episode I explain!  ALSO dont miss the new website is up! https://aviationmxtruth.com/ Do you have questions, thoughts, concerns or want to share YOUR stories and experiences live on the podcast?  Reach out to me at: apmechanicpodcast@aol.com, https://anchor.fm/bryan-wheelz/messageor Twitter @goodbadugly_ap Facebook: PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry | Facebook -or search for "PODCAST:The Good The Bad The Ugly:The Aviation Maintenance Industry" New podcasts the 2nd Wednesday of each month !  Podcast Merch store: https://aviationmxpodcastswag.myspreadshop.com/
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  Episode 12: Aircraft Mechanics liability and the consequences! 17.01.2022 21min

   Hello and welcome!  In this podcast, I once again do my due diligence, and spoke to three aviation lawyers about an aircraft mechanics' liability and the consequences according to the LAW.   You'll be surprised how easy it is to be held criminally culpable of negligence as an aircraft mechanic EVEN if you followed the tech pubs!    I walk you through the process of how and why as explained to me by aviation lawyers.     You won't want to miss this very special podcast! Tune in!  Link to "Human Factors In Aviation Maintenance": https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qL6wfya3CAb If you have questions, thoughts, concerns or want to share YOUR stories and experiences live on the podcast?  Reach out to me at: apmechanicpodcast@aol.com, https://anchor.fm/bryan-wheelz/messageor Twitter @goodbadugly_ap  Facebook :https://www.facebook.com/goodbaduglyap  New podcasts the 2nd Wednesday of each month !  The 'original', Podcast website: https://thegoodthebadandtheuglytheaviationmaintenanceindustryrawandunsc.wordpress.com  Podcast merch store: Podcast Merch store: https://aviationmxpodcastswag.myspreadshop.com/ Until next time take care and be safe!
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  Merry Christmas 2021! Welcome 2022! 25.12.2021 3min

  Christmas 2021 message from yours truly!  This year has been FILLED with so much good, bad, and ugly throughout the world and throughout the aviation industry as well.  With the podcast studio under repair and re-construction, I hope to be up and running by the end of January 2022. There will still be a January podcast but with previously recorded content.  ( "A Mechanics liability and the consequences" )  If you are flying this Christmas, please remember to be courteous to the crew and thank them for keeping you safe.  In addition, if you see an aircraft mechanic(s)  tell them thank you for braving the elements and ALSO for keeping you safe while you travel.  Thank you everyone for the support and have a blessed and safe holiday, we'll see you next year!  Do you have questions, thoughts, concerns or want to share YOUR stories and experiences live on the podcast? Reach out to me at: apmechanicpodcast@aol.com, https://anchor.fm/bryan-wheelz/messageor Twitter @goodbadugly_ap Facebook :https://www.facebook.com/goodbaduglyap New podcasts the 2nd Wednesday of each month ! Podcast Merch store: https://aviationmxpodcastswag.myspreadshop.com/