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who believed helicopter pilots had an instrument to allow them to see through her walls and watch her while she was naked. I thought, “what next?” but continued to politely listen to her grievance. When she was fi nished, I suggested to her that the solution to the problem might be to cover her interior walls with some aluminum foil. We never did hear from the lady again. The fi nal anecdote that I will share
concerns the day the engineering chief and a couple of engineers brought a visitor to my offi ce. He was a well-dressed individual who was concerned with how to put Santa Claus back into Christmas. His idea was to have a jet-powered sleigh led by eight reindeer fl y over the city! He sat down and opened a large suitcase and in it was
a model of a jet-powered sleigh! With as much sincerity as I could muster, I respectfully listened to his demonstration. When he had fi nished laying out his proposal I asked, “What happens if one of the reindeer poops? Won’t it be sucked into the engines and possibly cause a problem?” His answer was to place collection bags on the reindeer just as they do with horses during a parade. He had answers for several other questions as well. Finally, his time was up with me so with a silent chuckle I assigned the project to the engineers. I had taken pictures of the man’s venture so I could refer the fi le to headquarters! They were not impressed but did appreciate the break from their daily routine. It wasn’t all work.
Roger Beebe
is the president of Plane Talk Consulting (www. planetalkconsulting. com). Prior to establishing Plane
Talk Consulting in 2007, Beebe was employed as regional director, Civil Aviation, Prairie and Northern Region with Transport Canada. He held this position for 10 years and was based in Edmonton and Winnipeg. Beebe held other positions during his Transport Canada career, including acting director general of Western and Central Region; director, Airworthiness; and chief, Manufacturing and Maintenance for Canada at headquarters in Ottawa where he was responsible for all maintenance and manufacturing activities and AME licencing. Beebe served in the Ontario region as an inspector and as superintendent Manufacturing, Repair and Overhaul. He was involved in approving aircraft maintenance programs for new aircraft being certifi ed in Canada. This work included assessing manufacturing and maintenance programs in many countries and conducting audits and inspections of air carriers, maintenance facilities and manufacturers. Beebe’s civil aviation experience
includes Wardair, based in Edmonton and Toronto and Air Canada, based at Toronto. His aircraft maintenance experience was on the B747, Lockheed L1011, DC-8 series, DC-9 series, Boeing 707 and 727 aircraft. He also worked on the Bristol freighter, DHC-6 twin Otter and the DHC-3 otter and the Viscount. Beebe served over six years in the Royal Canadian Air Force, four of those years were with 1 Wing Marville, France and later at Lahr, Germany, maintaining the CF-104 Starfi ghter aircraft. He serviced many 1960’s military aircraft from several allied air forces. Immediately prior to leaving the RCAF, Beebe maintained CF-5 and T-33 aircraft for 434 Squadron based at Cold Lake, Alberta. During Beebe’s career, he was involved
in many national and international activities relating to aviation. In addition to his technical duties, he was involved in all the activities associated with management and executive responsibilities.
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