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ROTORCR AFT 22 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY the OEM. We're basically an extension of [our cli- ent's] maintenance department. We'll inspect their engine … essentially providing a check and balance throughout the MRO process." Boots on the hangar floor are provided by experts who know the terrain intimately, product line spe- cialists. "For each engine product line there's a prod- uct line specialist. "We're not taking a Rolls-Royce guy and [assigning him to] a Pratt & Whitney-type event," says Weiser. At JSSI, the inspector under- stands the sometimes-subtle twists and turns of the powerplant whose overhaul he's overseeing and understands them well. Re-wind time for a moment here and understand how it all fits in the bigger picture. "On any given day," says Weiser, "your director of maintenance is responsible for helicopters, for airplanes, for employees ordering parts. "He doesn't have time to specialize," asserts Weiser," an ex-maintenance director himself. He may have sat in on an overhaul once every five or six years. By contrast, a JSSI product line specialist can expect to see perhaps two dozen per year." NEW ON THE HORIZON Complementing JSSI's philosophy is its new Asset Monitoring Platform 2.0. The company says AMP 2.0 "has a new feature set which enables subscrib- ers to access a variety of tools for managing an aircraft's financial and maintenance status, even if the aircraft is not enrolled in a JSSI program." Among the more relevant features are: • A maintenance rating tool; • A "Request for Tech Inspection" Service; • A "Request a Tech Oversight" Service; • JSSI Parts Ordering; • Intuitive Navigating and Reporting; • A High-Level Fleet Maintenance Forecast cov- ering major events. JSSI President and CEO Neil Book calls AMP 2.0 a platform for allowing finance and leasing companies to leverage the technology to provide enhanced visibility into their aviation portfolio on a real-time basis. "Over the coming months" watch for the company to introduce a range of new services which Book contends will "drive additional value not only to our customers, but the [business aviation] marketplace at large." INDEPENDENCE? The emergence of JSSI as a major player on the MRO stage underscores a growing trend toward independent sourcing on the part of operators, fixed wing and rotary alike. After 35 years in this busi- ness, that's certainly Ray Weiser's assessment. "In the past, if you had certain aircraft, the only place JSSI is neither an MRO, a parts supermarket nor a middleman. Its services are best described as "tool[s] to help contain costs … The more we can drive our client's costs down, the greater the trust."