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Inside a monstrous 1.5-million-square-foot hangar at the Indianapolis International Airport, AAR leaders want all 10 aircraft bays occupied with airplanes needing maintenance or repair overhaul—the company's main line of work at its Indianapolis Maintenance Center (IMC). However, in a few short weeks, four of the bays will be empty, and AAR leaders are concerned they'll have to turn away customers because they don't have the skilled workers to repair the planes. It's a problem echoed company-wide; the Chicago-based aerospace company released a report to "get in front of" a skills gap that has "reached a boiling point."

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