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Sample Presentations

2019-08-12 Import Law for Aviation Professionals (Air Carrier Purchasing Conference)

2019-05-10 Aircraft Parts Distribution Regulations and ASA-100 Quality Standards (Zhengzou University of Aeronautics)

2018-11-27 Aircraft Parts in the Global Marketplace (Tokyo Industrial Research Institute)

Partial Publications List (most recent at the bottom)

J Dickstein edited and wrote the Aviation Supplier’s Association’s Newsletter, The Update Report, from 1997 to 2015. He is now the substantial contributor to the Aviation Supplier’s Association’s current blog.

J Dickstein edited and wrote substantial portions of the Modification and Replacement Parts Association’s Newsletter, The MARPA Supplement, from 2007 to the present.

J Dickstein, US Proposes to Regulate Foreign Trade in Non-U.S. Avionics, AVIONICS NEWS, January 2009, at 34.

J Dickstein, Commerce Department Licensing Exceptions Vary for Exporting Avionics, AVIONICS NEWS, February 2009, at 66.

J Dickstein, Asserting an Aircraft Mechanic’s Lien: One Way to (Finally) Get Paid, AVIONICS NEWS, March 2009, at 66.

J Dickstein, Yes, You Are Responsible for A&P Mechanics, AVIONICS NEWS, April 2009, at 66

J Dickstein, Next Gen Implementation Means New Avionics Paradigms, AVIONICS NEWS, May 2009, at 58.

J Dickstein, Traceability: Do you Need It?, AVIONICS NEWS, June 2009, at 66.

J Dickstein, Impending Parts Rules from U.S., EASA Could Impact Repair Stations, AVIONICS NEWS, July 2009, at 58.

J Dickstein, House Bill on Energy and Emissions Could Impact General Aviation, AVIONICS NEWS, August 2009, at 58.

J Dickstein, Global Changes for Instructions for Continued Airworthiness, AVIONICS NEWS, September 2009, at 58.

J Dickstein, Recordkeeping is an Important Function for Every Repair Station, AVIONICS NEWS, October 2009, at 56.

J Dickstein, Is Your FAA Inspector Asking for Hazmat Compliance?, AVIONICS NEWS, November 2009, at 66.

J Dickstein, FAA Releases New Manufacturing Rule Impacting Distributors, AVIONICS NEWS, December 2009, at 50.

J Dickstein, Exporting Avionics from the United States to Canada, AVIONICS NEWS, January 2010, at 34.

J Dickstein, Can FAA’s Acceptable Methods Be Used in Lieu of Manufacturer’s Manual Provisions?, AVIONICS NEWS, March 2010, at 66.

J Dickstein, Aviation Industry is No Stranger to an Interdependent Global Society, AVIONICS NEWS, May 2010, at 64.

J Dickstein, ADS-B and NextGen Gaining Momentum, AVIONICS NEWS, July 2010, at 34.

J Dickstein, International Debate Rages Concerning Availability of Maintenance Manuals, AVIONICS NEWS, September 2010, at 52.

J Dickstein, Always Get the Advice in Writing, AVIONICS NEWS, November 2010, at 66.

J Dickstein, Customer Communications Enhance Value, AVIONICS NEWS, January 2011, at 34.

J Dickstein, Pay Attention to Those Rosters, AVIONICS NEWS, March 2011, at 76.

J Dickstein, Burden Falls on Industry to Promote Exports, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, April/May 2011, at 42.


J Dickstein, FAA Revisits Repair Station Drug-Test Rule, AVIONICS NEWS, May 2011, at 70.

J Dickstein, New US-EC Agreement Affecting Aircraft Parts, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, June/July 2011, at 48.

J Dickstein, Be Wary of Batteries, AVIONICS NEWS, July 2011, at 66.

J Dickstein, Keeping the J Dickstein, Lights On at the FAA, AVIONICS NEWS, September 2011, at 60.

J Dickstein, Traceability: Not a US Requirement But Certainly a Good Idea, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, October/November 2011, at 52.

J Dickstein, Employee Handbooks, AVIONICS NEWS, January 2012, at 62.

J Dickstein, Operations and Procedures Handbooks, AVIONICS NEWS, March 2012, at 70.

J Dickstein, Why Won’t My DAR Issue An 8130-3 For My Part?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, April/May 2012, at 60.

J Dickstein, Counterfeit Electronics Parts, AVIONICS NEWS, September 2012, at 60.

J Dickstein, Interpreting The Term “Partial Repair”, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, October/November 2012, at 66.

J Dickstein, The Importance of Participation, AVIONICS NEWS, November 2012, at 62.

J Dickstein, Contract Maintenance NPRM, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, December 2012/January 2013, at 42.

J Dickstein, International Maintenance Manual Rules: In the Works, AVIONICS NEWS, January 2013, at 64.

J Dickstein, Hidden Hazmats in Aircraft Parts- Are You Protected?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, February/March 2013, at 36.

J Dickstein, The FAA’s Proposed Contract Maintenance Rule Needs Work, AVIONICS NEWS, March 2013, at 64.

J Dickstein, The Parts Traceability Puzzle, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, April 2013, at 42.

J Dickstein, Forms of Liens Useful to Repair Stations, AVIONICS NEWS, May 2013, at 76.

J Dickstein, Filing a Lien, AVIONICS NEWS, June 2013, at 78.

J Dickstein, New US Export Rules Provide Clearer Guidance to the Aerospace Community, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, June/July 2013, at 48.

J Dickstein, What Happens to your Lien if an Aircraft Registration Expires?, AVIONICS NEWS, July 2013, at 78.

J Dickstein, Collecting on your Lien, AVIONICS NEWS, August 2013, at 66.

J Dickstein, Could You Approve Your Own Data?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, August/September 2013, at 88.

J Dickstein, Are Your Parts Approved?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, October 2013, at 56.

J Dickstein, Avionics Repair Stations and Electronic Signatures, AVIONICS NEWS, October 2013, at 66.

J Dickstein, Continued Operational Safety: What Should You Be Looking For?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, December 2013/January 2014, at 56.

J Dickstein, Changes to U.S. Export Regulations, AVIONICS NEWS, January 2014, at 60.

J Dickstein, Are You Ready for Tomorrow?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, February/March 2014, at 38.

J Dickstein, Q&A: The TSA Repair Station Security Rule, AVIONICS NEWS, March 2014, at 64.

J Dickstein, New Issues In Repair Station Security, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, April 2014, at 52.

J Dickstein, The Shifting FAA Paradigm of ‘Design Organization’, AVIONICS NEWS, May 2014, at 68.

J Dickstein, FAA-Approve Parts: What Does This Mean?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, June/July 2014, at 46.

J Dickstein, A Supreme Court Case Could Dictate Just How Arbitrary the Law Can Be, AVIONICS NEWS, September 2014, at 52.

J Dickstein, Could Aircraft Parts Bring The US and Iran Back Together?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, October 2014, at 50.

J Dickstein, Using the Right Tools, Equipment and Test Apparatus, AVIONICS NEWS, November 2014, at 62.

J Dickstein, Aerospace Export Basics for the New Year, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, December 2014/January 2015, at 56.

J Dickstein, Tips on Buying and Selling a Repair Station, AVIONICS NEWS, January 2015, at 56.

J Dickstein, PMAs:Safety, Availability, Savings. But They Still Can’t Cure the Smart-ass Dad, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, February/March 2015, at 38.

J Dickstein, Repair Station Process Management: Part 1 of 2, AVIONICS NEWS, March 2015, at 62.

J Dickstein, Repair Station Process Management: Part 2 of 2, AVIONICS NEWS, May 2015, at 32.

J Dickstein, Instructions for Continued Airworthiness – Are You Getting All the Right Data?, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, August/September 2015, at 60.

J Dickstein, Exporting a Component After a Repair, AVIONICS NEWS, September 2015, at 56.

J Dickstein, State-Level Proprietary Rights Do Not Trump Aviation Safety, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, October/November 2015, at 48.

J Dickstein, New Partners: Iran and Cuba?, AVIONICS NEWS, November 2015, at 64.

J Dickstein, Transferring TSO’d Equipment Between the U.S. and Europe/Canada, AVIONICS NEWS, February 2016, at 56.

J Dickstein, You’ve Got To Fight For Your Right To PMA-ty, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, April 2016, at 64.

J Dickstein, There is A Lot Going on with Documentation!, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, June/July 2016, at 46.

J Dickstein, FAA 8130-3: Making Export Tags Look Like Domestic Tags, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, August/September 2016, at 52.

J Dickstein, The Next Generation of FAA Oversight, AVIONICS NEWS, October 2016, at 60.

J Dickstein, 8130-3 Tags on Your Parts, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, October/November 2016, at 46.

J Dickstein, Self-Disclosure as a Safety Strategy, AVIONICS NEWS, December 2016, at 54.

J Dickstein, Examine the Maintenance Annex to Understand the Responsibilities of a US/EU Dual-certified Repair Station, AVIONICS NEWS, February 2017, at 64.

J Dickstein, How Could FAA Manufacturing Changes Affect Repair Stations?, AVIONICS NEWS, April 2017, at 58.

J Dickstein, The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves, AVIONICS NEWS, June 2017, at 40.

J Dickstein, FAA Acts to Preserve your Repair Station’s Rights!, AVIONICS NEWS, October 2017, at 72.


J Dickstein, FAA Agrees to Limit US Exports to China; and They Admit That They Did It for Non-Safety Reasons, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, December 2017, at 50.

J Dickstein, Look Carefully at that Paperwork!, AVIONICS NEWS, December 2017, at 62.

J Dickstein, Getting Closure When You Ship Aircraft Parts, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, February/March 2018, at 42.

J Dickstein, The Documentation Puzzle, AVIONICS NEWS, April 2018, at 64.

J Dickstein, Optimism on Aviation Trade with China, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, April 9, 2018

J Dickstein, Electronic Records, Traceability, and the FAA’s Efforts to Get Out of Its Own Way, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, July 7, 2018

J Dickstein, Brexit and AEA’s Membership: Surviving Under the Latest Guidance, AVIONICS NEWS, August 2018, at 40.

J Dickstein, Incidents, Accidents, Turbulence and Parts Disclosures, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, September 2018, at 50.

J Dickstein, Accepting Foreign Airworthiness Directives- A More Dramatic Change Than It Might Appear, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, October/November 2018, at 48.

J Dickstein, Balancing Cooperation and Control in an FAA Audit, AVIONICS NEWS, December 2018, at 56.

J Dickstein, The Global Future of Maintenance, AVIONICS NEWS, February 2019, at 50.

J Dickstein, New Part 145 Requirements for Supplier Evaluation, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, May 15, 2019.

J Dickstein, Traceability, Evidence, and Trust in the Aircraft Parts Industry, AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE, September 28, 2019.

J Dickstein, SMS - What Makes it Useful?  Part One: Hazard Identification, 39 AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE #1, January 10, 2020, at 48.

J Dickstein, New Paid Leave Laws, and a New Payroll Tax Credit, 39 AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE #2, March 31, 2020, at 40.

J Dickstein, SMS: Making It Useful Part Two Risk Assessment and Likelihood, 39 AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE #3, May 16, 2020.

J Dickstein, SMS: Making It Useful Part Three Risk Consequence, 39 AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE #4, July 19, 2020 at 48.

J Dickstein, Correlating Risk Consequence and Likelihood (SMS Part Four), 39 AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE #5, Autumn/Fall 2020 at 48.

J Dickstein, Customer Bankruptcies: Protect Your Right to Get Paid, 39 AVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE #6, Winter 2020 at 48.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Safety Compliance, MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, December 2020 at 14.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Covid-19 Loan Relief, MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, March 2021 at 20.

J Dickstein, SMS Part 5: The Relationship Between Risk Controls and Your Safety Risk Management System, Aviation Maintenance Magazine, Spring 2021 at 50.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Repairing Parts from Foreign Sources: Export and Import Compliance, MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, May 2021 at 16.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Non-US Repair of US-Sourced Parts: US Export and Import Compliance, MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, July 2021 at 14.

J Dickstein, SMS Part 6: Strategies for Identifying and Selecting Risk Controls, Aviation Maintenance Magazine, Summer 2021 at 46.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: There's Hazmat in those Aircraft Parts!, MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, September 2021 at 20.

J Dickstein, SMS Part 7: Using the Hazard Log to Support Change Management, Aviation Maintenance Magazine, Autumn 2021.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Entering Into an Authorised MRO Agreement (part I), MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, October/November 2021 at 24.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Entering Into an Authorised MRO Agreement (part II), MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, December 2021/January 2022 at 20.

J Dickstein, Export Basics: Doing Business Across Borders, Aviation Maintenance Magazine, Winter 2021-2022 at 50.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Entering Into an Authorised MRO Agreement (part III), MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, January/February 2022 at 16.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Safety Management Systems: Learn, Implement, Succeed!, MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, March 2022 at 18.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Setting Safety Policy and Indentifying Effective Safety Performance Indicators, MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, April 2022 at 16.

J Dickstein, Exporting Aircraft Parts: ITARs or EARs - Choosing the Right Set of Export Regulations, Aviation Maintenance Magazine, Spring 2022.

J Dickstein, Legal Matters: Setting Safety Goals
, MRO MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, May/June 2022 at 14.

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