As an MRO provider or operator, ATA 25 is a juggling act of miscellaneous equipment and furniture flying at you.
A coffee maker is damaged and there’s no aftermarket availability -- nothing, “ready to go.”
Paying list price from OEMs is an option, but still unreliable on manufacturing times.
According to Inside MRO, “capacity is not strictly limited to production. Often, the bottleneck is with engineering, given the high degree of customization involved, especially for first- and business-class seating programs.”
So, what do you do?