Will be interesting to see how integrating with US Army supply system will work out. It seems that every iteration of modernization in regards to Army maintenance management and supply systems the promised efficiencies never seem to materialize.
Anecdotally, we we far more efficient when we were scanning through a paper log book, clearing deficiencies was faster and the biggest “crash” of the system was if you accidentally opened the binder rings on a windy day! 🤣 Then you would have to spend a bit reassembling the book, hopefully will all the pages intact.
Of course, the insanity of that system was the Army flew with that book actually on the aircraft, so a fair bit of information could be lost in an accident if it hadn’t been transcribed in a timely manner.
The new electronic systems allow more visibility in aircraft records and supply information, which means more people want to take advantage of that visibility(whether they REALLY need access or not) which creates layers of additional information security, thereby slowing network access.
FltMech