Duncan Aviation announces Arjen Groeneveld as the company’s Regional Manager for Europe. In this position, Groeneveld, who lives in the Netherlands, will travel the region to interface with aircraft operators, management organizations and other service providers with the goal of maintaining and building relationships within the region.
Groeneveld has 22 years of experience and a thorough understanding of aircraft maintenance derived from positions in the aerospace research, commercial airline and aircraft leasing industries.
D.O.M. News
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Trisoft Panels interlock to cover wings and horizontal stabilizers, protecting them from dropped tools, flashlights, spray cans and all the other hazards that can fall onto thin metal and painted surfaces.
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Big Ass Fans’ Yellow Jacket portable fan was designed for flexibility and quiet operation and has a limited lifetime warranty. Other characteristics include:
• Heavy-gauge steel carriage
• Powerfoil-inspired blades
• Acoustically designed fan, motor and carriage for quiet operation
• Oversized wheels and ergonomic handle for maneuverability
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Someday
You know the commercial where that guy is sitting on the beach sipping a Corona beer? His chair is sitting in the white sand, clear blue water licking at his feet? That’s what I did last week. Well, almost.
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May 24 is now a date celebrated across the United States as “Aviation Maintenance Technician Day” because it was that date in 1868 that Charles Edward Taylor was born. Taylor’s story began in a log cabin on a hog farm in Illinois.
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The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) has unveiled a completely new look to its Web site that includes improved navigation and enhanced features. The ACSF’s site (www.acsf.aero) offers the latest safety news, articles, products, services, member resources, safety management systems (SMS) education and much more regarding on-demand air charter operators, fractional aircraft management companies, and the aviation industry.
The new www.acsf.aero features:
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Aspen Avionics announces that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has expanded the European Technical Standard Order (ETSO) authorization for Aspen’s Evolution Flight Display to include additional system components previously approved by the FAA. This latest EASA approval expands the ETSO authorization to include the Aspen Evolution 1500, 2000, and 2500 systems. These systems include both Primary Flight Display and Multi-function Flight Display capabilities developed for CS-23 fixed-wing aircraft up to 5700 kg, and for CS-27 VFR helicopter applications.
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Atlantic Aero of Greenwich AeroGroup, Inc. announces that it recently completed a successful inspection of its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) division.
04/01/2011 - 12:00
“’E-mail is what people under 30 use to talk to people over 30.’ Ouch. I almost tipped over my walker when I read that.”
Tweet by Rob Mark (@jetwhine) on March 8, 2011
04/01/2011 - 12:00
In no other occupation is there a requirement to be actively engaged, I feel it is wrong to have the requirement on aircraft technicians with an inspection authorization and quite possibly could be challenged in court, when compared to other safety sensitive occupations.
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Jason Figarsky is the director of maintenance for Talon Air Inc., a Part 135 operation at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y. He is also the general manager for Talon Air Maintenance Services, the company’s Part 145 repair station. D.O.M. magazine sat down with Figarsky to learn about what it takes to manage these operations.
Early interest in things mechanical
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Hello Joe,
I have not spoken to you in some time. I always read your magazine however, and usually agree with what you have to say, until the Jan/Feb 2011 issue.
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In this installment of Legal Corner I would like to discuss an issue that continues to create problems for airmen: the alcohol related driving offense, also known as driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) (this would include similar charges such as driving-under-the-influence (DUI) and operating-while-intoxicated (OWI)).
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Employee selection is the choosing of one individual in preference over others on the basis of characteristics that the employer believes an employee should have in order to be successful in a specific job. The key question is: can a candidate’s suitability for a job be forecasted? If available techniques cannot produce an accurate evaluation of a candidate that possesses the desired characteristics, then management is handicapped in achieving its objective to pick the applicant who is best qualified for the job.