For Private Owner-Operators
A private owner-operator or a Part 91 flight department does not have an airline’s parts department behind it — usually it is one maintenance contact making the call. PartsPerk is built to be that department: plain-language sourcing, alternate-path options when the OEM line is scarce, and paperwork explained rather than assumed.
When the exact OEM part is on backorder, we surface documented FAA-PMA alternates and approved substitutes explicitly — the owner or shop chooses, we never substitute silently.
8130-3, yellow tags, and material certs are common ground for a shop but not always for an owner — our sales desk explains what a document does and does not certify.
Single-unit and small-lot orders are the normal case here, not an exception — sized for one aircraft, not a fleet purchasing agreement.
A grounded aircraft is a grounded aircraft whether or not there is a dispatch desk behind it — AOG requests route to the same sales desk airlines and MROs use.