Ms. Payal Gupta, Co-founder and Director – Business Development of Tecknotrove Systems, was featured on Aviation Business News (September 2026), discussing how simulation can help close the widening technician skills gap facing the MRO industry as experienced engineers retire faster than new B1 and B2 licensed engineers enter the workforce.
As Europe’s aircraft MRO market grows toward an estimated USD 42.01 billion by 2031 and the global order backlog surpasses 16,000 aircraft, Ms. Payal Gupta explains why the traditional model of training technicians on live aircraft can no longer scale to meet demand. Every aircraft pulled onto the training floor is an aircraft not earning revenue, and exposure to rare faults or unusual configurations depends on chance, not on what a trainee actually needs to learn.
Tecknotrove’s approach recreates digital twins of aircraft and critical subsystems, including landing gear, as fully interactive environments precise enough for engineers to inspect, diagnose, and work through procedures exactly as they would on the aircraft itself, without tying up a physical airframe. The same simulation model extends across Tecknotrove’s broader aviation training solutions, from pushback and towing to cargo loading, baggage handling, and airside driving, giving every high-stakes ground role repeatable, risk-free practice.
“The technician gap won’t close on its own, and the industry doesn’t have a decade to wait, but it decides how many engineers reach it ready, and how fast.”
