FOR OEM LEADERSHIP TEAMS RESPONSIBLE FOR AFTERMARKET PERFORMANCE
This briefing is designed for OEM organizations that are already seeing repair and spares revenue migrate away from OEM controlled channels.
Not because of pricing mistakes
Not because of lost bids
But because commercial aftermarket repair pathways have shifted through FAA PMA approvals using test and computation.
The aerospace aftermarket is changing faster than most OEMs can respond.
While engineering teams focus on product support and compliance, third party PMA houses move quickly to establish alternate repair pathways that permanently alter pricing leverage and customer behavior.
What most OEMs lack is not capability
It is visibility and coordinated strategy
This briefing provides that clarity
Not theoretical clarity
Operational clarity
Clarity around where aftermarket margin has already been exposed
Clarity around which repair pathways can still be influenced
Clarity around where OEM response is realistic versus where it is not
The game is changing. This is your chance to get ahead of it.
The OEM Aftermarket Recovery Briefing
A Focused Executive Session That Reframes How Lost Repair Margin Is Reclaimed
“This briefing exposed repair and aftermarket gaps we did not see internally.”
“We believed we understood where aftermarket pressure was coming from. What this briefing showed us was how repair pathways had already shifted through test and computation PMA approvals and how that directly impacted pricing and repair capture. It reframed the problem in a way our internal teams had not aligned on. The clarity alone justified the time.”
—OEM Aftermarket Leadership Team
Commercial Aerospace Manufacturer
“This forced an uncomfortable but necessary conversation at the leadership level.”
“Our team has deep aerospace experience, but we were reacting to margin pressure without fully understanding the structural cause. This session connected the dots between PMA approvals, alternate repair strategy, and long term aftermarket leverage. It was direct, factual, and immediately applicable. We walked away aligned on what needed to change and where recovery was still possible.”
— OEM Engineering and Commercial Leadership
Commercial Aerospace Platform Owner
See Where Aftermarket Margin Is Actually Being Lost — and Where OEMs Still Have Leverage
Meet Curtis Hickling
Founder, Deep Aero Services -
Airplane Media LLC
I have spent more than 25 years working inside the aerospace industry across commercial aftermarket, OEM environments, Part 145 repair stations, suppliers, distribution, and military adjacent programs.
My work has consistently sat at the intersection of engineering, aftermarket strategy, operations, and commercial execution.
I have led teams, rebuilt underperforming aftermarket operations, supported repair and approval pathways by working directly with my FAA DER Team and engineering authorities, and helped organizations understand how revenue, margin, and leverage actually move through the aerospace ecosystem.
Deep Aero Services was created to focus on problems that most OEMs struggle to address clearly.
Aftermarket margin erosion that occurs quietly through structural shifts rather than competitive failure.
Over decades in this industry, I have seen the same pattern repeat.
OEMs respond to margin pressure after it shows up in pricing, repair capture, or financials.
By then, the underlying repair pathways have already changed.
My work today focuses on helping OEM leadership teams understand how commercial aftermarket dynamics shift through mechanisms like FAA PMA approvals using test and computation & other methods and how OEMs can reposition alternate repair strategies once that shift has occurred.
This briefing is not built from theory, training programs, or generic consulting frameworks from non-industry so called experts.
It is built from real world exposure to how OEMs lose leverage and how some successfully regain it.
Deep Aero Services exists to bring clarity to leadership teams before erosion becomes permanent.
Connect with me on LinkedIn — I share aerospace insights with 30,000+ professionals: -> Linkedin Profile
“This clarified why our aftermarket pressure was accelerating faster than our internal response.”
“We assumed pricing and customer behavior were the main drivers. This briefing showed us how repair pathways had already shifted upstream through PMA approvals and why our traditional responses were ineffective. It changed how our engineering and commercial teams view the problem.”
— OEM Program and Aftermarket Leadership
Commercial Aerospace Manufacturer
“This connected engineering, aftermarket, and commercial teams in a way we had not done before.”
“Our teams were operating in silos. Engineering focused on compliance, commercial focused on margin, and aftermarket focused on volume. This session aligned everyone around the same root cause and created a shared understanding of what recovery realistically looks like.”
— OEM Cross Functional Leadership Team
Commercial Aircraft Component Platform
“This forced us to confront uncomfortable truths we had been avoiding.”
“We knew PMA activity was increasing, but we underestimated the impact of test and computation approvals on long term repair capture. The briefing made it clear where we still had options and where we had waited too long. That clarity alone changed how we approach aftermarket strategy.”
— OEM Executive Leadership
Commercial Aerospace OEM
Three Reasons OEM Leadership Teams Engage With This Briefing
You Will See the Structural Causes Behind Aftermarket Margin Pressure
Most OEM teams are reacting to symptoms.
Pricing pressure.
Lower repair capture.
Airlines bypassing OEM channels.
What is rarely visible internally is where the structural shift actually occurred.
This briefing surfaces how commercial aftermarket repair pathways change upstream through FAA PMA approvals using test and computation and why traditional OEM responses fail to reverse the impact.
You cannot correct what you cannot see clearly.
This session makes the mechanism visible.
You Will Identify Where Leverage Still Exists and Where It Does Not
There is still margin in the commercial aerospace aftermarket.
But it does not exist everywhere and it is not evenly recoverable.
This briefing shows OEM leadership teams:
Where repair pathways have already shifted beyond influence
Where intervention is still realistic
Why some responses restore leverage and others permanently weaken it
This is not about working harder or reacting faster.
It is about understanding where strategy still matters and where effort is wasted.
You Will Leave With Strategic Clarity on What to Do Next
OEM leadership does not need generic advice.
It needs clarity around options, constraints, and consequences.
This briefing provides:
A shared understanding across engineering, aftermarket, and commercial teams
Clear distinctions between recoverable and unrecoverable margin
A grounded view of what execution actually requires
Not theory.
Not motivation.
Not templates.
Clarity.
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