NEWS
The evening began with actor-pilot John Travolta, the official ambassador of aviation, inducting three new Living Legends— Southwest Airlines founder and former CEO Herb Kelleher, FlightSafety International President, CEO and Chairman Bruce Whitman and Maj. Gen. Carl McNair (Ret.), a decorated combat helicopter pilot who oversaw the Army’s Aviation Branch. Louis Zamperini, the Olympic runner, B-24 bombardier
and Japanese POW who inspired the book and movie Unbroken, was named an honorary Legend. Other award winners included Michimasa Fujino, founding president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company and Elling Halvorson, chairman of Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters.
EASA ANNOUNCES SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announces three key management changes following the new organization structure decided by its Executive Director Patrick Ky and announced on 1 September 2014. Effective 5 January 2015, Luc Tytgat has been appointed
by the EASA Management Board as director of the newly created Strategy and Safety Management Directorate. In this role, Luc Tytgat will be in charge of raising safety intelligence as one of EASA’s key priorities and developing a better and more agile regulatory framework. Prior to EASA, Luc Tytgat was the director of the Pan-European Single Sky Directorate at Eurocontrol since 2011, after having worked for 20 years in the field of air transport and space at the European Commission and 10 years in the Belgian Air Force. Effective 5 January 2015, Olivier
Ramsayer has been appointed by the EASA Management Board as the new Resources and Support director. In this role, Olivier Ramsayer will be in charge of simplifying, raising the efficiency and flexibility of EASA support services. Prior to EASA, Olivier Ramsayer was Head of Resources and Support Department at the European Food Safety Authority, after different managerial positions in the EU institutions. Effective 1 March 2015, Trevor Woods,
currently Flight Standards director at EASA, will replace Norbert Lohl as Certification director. In this role, Trevor Woods will address the new challenges faced by the Agency in the evolution of technologies and constraints on resources in the certification domain. Norbert Lohl will be retiring at the end of February 2015.
Wilfried Schulze, deputy director, will be acting as Flight
Standard director. Patrick Ky declares, “The new organization shapes EASA for the next decade. The Management team is focused on one objective: develop, for the benefit of travelling passengers, the safest possible aviation regulatory system, in partnership with the European Commission and the Member States and in support of the growth of the aviation industry”. Olivier Ramsayer, Luc Tytgat, Trevor Woods and Wilfried Schulze are members of the EASA Executive Committee and report directly to Patrick Ky.
AMES COMPLETES SPLIT-SCIMITAR WINGLET MODIFICATION FOR CANADIAN OPERATOR SUNWING AIRLINES
Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services (AMES) completed its first Split-Scimitar Winglet installation for Sunwing Airlines on a B737-800 aircraft. Sunwing Airlines inducted the aircraft into AMES’ Wilmington facility in mid-December for the Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) modification and other maintenance bridging inspections. The work was finished on time and the aircraft redelivered prior to year-end. “We were excited about the opportunity to complete
our first Split-Scimitar Winglet modification for Sunwing Airlines,” comments AMES president Brady Templeton.
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