NINE MINUTES, 20 SECONDS Propellers are one of the most critical components of an aircraft. Mayer realizes that the work APS does is critical. To help employees understand what a propeller failure can result in, he passes around the book “Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds” by Gary Pomerantz to all employees for reading. In the book, Pomerantz tells the story of ASA Flight 529, which had a propeller failure in fl ight. The passengers had nine minutes and 20 seconds, from the time the propeller sheared off and distorted the engine nacelle and wing to the time it crashed, to ponder their fate. All 29 passengers survived the crash, but 10 died as a result of the post-crash fi re.
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You asked. We acted. In the mid-1980s, new surplus aircraft parts were
abundant throughout the industry. As business flight missions changed, operators would switch aircraft, leaving spare parts for their former aircraft taking up valuable storage space. Then Duncan Aviation president Robert Duncan heard operators comment about this waste of money and resources. In 1984, he acted and formed the Aviation Parts and Communications division (AVPAC), which gave operators a way to consolidate their inventories and consign those parts worldwide. More than 30 years later, Duncan Aviation still
provides operators with parts and rotables services that include consignment, parts location and 24/7/365 AOG services. And we still listen to customer wishes and respond by developing and providing experience, unlike any other.
do. Most of my classmates would go home for the weekend. Arlington Heights was 10 hours away, so I couldn’t do that. So I’d go hang out at the airport. I’d put gas in the airplanes and help them move aircraft around.” After Mayer’s second year at school, he was close to getting
his private pilot license. Desiring to earn the money to get his license, he worked hard to earn every dollar he could. “I worked at a landscaping company. I would empty semi tractor loads of gravel and dirt by the bag and weeded the greenhouse when it was 90 degrees out and seemed like 110 percent humidity because it was spending money for me — money I could use for fl ight time. I did whatever I could do to get time in an airplane. If they were fl ying gliders, I’d sit in the right seat and work the fl aps and talk on the radio. I did whatever I could do to get in the pilots seat and go for a ride.” Unfortunately, the money ran out before Mayer could
fi nish school. “I went to the fi nancial aid offi ce and asked them what I could do,” says Mayer. “They asked me if I had considered joining the military. That just didn’t appeal to me. I moved back home and worked at the Sears automotive department where I had worked during the previous summers during college breaks. I did brake jobs, tires, suspension, alignments and stuff like that.” Mayer says he had enough of the job when he had a
run-in with the service manager. “He kept a Ronson lighter fl uid container fi lled with oil in his pocket that he would squirt on the shock absorbers to get customers to buy shock absorbers they didn’t need,” says Mayer. “I decided I didn’t want to work for a crook, so I quit.” Mayer then got a job at Jiff y Lube. He was there for a
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week when he was asked to travel for training. “They told me they wanted me to go to training in Chicago and I wouldn’t get paid for it,” says Mayer. “I told them I had been working on cars since I was 14 years old — why would I need to go get training and not get paid for it? So Monday morning rolls around and I am not at training. The manager called me and asked where I was. I told him I was at home. He asked why I wasn’t at training, and I told him I wasn’t
Experience. Unlike any other.
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