Flight Safety Information - March 24, 2022 No.059 In This Issue : Accident: Westjet Encore DH8D at Calgary on Mar 13th 2022, turbulence injures captain and cabin crew : New international airport in Mexico City commences operations : Ethiopian Airlines CEO resigns over health issues : What Owners and Financers Need to Know About Insurance and Putin’s Aircraft Seizure Law : Severely damaged black box from doomed China Eastern plane recovered : China launches inspection of airlines as search of crash victims continues : How an Unearthed Black Box Could Crack the Boeing 737 Plane Crash Mystery : Former Boeing test pilot found not guilty of deceiving FAA : FAA Extends Approval For NBAA’s Small Aircraft Exemption : Alaska Airlines offering flight attendants double pay for extra trips amid staffing shortage : Nearly 2,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled from an Amazon aircraft in Kentucky : Registrations open for the EAAP "Human Factors in Flight Safety” training course, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain, 25-29 April 2022 : ISASI 2022 - Brisbane Australia - Call for Papers : Position Available: Powerplant Analyst : Position Available: Configuration Control Manager : GRADUATE SURVEY Accident: Westjet Encore DH8D at Calgary on Mar 13th 2022, turbulence injures captain and cabin crew A Westjet Encore de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GWRE performing flight WS-3613 from Seattle,WA (USA) to Calgary,AB (Canada) with 62 people on board, was descending through 13,000 feet towards Calgary when the aircraft encountered unexpected severe turbulence. Although both flight crew were wearing shoulder harness and lap belt, both bumped their heads against the cockpit against the flight deck ceiling, the captain received injuries. A flight attendant struck the L1 door and received injuries, too. The aircraft continued for a safe landing about 15 minutes later. The Canadian TSB reported the captain and the flight attendant received minor injuries, cabin crew and passengers were all wearing their seat belts, there were no injuries amongst the passengers. Maintenance performed a severe turbulence inspection without any findings and returned the aircraft to service. http://avherald.com/h?article=4f668f23&opt=0 New international airport in Mexico City commences operations Built on a former military airbase, the new airport will operate in tandem with the city’s existing international airport. The Government of Mexico has opened the new Felipe Angeles International Airport, which will initially operate 16 flights a day, according to the Los Angeles Times. Inaugurated by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the new international airport has been built on a former military airbase. Located nearly 45km away from Mexico City, the Felipe Angeles International Airport was built by the army and named after an army general. It will operate in tandem with the city’s existing Benito Juarez International Airport. Presently, only one international flight is scheduled to operate from the new international airport, which will be flying to Caracas, Venezuela. The airport does not currently have any train connectivity, but rail links are expected to be completed next year. According to a senior official, Mexico is considering offering incentives to airline companies to move their operations from the Mexico City hub to the new airport. The new airport has been inaugurated almost three years after Obrador’s administration scrapped a partly built multibillion-dollar project started by his predecessor. Obrador said: “This work was done in spite of resistance from vested interests and people who wished us ill.” The Felipe Angeles International Airport project is said to be one of four key projects that Obrador intends to complete before his term as the President of Mexico ends in 2024. https://www.airport-technology.com/news/new-international-airport-mexico/ Ethiopian Airlines CEO resigns over health issues ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said on Wednesday he had resigned from his post, which he held for 11 years, to focus on his medical treatment. “I am retiring early due to health issues,” he told Reuters in a text message. Gebremariam grew the carrier from just 50 planes in 2015 into Africa’s largest airline, with a fleet of 131 planes operating on local and international routes. His career saw him win a number of accolades including “African CEO of the Year” and “Best African Business Leader,” according to the Ethiopian Airlines website. https://wtvbam.com/2022/03/23/ethiopian-airlines-ceo-resigns-over-health-issues/ What Owners and Financers Need to Know About Insurance and Putin’s Aircraft Seizure Law On March 14, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the seizure of foreign-owned aircraft in Russia. Many aircraft in Russia are owned by international firms and leased for use in Russia. Such seizures are a likely source of insurance claims by the planes’ owners and financers. Most commercial air carriers do not own the aircraft they operate, preferring instead to lease them for tax and accounting purposes. Many aircraft used in Russia for passenger traffic were built by Western firms and are owned and financed internationally. For example, according to news reports, 740 Bermuda-registered airplanes operated in Russia are now subject to seizure. Aircraft owners and financers face large losses as a result of this development. The question is whether such losses are insured. Depending on the length of the seizure of these aircraft and/or whether they are destroyed or damaged, there may be a number of different types of insurance policies that could respond to the losses. These include hull insurance policies, confiscation coverage policies, political risk (PRI) policies and other specialized aviation insurance products. Further, aviation lenders that financed all or a portion of the debt to purchase these aircraft are likely to be designated as loss payees, additional named insureds, collateral assignees or other designations to protect their interests in the event of a significant loss or damage to the aircraft. While some insurance policies usually have exclusions or limitation to coverage for state action and acts of war, the language can vary widely, and it is critical that policyholders carefully review policy language to determine if the Russian airplane seizures fall within a so-called war exclusion. Indeed, official Russian government statements in country contend that Russia is not at war with Ukraine or any other country. Several types of potentially responsive insurance policies will not have war-related exclusions, including PRI policies. Importantly, the seizures or government taking of assets is a quintessential type of exposure covered by PRI, so PRI should cover seizures here if the owners and lenders/financers have purchased the coverage. A typical insuring agreement of a PRI policy provides that the insurer agrees “[t]o indemnify the Insured for the Insured’s Loss where the cause of Loss is an Expropriatory Act by or under the order of the Government of a Host Country in which a Foreign Enterprise is located.” This or similar language fits the bill for the Russian airplane seizures. Given the large sums of losses involved, it is important that policyholders seek experienced coverage counsel to assist and advise with the policy analysis and several conditions to coverage that may apply, including giving timely notice of a circumstance or claim, as well as timely providing a proof of loss. It is critical that financers/lenders make sure insureds not only provide timely notice of claims, but for lenders specifically, to make sure they are engaged in and have insight into the claims process to protect their interests vis-à-vis the aircraft owner, aircraft operators and other interested parties who likewise may be trying to recover losses from the seizure and taking of the aircraft. With hundreds of millions of dollars at issue, insurers can be expected to resist coverage at the outset and to challenge the insured’s compliance with conditions to coverage, so creating a proper record of the insured’s claim submission process is important for these claims. Arbitration is likely to follow. https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/what-owners-and-financers-need-to-know-3092898/ Severely damaged black box from doomed China Eastern plane recovered One of two black boxes belonging to the ill-fated China Eastern flight 5735, carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, has been found, the country said on Wednesday. Rescue teams had previously been forced to temporarily suspend the difficult search in a remote mountain area of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, because of unsafe conditions caused by rain. The black box, which is key to finding out what happened in any plane crash, is severely damaged. Its recorder is so damaged that investigators are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder, officials said. The plane, which left Kunming bound for Guangzhou, a flight done successfully dozens of times in the last year, inexplicably fell from the sky in a huge fireball on Monday. As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the plane to drop out of the sky shortly before it would have begun its descent to the southern China metropolis of Guangzhou remained a mystery. The second black box has yet to be found. All 132 people on board are presumed dead. Rescuers have found personal effects like wallets and luggage but have yet to find any survivors in the challenging terrain. https://www.yahoo.com/news/severely-damaged-black-box-doomed-100647780.html China launches inspection of airlines as search of crash victims continues BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) - The Chinese aviation regulator has launched a sector-wide inspection for potential safety lapses as authorities race to search for victims and the black boxes of a commercial jet that crashed in the mountains of southern China. The cause of the crash of the China Eastern Airlines jet in Guangxi region on Monday is yet to be determined, with Chinese aviation authorities warning that their investigation would be very difficult because of the severe damage to the aircraft. The two-week inspection of the sector will involve checks at all regional air traffic control bureaus, airline companies and flight training institutes to ensure the "absolute" safety of aviation operations and people's lives, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said late on Tuesday. Since the crash, China Eastern and two subsidiaries have grounded their fleet of more than 200 Boeing 737-800 jets. The last commercial jetliner to crash in mainland China was in 2010, when an Embraer E-190 regional jet flown by Henan Airlines went down. Highlighting the top-level concern, Vice Premier Liu He went to Guangxi on Monday night to oversee search-and-rescue operations. A vice premier was similarly sent to the site of the crash in 2010. Officials in charge of the search and rescue are going "all out in their search as long as there is a glimmer of hope," after a special meeting on Tuesday helmed by Liu, according to state media reports. Officials were also told to release information "in accordance with the principles of timeliness, accuracy, openness and transparency", and the broader aviation sector must carry out special checks to prevent the occurrence of major safety accidents. At the first news conference held by the government late on Tuesday night in Guangxi, an aviation official said the 737-800 jet that crashed had met airworthiness standards before take-off and crew members had been in good health. FATAL DESCENT Hundreds of rescuers have been searching for the victims after the Boeing jet crashed with 132 people on board. No survivors have been found, a situation that state media has described as grim. A jet appeared to dive to the ground at an angle of about 35 degrees from the vertical in video images from a vehicle's dashboard camera, according to Chinese media. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage. Flight MU5735 was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, to Guangzhou in Guangdong province bordering Hong Kong, when it suddenly plunged from cruising altitude at about the time when it would normally start to descend ahead of its landing. "A 'normal' rate of descent at 'normal' descent speeds from 29,000 feet would be 2,000-3,000 feet per minute depending on a few different things," said an airline pilot outside of China, speaking on condition of anonymity. Even a rapid descent during a depressurisation event would only be about double that rate, the pilot said. FlightRadar24 said the aircraft reached a descent rate of 31,000 feet per minute. The disaster comes as Boeing seeks to rebound from several crises, notably the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on air travel and safety concerns over its 737 MAX model following two deadly crashes. China Eastern also faces deepening losses and closer regulatory scrutiny following the crash. The tragedy has shocked a country which has one of the best airline safety records in the world and whose aviation industry was over the past decade, prior to COVID, one of the world's fastest growing markets by passenger traffic. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-launches-inspection-airlines-search-013033717.html How an Unearthed Black Box Could Crack the Boeing 737 Plane Crash Mystery The chances of solving the urgent question of why China Eastern Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 jet hit the ground at the speed of a missile, instantly killing all 132 people on board, suddenly looks more hopeful. Searchers have found one of the airplane’s black boxes at the crash site near Wuzhou, China–the cockpit voice recorder. Given the severity of the impact it is not surprising that, according to the Chinese searchers at the site, the outer casing is badly deformed but the hard discs storing the data are, according to a Chinese official, “also damaged to some extent, but relatively complete.” While the cockpit recorder data will be valuable in giving an audio record of many alarms sounding and exchanges between the pilot and copilot, it is of far less help in identifying what was happening to the airplane itself. That information is stored in real time detail in the other black box, the flight data recorder, which is yet to be found. Given that this recorder is better protected because it is in the rear of the airplane, not the nose, if found it will provide the kind of definitive technical picture that would be conclusive in an investigation. The last time data was retrieved from a black box in such a critical condition was following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March 2019. That was the second fatal crash of the latest 737 model, the 737MAX, a catastrophe that led to the grounding of the entire fleet of those jets. And although those two crashes were caused by a system not installed in China Eastern’s Boeing 737-800, the end result was identical: a horrific, near vertical dive into the ground at around 700mph. The forces at impact on the flight recorders of both types of 737 would have been the same. The MAX disasters both happened during the flight’s climb-out after take off, whereas the Chinese pilots were about to begin their descent after a completely uneventful commuter flight from Kunming to Guangzhou in good weather. They were then so suddenly crippled that they issued no May Day emergency call. Zhou Hua/Xinhua via Reuters In the case of the Ethiopian crash the black boxes were sent to one of the world’s most highly regarded teams of investigators, the Bureau d’Enqetes et d’Analyses, BEA, a laboratory in Paris staffed by French air crash investigators. The French technicians were able to download the flight recorder data within three days of receiving it–with the damning evidence that, just as in the first 737 MAX crash six months earlier in Indonesia of a Lion Air jet, rogue software had taken control from the pilots and, overriding their desperate efforts to recover, had forced the jet into the death dive. China has invested heavily in its air safety regime, taking cues from both the U.S. National Transportation Board’s technology and the example of the BEA. At the moment the Chinese recorder is being handled at a lab run by their safety officials in Beijing. At the same time, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he was encouraged by the news that investigators from the NTSB have been invited to China to join the investigation. After the crash, China Eastern immediately grounded its fleet of 60 737-800s. In fact, China operates 24.6 percent of the world’s fleet of that model, the largest of anywhere in the world. (North American airlines fly 22.8 percent of the fleet and Europe 22.1 percent, according to data provided by Aviation Week). China is the world’s fastest growing domestic air travel market: although the Covid-19 pandemic initially caused air travel to tank, China recovered quicker than many other nations and now there are more than 12,500 domestic flights a day. But because the Chinese are so new to the utility of intercity jet travel, and because until now China has had an exemplary record of air safety, the China Eastern catastrophe has brought home how one crash, while it may not be statistically very significant, can deliver a huge blow to public confidence. Given that this crash has no obvious precursors in the history of the 737-800, a jet that has been as reliable as it is ubiquitous, the Chinese authorities are now under enormous pressure to show that they can carry out a successful investigation. https://www.yahoo.com/news/experts-may-closer-discovering-happened-201055757.html Former Boeing test pilot found not guilty of deceiving FAA FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Boeing Co. test pilot was acquitted Wednesday on felony charges of deceiving federal regulators about a key flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes involving 737 Max jets. A jury in federal district court in Fort Worth deliberated less than two hours before finding Mark Forkner not guilty on four counts of wire fraud. Prosecutors accused Forkner of misleading Federal Aviation Administration regulators about the amount of training pilots would need to fly the Max. The FAA required only brief computer-based training for pilots instead of more extensive practice in simulators that could have cost Boeing up to $1 million per plane. Defense lawyers said Boeing engineers did not tell Forkner about changes to the flight software, known by its acronym, MCAS. They told jurors that Forkner was a scapegoat for Boeing and FAA officials who sought to avoid blame after Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people. “We are very grateful that this jury and judge were so smart, so fair, so independent, that they saw through it,” defense attorney David Gerger said after the verdict. The Justice Department did not comment immediately. Testimony in the trial lasted less than three days, after jury selection and opening statements by lawyers Friday evening. Forkner did not testify. Judge Reed O'Connor had instructed the jurors not to consider his silence as a sign of guilt or innocence. The defense called only one witness, a current Boeing pilot, who testified for about one hour. Forkner was Boeing's chief technical pilot for the 737 Max, giving him a key role in determining pilot-training requirements. Prosecutors tried to use Forkner's internal messages to colleagues against him, particularly one in which he said he unknowingly misled regulators. He left the company in 2018, months before the first crash, then briefly worked at Southwest Airlines. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/ap-top-news/2022/03/23/former-boeing-test-pilot-found-not-guilty-of-deceiving-faa FAA Extends Approval For NBAA’s Small Aircraft Exemption There is widespread controversy and confusion over cost-sharing rules and penalties for operators of small aircraft. The National Business Aviation Association announced today (March 22) that the FAA has extended the association’s Small Aircraft Exemption No. 7879L for two more years, until March 31, 2024. The exemption, available to small-aircraft operators who are NBAA members, “allows operators of piston airplanes, small airplanes, and all helicopters to utilize the limited options for cost-reimbursement permitted under Part 91, Subpart F of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs).” Subpart F is the range of regulations enacted in response to the establishment of fractional-ownership aircraft programs such as NetJets, pioneered by founder Richard Santulli in the mid-1980s, and is typically applied to aircraft more than 12,500 pounds, multi-turbojet powered and/or part of a fractional ownership program. Exemption No. 7879L is meant to afford operators of smaller aircraft some of the economic advantages, including more extensive cost-sharing privileges, enjoyed by operators of more sophisticated aircraft. NBAA cited situations where cost sharing may be helpful for such operators, including transporting a guest on a company aircraft or employees of a subsidiary company using the aircraft. Also, NBAA said, “Time sharing, interchange, and joint ownership agreements are permitted under Part 91, Subpart F.” The NBAA website posts an application for operator-members who want to file for the exemption. “NBAA members who operate small aircraft that weigh 12,500 pounds or less, piston-powered airplanes or rotorcraft must submit a Notice of Joinder to FAA Exemption No. 7897L,” said Doug Carr, NBAA senior vice president of safety, security, sustainability and international affairs. Carr added, “And in no way does the NBAA Small Aircraft Exemption authorize any operation that must be conducted under Part 135.” https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/faa-extends-approval-for-nbaas-small-aircraft-exemption/ Alaska Airlines offering flight attendants double pay for extra trips amid staffing shortage Alaska Airlines flight attendants can earn double pay by working extra trips as the company attempts to resolve staffing shortage issues. "Like many other airlines, we are facing general staffing challenges," the company said in a statement, according to CNBC. "In response, we're offering flight attendants pay incentives to fill gaps in staffing for a short period of time this Spring." The airline started offering bonuses and up to triple pay for pilots and flight attendants during the busy holiday travel season as the increase in COVID-19 infections driven by the omicron variant caused many staffers to be out sick, CNBC reported. The company has already trained 165 new flight attendants and intends to hire 700 more this June, per the outlet. The Hill has reached out to Alaska Airlines for comment. This comes after airlines saw global staffing issues during the holiday season, with over 3,000 flights scheduled for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day being cancelled globally and over 4,600 flights being delayed. More recently, multiple airlines have said they are seeing higher-than-ever demand for flights, even with spiking ticket prices. "We've not seen a stronger demand ... in my career," Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian said earlier this month. Delta has increased its prices by about 10 percent each way in order to make up for rising fuel prices. United and Southwest Airlines have also said they have raised their ticket prices. The White House has firmly placed blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin for what it called the "Putin spike" in global energy costs as Moscow presses on in its unprovoked attack on Ukraine. https://www.yahoo.com/news/alaska-airlines-offering-flight-attendants-153513064.html Nearly 2,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled from an Amazon aircraft in Kentucky Though supposedly contained, similar jet fuel spills can seep into aquifers, as happened recently in Honolulu On March 15, as a fuel pump was being changed during aircraft maintenance, nearly 2,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled onto the jetfield at Amazon's hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The e-commerce giant launched its operations at the airport in August 2021. Salon first learned about the incident via an anonymous whistleblower, who feared exposing their identity for fear of retaliation. Salon confirmed the incident directly with Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport spokesperson Mindy Kershner. "CVG's aircraft fire and rescue team received an alert Tuesday morning regarding an unknown amount of jet fuel spilled at Amazon's ramp area," Kershner said in a statement, using the airport code to refer to the airport. "The CVG team assisted with containing the spill and Amazon took over the incident." When oil or a regulated hazardous material is spilled, the responsible organization is required by law to notify the National Response Center (NRC). Once a report is made, the National Response Center notifies an on-scene coordinator in addition to local and state emergency personnel. https://www.salon.com/2022/03/23/nearly-2000-gallons-of-jet-fuel-spilled-from-an-aircraft-in-kentucky/ Registrations open for the EAAP "Human Factors in Flight Safety” training course, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain, 25-29 April 2022 Registrations are now open for the 2022 Initial Human Factors in Flight Safety training course, to be held on-site in the beautiful seaside town of Sitges, near Barcelona, from 25-29 April 2022, kindly hosted by Vueling. The 5-day training course will be delivered by the experienced team of Brent Hayward and Alan Hobbs, together with special guest presenter, clinical and health psychologist Catarina Cunha. The course will be conducted in a COVID-safe manner. The hotel training venue in Sitges has been selected with that in mind and conduct of the course will comply with all national and local government requirements and protocols regarding COVID-19 safety and event management. This may include requirements for providing proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test results as mandated locally at the time. Completion of this course is recognised by the European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) as contributing towards the requirements for accreditation as an Aviation Psychologist or Human Factors Specialist. There are discounted registration fees for EAAP Members and a significant EARLY BIRD discount also applies for registrations received by 25 March 2022. A detailed course Information and Registration Brochure is available for download from the EAAP website: https://www.eaap.net/read/6055/initial-human-factors-in-flight-safety.html Those with any remaining questions about the course please contact Brent Hayward: brent@dedale.net.au ISASI 2022 Brisbane Australia Current Challenges for Aviation Safety Call for Papers ISASI 2022 will b e a fully interactive "hybrid” conference for delegates to meet either face to face at the Pullman Hotel King George Square Brisbane Australia or to register and participate “ on line August 30 to September 1 , 2022 The committee welcome s the offer of presentations that will address the challenges for contemporary aviation safety in the new normal including: · Recent accident/incident investigations. · Novel and new investigations techniques. · Data investigation and analysis. · Future technological developments for aviation safety. · Investigator training and contemporary selection criteria. · Wreckage recovery and analysis. · Developments in analysis and understanding of human performance with specific reference to pandemics. Abstracts should include the author’s current short CV and be sent to ISASI2022@isasi.org or if you have any questions pmayes@isasi.org April 20th Closing date for receipt of abstracts May 30th Presenters informed of successful selection and instructions for final papers issued July 20th Completed paper and power point presentation required Position Available: Powerplant Analyst Position Purpose: Researches and develops data to optimize Powerplant life management. Creates an overall life view and repair expectation tracking to optimize shop visits. Audits and validates shop visits to ensure financial sections of the Company have technical support. Essential Duties: · Audits engine shop maintenance and material technical data to identify/resolve issues prior to seeking reimbursement from code share partners. · Reviews and collects technical data to form the most optimized life management of the powerplants. · Assists the Finance and Accounting teams in assembling and validating all supporting data to facilitate the pass through process. · Reads and interprets technical documentation related to AMM, IPC, SRM, Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, DER repairs, ETD documents and other OEM authorizations, MRB/ MTLM limitations for maintenance programs, Routine Job Cards, Non-Routine Discrepancies, and MEL/CDL/DMI/NEF activity. · Works with the engineering team as required to ensure life cycle management is followed. · Applies experience and/or knowledge of business analytics and powerplant maintenance to determine LLP best removal time frames. · Reviews, interprets, and applies contractual terms of maintenance agreements with various vendors and the pass through portions of agreements with airline partners. · Communicates with partners and internal teams associated with the process, responds to inquiries, resolves open items in a manner equitable for all organizations. · Performs other duties as assigned by the Manager of Powerplant Engineering. Required Skills, Education or Experience · Bachelor’s Degree (B.A./B.S.) in Aviation Maintenance or technology – emphasis on theory of powerplant operation and a minor in Business Analytics. · 2+ years of experience Line or Heavy Aircraft Maintenance experience. · Working knowledge of 14 CFR Parts 121, 145 and 25 in an engineering or technical services department. Position Available: Configuration Control Manager Position Summary: Based out of our headquarters in Indianapolis, this individual maintains the Service Bulletin (SB) configuration tracking list of the aircraft within the airline and leads the engineering meetings for SB evaluation. Coordinates the airlines Weight & Balance and Emergency Equipment programs. Primary Responsibilities: · Maintains database of Service Bulletin (SB) installation configurations. · Researches and develops data for monthly meetings on Service Bulletin implementation plans. · Maintains an up-to-date serial numbers list of aircraft operated at each airline. · Investigates and analyzes Service Bulletins pertaining to the aircraft. · Keeps current and advises management on new Airworthiness Directives (Ads) and SB's. · Oversees the airline’s Weight and Balance documentation processes. · Maintain the BEW and BOW for the fleet · Aides Engineering disciplines in evaluation of modifications and configuration control. · Maintains and updates the Emergency Equipment Manual. · Assists in the preparation of Engineering documents, manual supplements, Inspection Program modifications and associated paperwork related to various aircraft systems and components. · Provides technical assistance to various departments and/or personnel to facilitate the proper evaluation of modification orders. Must-Have Skills and Experience: · Associate's degree in Aviation/Aerospace/Related technical field, OR equivalent combination of professional experience. · 3+ years of experience in 14 CFR Parts 121 Engineering and/or Technical Service departments. · FAA Airframe and Powerplant license · OR have 5+ years of reliability or technical services experience on different types of large airplanes with 10 or more passenger seats with an air carrier. · Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel and Access). Preferred Experience: · 5+ years of Aircraft Acquisition/Lease Support experience on different types of large airplanes with 10 or more passenger seats with an air carrier. · A thorough understanding and working knowledge of all appropriate maintenance and airworthiness requirements of 14 CFR as well as an understanding of Operations Specifications D074, D072 and Component Analysis MSG-3. · Bachelor's degrees (B.A./B.S.) in Aviation Maintenance or related field. WORK ENVIRONMENT · Typically not exposed to extreme environmental conditions. · Able to work nights, evenings, weekends and holidays to support 24 hour operations. TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS · Travel up to 25% of the time, including overnight. GRADUATE SURVEY Greetings fellow aviation professionals, My name is Mark Patrick Collins and I am a Ph.D student at Capitol Technology University. I am conducting a survey for my dissertation and would like your input. The aim of my research is to investigate the requirements for large unmanned cargo aircraft (LUCA) operations and to evaluate the anticipated needs of the FAA to support the integration of LUCA airline flights in the National Airspace Systems (NAS). This survey should not take longer than 15 minutes to complete. Click the link below to start the survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JWH3HST Thank you for your participation! Mark Patrick Collins Ph.D. Student Capital Technology University 11301 Springfield Road Laurel, MD 20708 563-663-7462 mpcollins@captechu.edu Curt Lewis