PROFILE “We have a lot going on here at Baker, and we are fi lling
our three hangars with Challengers, Hawkers, Citations, Lear Jets and recently a Falcon 2000, so we have a nice diversity and we are building on our reputation in the industry,” Wehrle tells D.O.M. magazine.
JOB CHALLENGES Wehrle has encountered administrative challenges on the job. At Aeromech, he had to bid for the jobs, take care of billing and invoicing, and collect payments. At Baker, an infrastructure is in place to manage these fi nancial processes. This allows Wehrle to concentrate on other job facets like meeting customer deadlines and dealing with the idiosyn- crasies of numerous governing authorities. One of the areas of expertise that refl ects Wehrle’s
expertise is in the pre-buy area. This has helped him get to where he is today is his thorough understanding and knowledge of the regulations, compliance, and AD conformity. Wehrle recommends that all aspiring DOMs take this area seriously and try and become as informed as possible on all the regulations that impact aircraft airworthiness. Wehrle believes aircraft maintenance is a “love it or
leave it” type of business. “The aircraft maintenance business is tough and very competitive when you can lose a large bid by $2,000 to a guy down the street that
just threw up his shingle,” says Wehrle. “There are guys out there moonlighting from their day jobs and are all competing for the same work, so it always comes back to building a business around service, honesty and reputation, and that is what we are doing here at Baker. Years ago, I based my business on bringing the technicians to the customer with mobile services, and we also do that here. But it is interesting to see that most OEMs today are operating mobile truck services to support their customers remotely. So we all recognize that this type of service sells, and now as a smaller third-party provider, we have to step it up a notch and continue to look for ways to improve and diff erentiate our service. And we will.” Wehrle still enjoys the everyday challenges, especially when a good troubleshooting challenge comes along or one of his favorite customers calls with an inspection or pre-buy need. He fi nds these relationships rewarding because they demonstrate trust in Wehrle to fi x their multi-million dollar assets, and they keep coming back. Wehrle’s ambition is to become a designated airworthiness
representative (DAR) and travel around the country to perform evaluations and determine the airworthiness of various business jets. The next time you see this troubleshooter extraordinaire, who knows? He might be wearing that FAA/ DAR patch on his shirt.
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