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July 1, 2009
AM: The economic downturn has reduced new aircraft sales. How has it affected Hawker Beechcraft’s support business? Brown: The customer support segments have done well. First quarter 2009 compared to 2008, we actually sold probably two to three percent more hours. What’s really changed is the mix sold — not a lot of upgrades. It has been pure maintenance, keeping the aircraft up and...June 1, 2009
Aviation Maintenance recently had the opportunity to hear from key executives at engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, including Paul Adams, senior vice president for engineering, Bob Saia, vice president of next generation product family, and John Saabas, president of Pratt & Whitney Canada, about the geared turbofan (GTF) and other subjects. AM: We’ve heard a lot about the new geared...May 1, 2009
Aviation Maintenance: Tell us about Aircraftlogs. Stewart: We are a Columbus, Ohio-based technology company providing aircraft management services to corporate and private aircraft operators. The three main areas are flight operations, maintenance management and financial management. It is a subscription-based service. AM: How old is the company? Stewart: A little over four years old, starting in January...April 1, 2009
AM: Chromalloy has kept a fairly low profile over the years. Tell us what the company’s core business is. Lauzon: Chromalloy is an independent supplier of technologically advanced repairs, coatings, and FAA-approved replacement parts for turbine airfoils and other critical engine components for commercial airlines, the military and industrial turbine engine applications. We have more than 4,000...March 1, 2009
According to FAA records, Wesley R. Bowen received his engine rating in May 1946 and airframe rating in March 1947. He was granted inspection authorization (IA) in Oct. 1957. Bowen is a recipient of FAA’s Charles Taylor Master Mechanic award for more than 50 years of service. He started his career with the U.S. Naval Air Transport Command before working at Pan American Airways and Lockheed Missiles...February 1, 2009
Brian Finnegan, A&P, AME Director, Professional Certification PAMA/SAE Institute AM: Please provide us with an overview and update on the PAMA/SAE Certification Program for maintenance technicians. Finnegan: Our vision is to be the third-party, neutral forum in which advanced aviation maintenance technician standards of competence are developed and monitored over time. Aviation is an industry that long...January 1, 2009
AM: Tell us about yourself and AviIT. Vince Doherty: AviIT focuses on the aviation sector, where we have been providing advanced solutions to a number of leading airline and aviation companies. We have an in-depth understanding of the cost pressure issues facing the aviation sector in recent years. I’ve been with the company two years. Before that, I was with ATP. AM: What is eMan? Doherty: eMan...December 1, 2008
When Gridiron Capital LLC acquired PAS Technologies Inc. from Praxair in 2006, it knew it had to improve customer service. Key to that effort was selecting as its president and CEO Robert Weiner, an expert in Lean Six Sigma and former executive with Pratt & Whitney and GE, among other companies. PAS Technologies adopted Lean Six Sigma processes and has received the Global Six Sigma & Business...November 1, 2008
In August of this year DAE Engineering and its StandardAero subsidiary announced the consolidation of their leadership teams. As part of the realignment, Rob Mionis who had been CEO of DAE Engineering, a business unit of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, assumed leadership of the combined management team and took on the additional position of president and CEO of StandardAero. Mionis, 45, joined DAE from...October 1, 2008
Peeter Kivestu Director Global Industry Solutions Travel, Transport & Government, Teradata AM: What does Teradata do and what is enterprise data warehousing (EDW)? Kivestu: Teradata provides integrated, optimized and extensible technology for a single application-neutral repository of your current and historical data, creating the framework of the business intelligence architecture. AM: Can you please...September 1, 2008
AM: Tell us about your background. George Miller: My passion for aviation started at a young age on Long Island, N.Y. on the approach path to JFK Airport. I went to Aviation School during HS at B.O.C.E.S. at Grumman Field in Bethpage. After graduating with my Power Plant License, I went to Tulsa to attend Spartan School of Aeronautics. I worked 16 years for a couple of corporate operators thus...August 1, 2008
Axel Mueller, general manager with Lufthansa Technik in Tulsa, Okla., serves as chairman of the Avionics Maintenance Conference (AMC), an air-transport organization sponsored by the ARINC Industry Activities division. During his two years as chairman, Mueller has overseen dramatic change, as AMC transitioned to the new business model of a self-sustaining membership organization and evolved with changes in...July 1, 2008
Lyn Freeman, Founder, Build A Plane AM: What is your background Lyn? LF: My dad had a Piper Clipper when I was a kid, so I’ve always been involved in aviation in some form or another. I flew charter for a while, taught flying and flew bush planes into Forest Service strips. Ten years ago I became the editor of Plane & Pilot and Pilot Journal magazines until I left to work on Build A Plane full...June 1, 2008
Tony Charaf, Senior Vice President, Delta Techops AM: Recently Delta TechOps won the Best Total Solutions Provider award from OneAero. How is TechOps providing the best total solutions to their customers? Tony Charaf: We are honored to receive this award, as being recognized by our peers is one of the greatest compliments we can receive. The award reflects our commitment to be an industry leader in...May 1, 2008
AM: Give us a brief overview of P&W’s MRO business: JK: Our motto is that we have OEM capabilities with MRO flexibility. We provide unique solutions for Pratt & Whitney and customer engines including parts, repair and overhaul and line maintenance services. We have been growing at a substantial, double-digit rate, 15-20 percent annually. Pratt has established strategic MRO businesses in...April 1, 2008
Russ Halliday is the Maintenix product manager at Mxi Technologies. Halliday has been with Mxi for more than nine years and works to understand customer and market requirements in order to direct the growth and development of the Maintenix product. AM: Please provide a brief company overview. RH: Mxi Technologies provides integrated, intelligent aviation maintenance management software, bringing innovation...March 6, 2008
Before joing PAMA, Casker managed membership and chapters on national and international levels, affiliate society formation, and exhibit and sponsorship development for SAE International. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Army. AM: What type of experience do you bring to the position of President of PAMA? JC: I joined the association management field and the SAE International staff in 1978. Therefore, what...February 1, 2008
Peter N. Stein is a base chief pilot for Johnson Controls and has more than 20 years in corporate aviation, 11,000 flight hours and five jet type ratings. He is a member of the Flight Safety Foundation, Corporate Advisory Committee and currently serves as the chairman for its latest project, Threat and Error Management (TEM) for Business Aviation. AM: What are TEM’s objectives? PS: TEM is a systems...January 1, 2008
Dany Kleiman completed his full-time service in the Israel Air Force in 1991, serving in the aircraft department of the material directorate and achieving the rank of major. He joined the Israel Aircraft Industries, commercial aircraft group in 1997 and became manager of the galaxy program in 1998. In 1999, he founded the business aircraft directorate and served as its director until early 2003 when he was...December 1, 2007
Imadedeen Al-Farahid received his BSc in electronic engineering in 1980 and has garnered many certificates since then by taking courses in electrical systems to ramp safety. Al-Farahid continues his education even though he has more than 25 years of experience. Employed by Royal Jordanian Airlines since 1981, Al-Farahid has a dozen years of hangar and line maintenance experience and is currently head of...
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