IMPulse Volume 2, Issue 4 - Fall 2011 - IMP Group

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Fall 2011 I M P u l s e Volume 2, Issue 4 Pierce Brosnan Enjoys Atlantica Oak Island with Friends and Family Pierce Brosnan's friends and family spent the day boat touring from the Atlantica Oak Island Marina and then joined the staff for an early dinner in the La Vista dinning room. Pierce, a true gentleman, was accompanied by a wonderful crew of people. Pierce is currently filming 'Bag of Bones,' a Stephen King movie, in Nova Scotia for the next 6 weeks. Pierce had some friends join him as well as his children from LA. Compliments were extended to the Oak Island team and Chef Youden for his wonderful culinary creations. World famous director Mick Garris also enjoyed the day at Altantica Oak Island and promised to return. Execaire Six Sigma Workshop In March 2011, a group of 10 staff members of Execaire were recruited to participate in a Six Sigma workshop. Involved in the group were people from all over the Operations Department, namely Flight Services, Flight Operations, Crew Scheduling, International Planning and the Pilot Group. The focus of this workshop was to improve the process and eliminate errors from the time a new booking is received from a customer until the mission is safely completed and the aircraft returns to home base. For those unfamiliar with Six Sigma, it is defined as: "A structured, data driven methodology that can be applied to any aspect of business. It is used to improve customer satisfaction, eliminate waste and increase profit. The premise is that where work is being done, waste is being generated. The higher the waste level, the greater chance of poor customer satisfaction, higher cycle times, increased defect rates and most importantly profit loss." (www.sixsigmacanada.net) The group spent four days thoroughly mapping out each part of the process starting with the initial call by the customer, to acquiring all required services, to the transfer of authority to the flight crew and managing all the changes received for an ongoing flight. Anyone working in corporate aviation knows how many changes can happen to a month long flight! The team identified all the processes and potential areas where errors may occur. They eliminated some work done in duplicate and redistributed tasks within the group to streamline the operation. They are also committed to going paperless, so many of the current practices had to be modified. They are currently at the implementation stage where the processes established during the workshop are selectively put in place on certain aircraft or certain types of flights. Through selective trials of the new processes, the group will figure out how best to implement the changes fleet‐wide. With the size of operation they have and the diversity of the flights they encounter on a daily basis, it is no small task. But with this motivated team on the project, they are sure to meet their goals. Printed on 100% Recycled Paper Front Row : Bethanny Nurse; Sherilyn Feehan; Giovanni Pipino; Karine Bacon; Maureen Brennan Back Row : Serge Boudreault; Claude Crepeau; Lloyd Hart, Johanne Langlois; Gilbert Adam 4
IMP Aerospace Delivers First P‐3 Orion Aircraft With New Wings To The Royal Norwegian Air Force (Above) L—R: David Gossen, President IMP Aerospace; Major General Trond Karlsen, Commanding Officer Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization; Ray Burick, Vice -President P-3 Programs and Greenville Operation, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; Mark Whittingham, President, Canadian Commercial Corporation On July 14th, 2011, IMP Aerospace Division celebrated the delivery of the first re‐winged P‐3 Orion aircraft to the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF). The ceremony was attended by a number of representatives from the Royal Norwegian Air Force, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Canadian Commercial Corporation, various government agencies and, of course, IMP Aerospace employees associated with the RNoAF P‐3 Program. The ceremony included brief speeches by Mr. David Gossen, Mr. Mark Whittingham and the customer, Major General Karlsen. The Master of Ceremonies was Paul McCabe, our Vice‐President Engineering and Product Support. The highlight of the ceremony was the co‐signing of the delivery certificate by all four organizations which will be distributed to all signatories as a commemorative document for this historic delivery. In a statement released on the date of the ceremony, David Gossen stated, “We are very pleased to continue our longstanding relationship with the RNoAF as their provider of the in ‐depth maintenance and engineering services in support of their P‐3 fleet. Our company’s significant investment in the construction of a purpose‐built hangar for wing replacement programs has made it possible for IMP to carry out this work in an environment that ensures that the quality of work is maintained at the highest levels, and that airworthiness standards are more than satisfied.“ This aircraft, BUNO 156603, was handed over to the RNoAF following the ceremony and will complete its flight testing and acceptance by the RNoAF team. It is expected that the aircraft will be flown home to MASC (Maritime Air Support Center) 333 Squadron base in Andøya in northern Norway by the end of August. The aircraft is named after the famous Norwegian polar explorer and aviation pioneer, Hjalmar Riiser Larsen who was also the founder of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Fall 2011 I M P u l s e Volume 2, Issue 4 5
Page 1 and 2: F A L L 2 0 1 1 Back Row:- Minister
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