Northwest Aerospace News April | May 2019 Issue No. 8 | Page 12

“J
amco America is there
to support Boeing deliveries as
well as post-delivery aircraft
cabin modification work,” said
Yeates. He noted that after six
to eight years, airlines ap-
proach Jamco for an interior
remodel, “The TVs, seats, and
galleys are pretty beat up.”
Yeates, who is proud of the
Japanese company heritage,
said that because of the culture
they are conservative and work
to commit to only what they
can effectively produce. He
said even if a product takes
slightly longer to produce, and
isn’t the least expensive, it will
pay off in the long term with
performance and maintenance.
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Jamco is considered a turnkey
solution in that they can pro-
vide design to engineering, and
they can also provide kits for
the airline to install themselves.
Yeates said that many airlines
used to have in-house engi-
neering departments, but those
have fallen by the wayside with
interior reconfigurations, due to
the size of the projects.
“All materials and parts would
be included in a kit with
instructions and drawings to
the customer for each modi-
fication. Kits then ship to the
MRO, or the airline may have
their own in-house mainte-
nance and we go to them to
conduct their work —
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interior reconfiguration and interior upgrades. The
refurbishment is taking what is there and replacing
it with the same products, but new,” said Yeates.
In some cases, he said that an airline may want to
reengineer the upgrade that would require engineer-
ing, testing, and certification documentation. He
said it can mean a seating realignment — removing
traditional seats and adding new seats that recline
into a bed mode.