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Taking the pain  out of tech pubs.
By: Martha Jercinovich
Caption: When JANA, Inc. started in 1973, it specialized in providing technical publication services to the U.S. DoD. Today the company brings its extensive array of documentation services and capabilities to OEMs and MROs across the entire spectrum of aviation.
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An old aviation saying goes, “It’s not lift that makes an airplane fly; it’s paperwork.” And that’s more true today than ever.Between the increasing maintenance needs of an aging fleet and the dwindling availability of skilled maintainers, the need to keep up with technical publications and documentation is stressing many OEMs and MROs to their limits.
To mitigate the problem, many are turning to JANA, Inc., with their 50 years of experience in creating technical documents and instructions. Its “Full Circle Services” array has delivered turnkey solutions to all types and sizes of aircraft operators worldwide.
“Our deep focus has been the creation, management and delivery of technical, maintenance and configuration data,” explains JANA’s President Ean Niland. “There are very detailed regulations and instructions that govern the lifecycle of this kind of information. It’s a lot to keep up with.”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s DoD, business or general aviation—the one basic skillset of technical writing translates across all aviation,” he continues. “One day, our writers are working on documents for a commercial airline; the next, they’re doing instructions for an aircraft OEM.”
Would you like an STC for that?
While tech pubs are the company’s primary business, Niland said that with the FAA’s current backlog, its in-house FAA ODA is providing significant benefits to anyone seeking an STC or PMA.
“Many MROs and smaller operators don’t have an ODA on staff; we are their value-added provider,” Niland says. “We save them time, money and provide certainty of schedule: We can engineer, develop and bring a product to market quickly and cost-effectively.
“With our experience on the technical data side, you are going to get a clear set of documents that your mechanics are going to like,” Niland adds. “And, we’ll be there throughout the life cycle of the aircraft to keep up with any changes that come along.”
The Solution	50 years of providing technical publication solutions for aircraft operators, OEMs and MROs.	Aviation’s turnkey provider for technical, maintenance and configuration documentation.	In-house ODA streamlines the entire STC/PMA development and certification process.