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Introducing “Nose to Tail” a podcast where we explore the world of aviation lifecycle solutions, industry-related insights, and more.Join host Patrick Kraus, COO and Managing Director at Jet Midwest, along with industry experts for podcast conversations that encompass topics…
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EP 96: From Exposure to Opportunity with Samuel White (opens the original)
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Aviation has thousands of career paths. For many young people, the first challenge is simply knowing those opportunities exist. Colonel Samuel White joins Patrick Kraus to talk about his more than 25 years in the U.S. Air Force, his transition to commercial aviation, and his work as president of Red Tail Academy. Their conversation explores how early exposure can lead to real opportunity, why aviation skills can be taught when students bring attitude and effort, how difficult achievements build
EP 95: Continuous Improvement Starts on the Floor with Fernando Bertrand (opens the original)
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Continuous improvement works best when the people closest to the work have a meaningful role in improving it. Fernando Bertrand, CEO of Bonus Tech, joins Patrick Kraus to discuss Lean methodology, Theory of Constraints, frontline expertise, operational visibility, and how better information creates better decisions. They explore why speed and efficiency are not always the same thing, how mechanics and engineers bring different knowledge to a problem, and why continuous improvement works best whe
EP 94: What Makes Growth Sustainable with Rob Lastra (opens the original)
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Growth adds capacity. It also adds complexity. As an MRO grows, the foundation underneath it has to become more disciplined. More people, customers, capabilities, and handoffs create more places for quality, information, and accountability to slip through the cracks. Sustainable growth comes from tightening the systems beneath the work. In this episode of Nose to Tail, Patrick Kraus sits down with Rob Lastra of LF Avionics to explore what that looks like inside a growing Part 145 repair operatio
EP 93: Growth Requires Standards in Aviation with Christpher Vera (opens the original)
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Growth is exciting, but in aviation, growth without standards can create problems faster than it creates opportunity. You can add customers, capabilities, people, and volume. But lasting growth requires the right foundation. Quality, communication, tooling, training, inspection, processes, and attention to detail must grow alongside the business. In this episode of Nose to Tail, Patrick Kraus sits down with Christopher Vera of Elevated Resources Aviation (ERA) to explore what it takes to build a
EP 92: The Safety Equipment We Hope We Never Use with Matt Salamone (opens the original)
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There are parts of aviation safety we hope we never have to think about. Emergency slides. Oxygen systems. Fire bottles. Life rafts. Helicopter floats. But when something goes wrong, the equipment behind those systems has to be ready. In this episode of Nose to Tail, Patrick Kraus is joined by Matt Salamone of HRD Aero Systems to talk about the safety equipment most passengers never see, why readiness is a continuously moving target, and what it takes to protect quality in a safety-critical repa
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