The abbreviation for Quality Assurance Inspector. This is a certified technician responsible for reviewing and approving maintenance work performed on an aircraft. They sign off on critical tasks, ensuring that mechanics followed the correct manuals, used approved parts, and completed the job to regulatory standards before the aircraft is released for flight.
Heard on the job
You can't close up that wing panel until QAI comes down and inspects the control cable rigging.
Also heard as
- QA