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EnvelopeAPM.aero, an  aviation project management group, has launched an aircraft records e-learning course as well as a four-day class room training course. This program is designed to prepare participants to operate a records management department, offering a basic e-learning course for new aircraft records personnel and a four-day workshop designed for intermediate records personnel to management level as well as all staff responsible for leading and developing aircraft records management within an air operating environment. “This is the first training of its kind specifically for the aircraft records industry,” said Wes Parfitt CEO of EnvelopeAPM.aero.

Explore aviation jobs in Duluth. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a growing aviation maintenance business, recently named The Best Airframe MRO in the Americas by aviation industry professionals.

AAR is forming the leadership and high skills teams to prepare its facility at 4600 Stebner Road in Duluth. If you have a career that has demonstrated your leadership skills or you are highly skilled in Sheet Metal, Composites, A&P, or Avionics in a heavy jet maintenance environment, attend the job fair to explore the possibilities.

When: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Where: The Duluth Entertainment and Conference Center, City Side Convention Center, Entrance B. Parking is provided at no charge courtesy of the DECC.

The following positions are currently open with anticipated hire dates in August:

Director of Maintenance
Director of Quality/Chief Inspector
Senior HR Specialist
Facilities Supervisor
Training Specialist
Network Administrator
Project Managers
Leads:
A&P
R&E
Sheet Metal
Inspection
Maintenance Supervisors

Interested candidates may submit a resume and information online at http://www.aarcorp.com. Click on the Careers link then select Duluth. Spread the word if you know anyone in the area or anyone who would like to come home to Duluth!

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Cessna Aircraft is planning customer festivities Sept. 17 to mark the grand opening of its new company-owned Citation Service Center at Valencia Airport, Manises, Spain.

The Valencia Citation Service Center will have approximately 62,400 square feet (5,800 square meters) of hangar space and 38,000 square feet (3,500 square meters) of office and administration space. The center will provide full line and base maintenance, warranty work, paint, small modifications and mobile support teams.

“Cessna’s Valencia Service Center will meet the increasing demand from a growing number of Citation owners and operators in the region and their ranks are expected to get larger in the years ahead,” said Marcelo Casenove, Cessna manager of Customer Solutions.

“The Valencia location will complement our Paris service center,” he added. “Valencia Airport is convenient to many cities popular with European and Northern Africa Citation operators.”

The newest location is the result of extensive studies, research and negotiations with Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA), Spain’s airports administrative office. Cessna and AENA signed a land grant contract for a location at the Valencia Airport (LEVC), located within the city of Quart de Poblet, just west of the city of Valencia.

Valencia Employee Training Underway in U.S.

Seventeen new employees who will work in maintenance at the facility have been hired and already have received six months of training on all Citation models with FlightSafety International and are currently receiving a year of on-the-job training at Cessna-owned service centers in the United States. The new employees already aboard include 12 mechanics with an EASA B1 license and five avionics/electrical professionals with an EASA B2 license.

During their on-the-job training the new Valencia employees learn processes, interact with customers, participate in decision-making training, become comfortable with Cessna’s culture of quality and safety and learn from high-tenure employees across all models and modifications.

“The group traveled to Valencia in mid-July to set up the shops to get ready to turn wrenches,” said Casenove. Additional administrative and management positions will be filled this summer. The facility will open for business on Sept. 3, prior to the grand opening ceremony, Casenove indicated. The Citation Service Center in Valencia will be English speaking, but employees will also converse in Spanish, English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese and Valencian-Catalan.

Electronics Inc. Education Division and the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering of Clausthal University of Technology are conducting a Shot Peening Workshop in Goslar, Germany on September 24 – 26, 2012. The event will be held at the Hotel Niedersächsischer Hof.

The first two days of the workshop will cover every aspect of a controlled shot peening procedure including process control, media, equipment, equipment maintenance, evaluation and measurement of the process. In addition, roto-flapper peening training will be presented. Students will also have the opportunity to earn shot peening certification by passing Level I, II and III Shot Peening and Roto-Flap Peening exams.

On September 26, Dr. Lothar Wagner of Clausthal University of Technology will provide hands-on shot peening training in the university’s shot peening laboratory. Holger Polanetzki, an Engineer of Metallurgy and a Designated Process Specialist Shot Peening/Grit Blast and GE Certifying Agent Shot Peening at MTU Aero Engines, will also be a featured presenter at the workshop.

Anyone who works in the shot peening industry can benefit from this comprehensive workshop, but the program is ideal for aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities. The workshop courses are recognized by the FAA: Mechanics qualified under FAA rules to perform inspections may receive credit for obtaining workshop Certificates of Achievement. Additionally, the roto-flap peening classes and exam are of special benefit to shot peening operators in the aerospace industry.

The cost of the workshop is 1000 EUR per person and includes admission to three days of lectures, a comprehensive workbook, break refreshments and lunches. Group discounts are available and the hotel is providing discounted room rates for attendees. Electronics Inc. will also offer Level I, II and III Shot Peening and Roto-Flap Peening Exams for qualified students for a fee of 100 EUR each.

The workshop will be presented in English and German.

For additional information, please go to http://www.electronics-inc.com/general_germany.html

 

Qatar-based private aviation services provider Rizon Jet is delighted to announce the appointment of Mike Clarke as director of Technical Services, based in Doha.

Clarke joins from BBA Aviation, where he served for 24 years in progressively responsible positions culminating in his role as Sales & Marketing drector for Sub Sahara Africa. Previously, his sales and technical responsibilities covered the UK, Europe, Scandinavia and Africa.

As director of Technical Services, Clarke is responsible for the management, refinement and growth of the Rizon Jet Technical Services that currently include Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) facilities in Doha and Biggin Hill in London.

Chief Executive Officer of Rizon Jet, Captain Hassan Al-Mousawi, said: “We are delighted to welcome Mike to the team. Our technical services business is growing rapidly and Mike’s experience and expertise will prove invaluable as we further develop this important arm of our business to deliver world class support. His appointment will enhance our seamless offering through both Doha and Biggin Hill, and ensure a consistent level of quality service for our Middle Eastern customers in Europe, and our European customers in the Middle East.”

Rizon Jet’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) division provides technical support for an array of aircraft types. Certification and approvals are being developed all the time, and currently cover a range of Bombardier and Hawker types.

Alongside its MRO, charter and management divisions, Rizon Jet offers independent private jet owners access to its fixed-base operations (FBO) – comprising services like fuelling, hangarage and VIP passenger handling – at its state of the art terminals in Doha and Biggin Hill, London.

 

Qatar-based private aviation company Rizon Jet has been granted a number of new approvals, allowing the company to increase the range of services it offers to its international clients. The Bermuda Department of Civil Aviation has granted approval to Rizon Jet’s Doha facility, so now both the company’s bases in the Middle East and in London at Biggin Hill Airport, are able to maintain and repair Bermuda-registered aircraft under an AMO Certificate.

In London, the MRO has added the Learjet 45 and the Bombardier Challenger 300 to its Line and Base Maintenance comprehensive list of aircraft capabilities.

Rizon Jet has fully approved and certified maintenance and repair operations in Doha and London. Both facilities are fully EASA Part-145 compliant and hold approvals from a number of different states around the world, including the UK and Qatar. The centers offer AOG support on a wide range of Bombardier and Hawker aircraft.

Forecasting a growth in demand for private business and leisure jet charter, Rizon Jet’s fleet comprises two Challenger 605, and a Hawker 900XP, with UK affiliate Oryx Jet providing access to additional aircraft, including two helicopters. Rizon Jet’s managed fleet includes a third Challenger 605, which is available for private charter, a Bombardier Global Express, and an Airbus A319 which is due to join on a private management contract in 2013.

 

Delta Air Lines announced its subsidiary, Comair, Inc. will cease operations after Sept. 29, 2012.

In a memo issued on July 27, 2012 to the officers and directors of Delta Air Lines, Don Bornhorst, senior vice president of Delta Connection, said:

“While regional flying has and will remain a key component of Delta’s network, customer expectations and the unit costs of regional flying have evolved.  In response, Delta recently announced its plans to reduce the total number of regional jets in its network while adding more mainline flying.  This includes reducing the number of 50-seat regional jets from nearly 350 aircraft to 125 or fewer in the upcoming years.  As a result of this reduction and changes to its customer-focused business strategy, Delta has made the difficult decision to cease Comair’s operations.”

Ryan Gumm, president of Comair, communicated Delta’s decision this morning to Comair employees in a memo.

The discontinuation of Comair’s operations will not result in any significant changes to Delta’s network, which has enough flexibility to accommodate these changes.  Currently, Comair accounts for approximately one percent of Delta’s network capacity.  There will be no disruption to customers and no significant adjustments to Delta’s flight schedule or locations served, according to Delta.

Delta says Cincinnati will continue to be an important market in their worldwide network. The company says Cincinnati is now a profitable market and the city continues to enjoy more than 120 peak daily flights, with non-stop service to 49 destinations.  No reductions in the number of Delta flights are planned at Cincinnati as a result of this decision, they say.

Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), the leading provider of hourly cost maintenance programs for the business aviation industry, will have members of their Technical Services team focused on supporting London business jet travelers during the Olympic Games, July 27 through August 12, 2012.

JSSI has more than 45 technical experts around the world who act as trustworthy maintenance advisers whenever JSSI clients are faced with an AOG (Aircraft on Ground) situation or need assistance arranging for maintenance and overhaul events. JSSI has teamed with Biggin Hill based Fixed Based Operator (FBO), Rizon Jet, to offer business jet operators free access to JSSI technical advisors for AOG assistance if needed while visiting Rizon Jet during the Olympic Games.

“We have the best technical team in the UK on stand-by 24 hours a day, ready to answer any AOG calls. We are committed to helping anyone in need, to ensure they get back in the air,” commented George Kleros, JSSI senior vice president, Technical Services Operations.  “Having someone to call on that you can trust, no matter where you have a maintenance issue pop up is what JSSI is all about and this is a way for us to offer this experience to operators who aren’t familiar with JSSI,” added Kleros.

Qatar-based Rizon Jet’s European base has seen traffic increase threefold at its one-year-old VIP terminal at London’s Biggin Hill airport. Demand for private jet charters into the England capital has surged on the back of high profile events including the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics.

Rizon Jet Technical Services Director, Mike Clarke said: “We aim to surpass our customers’ expectations in all areas of our business. This collaboration with JSSI demonstrates our commitment to focusing on our customers’ requirements by providing special services using world-class professionals. We welcome existing JSSI customers to our operation at Biggin Hill, and also hope that others using our FBO will benefit from this unique partnership.”

Detailed flyers with JSSI AOG service contact information will be available at the Rizon Jet FBO in Biggin Hill. The JSSI AOG hotline is +44 1252 526588 and is always staffed 24/7 with a representative to assist operators and the JSSI European Headquarters is conveniently located at Farnborough Airport.

Chromalloy has announced that its San Diego, Calif., engine maintenance, repair and overhaul center now performs CF6-50 power system teardown services for MRO parts suppliers.

“We have established a launch customer for our teardown service and will provide it to parts suppliers worldwide, as well as our existing customers,” said Martin George, general manager.  “Chromalloy’s San Diego operation is one of the only service providers that can provide tear-down and manage the piece-part inspection and repair – all under one roof.”

Teardown on two 747 commercial airliner engines for a global parts supplier is now under way at the San Diego center. The CF6-50 is the first engine for teardown service offered by Chromalloy; others will be added in 2012 and 2013.

The company’s 110,000 square foot maintenance, repair and overhaul center – the only MRO in Chromalloy’s global network of component repair stations – provides a range of other services including module refurbishment, equipment exchange, seals, Non Destructive Testing, engine monitoring and test cell analysis.

“San Diego is the only location within the company’s global network to offer tear-down and full MRO services,” George said.
In 2011 the San Diego repair center was modernized and additional equipment and tooling added.

Altius Consulting, a leading Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management consultancy based in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the United States, will kick off a three part webinar series in June 2012 discussing improved Process Management specifically relating to the oil, gas and energy industry.

The complimentary online event will begin on June 27th, and continues into August.

In order to meet the needs of an evolving economy and increasing energy demands, companies need to stay competitive by obtaining business insights, and the ability to use the right information at the right time. In addition, they must always be adjusting because new and important trends are regularly changing the way software is developed and deployed. Some of these new trends include big data (large data sets), tools moving into the hands of end users, connecting business and technology, and data and analytics in the cloud.

Phillips will begin by discussing how to effectively manage Year End Planning and Long Term Planning (LTP). Now more than ever, energy organizations require a trusted, cost-effective and scalable planning process that offers confidence, breakthrough insights and flexible cloud based offerings. Attendees will learn how Altius’ FlexMI technology, powered by Microsoft SQL Server, has helped major Oil and Gas companies successfully plan in the short term (1-2 years) as well as the long term (50 to 75 years) to ensure they are prepared for future energy challenges. Both planning processes support effective decision making and a clearer direction aligning companies to stay ahead of the competition.

The second webinar, scheduled for late July, will discuss how to create, manage and track Authorization for Expenditure’s (AFE’s) with ease. Senior Consultant Michael Welch will demonstrate a proven system that allows the capture of AFE data, a workflow approval process and reporting, to track and approve expenditures faster than ever before.

The Process Management in Energy Webinar series will conclude in August, covering a more effective vendor pricing and bid management process. Procurement Analysts will learn an improved process that evaluates information in hours rather than days and provides better control, governance and transparency.

Oil, Gas and Energy companies interested in participating can register here or email info.us@altiusconsulting.com.