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Bernardi Appointed EVP for Sabena technics
Sabena technics has added strength to its management with the nomination of Jacques Bernardi as EVP Component services within the Group’s
Executive Committee. He will be responsible for improving turn around times and prices through optimized processes and will also be in charge of developing Sabena technics’ component repair capability. Bernardi began his aviation career in 1986 with UTA and then joined Air France Industries where he reorganized the company’s logistics and set up provisioning maintenance contracts with major OEMS. Bernardi then integrated the purchasing departments of two major French companies, in 1998, as VP Purchasing and Logistics followed by VP Procurement for the airline Air Liberté and later in 2003, as purchasing director for EADS Sogerma Services. In 2006, he joined Goodrich Actuation Systems as director Aftermarket and MRO.
Rigid Lifelines Selects Kemp as New Sales Manager Rigid Lifelines announced the addition of John Kemp as national product and sales manager. “I am pleased to welcome John to Rigid Lifelines,” said Steve Uhlig, vice president. “His record of success in
marketing fall protection and safety solutions to both government and private industry is why we selected him to direct Rigid Lifelines through its next phase of growth.” A graduate from The Pennsylvania State University, Kemp brings 17 years of fall protection experience. During this time he conducted numerous fall hazard survey reports for Fortune 500 Companies and trained more than 10,000 at risk workers on fall protection.
Gulfstream Announces Three Key Positions Gulfstream Aerospace has named three key appointments. Eric Stuck is now senior manager, New Business Development, within the Gulfstream Product Support organization. His primary
responsibility is to oversee the development of aftermarket avionics and cabin electronics modification programs for Gulfstream aircraft. Stuck reports to Matt Huhn, director, Product Support Business and Program Support. Stuck has 28 years of experience in the aviation industry, including 15 in product support sales and program management. Previously, he worked for Hawker Beechcraft, Bombardier, Banyon Air Services and AMR Combs.
FL Technics Training Adds Wide-Body Mx Training
With the addition of Storm Aviation, an aircraft maintenance training organization, at the end of 2011, FL Technics Training has further expanded its capabilities. The company says it is now offering training programs not only for narrow-body aircraft, but also for the wide-body. The company now has more than 150 practical and theoretical training courses under the EASA Part 147 certificate. “The joined capabilities of the two companies have enabled us to expand the range of our training courses and further increase the quality of services. As a result, FL Technics Training is now ready to offer both theoretical and practical aircraft maintenance training courses not only for narrow body aircraft, but also for such wide- bodied aircraft as Boeing 747/777/767 and Airbus A380/A340/A330,” says the deputy head of FL Technics Training Dainius Sakalauskas. “It has significantly strengthened the company’s position not only in the European and the CIS markets, but also in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.” Twin-aisle aircraft are expected to account for 22 percent of all aircraft deliveries thus becoming the fastest growing segment of the market, says Sakalauskas who estimated 163 aircraft were ordered at Dubai Airshow. Orders for 50 new Boeing 777s and AFI-KLM Group for 25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners will increase the wide-body aircraft from just over half the region’s fleet to more than 70 percent of all aircraft on order in the region. The expanding aviation market in the Asian-Pacific region and other emerging economies is also constantly increasing the number of Boeing and Airbus twin-aisle (B787 and A380) orders.
“Integrating new technologies requires major investments into both modern
equipment and technical training. Naturally, the market calls for highly skilled and qualified personnel. Training programs must be modified to reflect the newest trends as well. They need to be focused on gaining the optimum advantage of the innovative features not only for narrow- body type of aircraft, but also for the new generation of wide-body ones,” says Sakalauskas. “As the demand for maintenance personnel grows along with the expanding new generation fleets, the competitive industry will be in need of competitive partners. Our philosophy is simple – by sharing our knowledge and expertise we are able to deliver a full package of training solutions to our customers. In the nearest future we are planning to introduce aircraft maintenance training program for A380.”
Dassault Falcon Opens West Palm Beach Satellite Service Station
Dassault Falcon’s newest Satellite Service Station is now open, one month ahead of schedule, at West Palm Beach Airport (KPBI) in Florida. DAS - West Palm Beach is authorized by the FAA to perform “A” inspections up to the “4A+” inspection on the Falcon 50, Falcon 2000 and Falcon 900 family of aircraft as well as the Falcon 7X. EASA approval is expected within the next 30 days. Operators can contact the DAS Wilmington facility to schedule their aircraft for maintenance. “This facility allows us to offer expanded service for all operators but will be especially appreciated by operators in the Eastern United States and Central and South America,” said Bob Sundin, senior vice president of Dassault Aircraft Services.
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“Dassault Falcon has been aggressively expanding our ‘footprint of service’ and this is a critical piece to our strategy.” In addition to the service station, a Falcon AOG ‘GoTeam’ is also located at the facility. Dassault says a GoTeam provides rapid mobile response directly to an aircraft location with the parts, tooling and personnel necessary to get the Falcon flying. The facility in West Palm is part of a global support system which includes similar stations in St. Louis, Missouri; Luton-London, U.K., Rome, Italy; Moscow, Russia and Nice, France. Falcon says it has placed about $500,000 in tooling, equipment and Falcon spares at the West Palm Beach facility in addition to a hangar, shop and offices for employees and customers.
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