Amy Wilder is a private pilot with more than two decades of experience as a writer and editor in a career spanning journalism, marketing, and communications. 
She has worked in aviation journalism since 2023, combining a lifelong passion for flight and a love of the aviation community with a penchant for storytelling. As a licensed pilot, she brings firsthand insight to the stories she covers, lending an authentic, on-the-ground perspective to industry coverage.
She holds a Master of Arts in Eastern Classics and a Master of Arts in Liberal Arts, both from St. John&#039;s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, along with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Culture.

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Aviation staffing technology company CrewBlast has added A&amp;P mechanics to CrewBlast OS, moving the platform beyond pilot and flight attendant staffing and into aircraft maintenance personnel sourcing. The addition lets operators source mechanics for AOG events, supplemental coverage, and other short-notice maintenance needs.
The capability runs on CrewBlast Connect, the company’s geolocation tool, which lets operators send a maintenance need to nearby available A&amp;P mechanics through the CrewBlast network instead of working through directories or making individual calls.
Timothy Griffin, founder and CEO of CrewBlast, said the addition builds on the company’s existing crew-sourcing model. “We’ve proven that model with flight crews,” he said. “Bringing A&amp;P mechanics into CrewBlast OS is a natural extension of that technology and gives operators another resource when time matters.”
<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2026-08-13/crewblast-os-opens-direct-access-staffing-network">CrewBlast OS</a>, launched earlier this month as a monthly subscription platform, also includes contract crew sourcing, full-time placement, operator-controlled Blasts, preferred contractor networks, and the company’s CertiFly qualification-document technology, which is being configured to recognize maintenance-specific credentials.
The OS now offers optional automatic monthly Aircraft Allocation Reports aimed at operators and management companies running multiple managed aircraft. The reports flag which aircraft used the platform each month, giving operators a basis to bill participating owners for a share of the subscription cost if they choose. CrewBlast itself has no role in invoicing or collecting that payment.
Griffin said the expansion addresses a common operational pressure. “The operator needs the right person, in the right place, quickly,” he said. “That is exactly what CrewBlast technology was designed to solve.”

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