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The objective of this monthly
newsletter is to provide perspective to the Aviation,
Space, and Defense (AS&D) industry on current and
relevant quality, safety, and regulatory matters in our
industry.
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What makes a
professional?  So,
you have been working in the industry for X-many years
and you consider yourself a professional of your
trade. But does years of experience alone make you
a professional? The short answer is No.
To be considered a professional
you have to belong to a profession which is defined by a
common body of knowledge (BoK) and practice.
For example, in the medical industry physicians are
expected to know and demonstrate their understanding of
the knowledge related to their speciality. In the
AS&D industry we do not have a single body of
knowledge to point to as professionals. Well, at
least not yet.
Under the auspices of the
Aerospace and Defense Learning Institute (ADLI), and in
coordination with the International Aerospace Quality
Group (IAQG) and the AS&D division of the American
Society for Quality (ASQ) a project is underway to
create a sustainable BoK structure for the AS&D
industry.
This BoK structure is different
than any other BoK in that it is based on the processes
of the industry and not the subjectivity of
experts. Process mapping is a key component in
this project which makes the future state of the
AS&D BoK data-driven and process-based.
Presently, the primary focus is
to validate the BoK structure and process. In
such, sample of organizations are being assessed.
The first major phase of the AS&D lifecycle being
evaluated are those processes which make up supplier
management. By the end of 2007, it is anticipated
that the BoK structure will be complete as will the
definition of the supplier quality engineer
BoK.
So where is this all
going? The ADLI will continue the effort to
complete the definition of all the major business
processes in the AS&D industry and will work with
various professional societies to define specific BoKs
for industry professionals. Essentially, all that
will be needed is an alignment of business process to a
professional category. By maintaining one
industry-wide BoK the AS&D industry is provided a
common vocabulary and reduces the variation in what
good looks like.
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www.ADLITraining.org for more information on how to help.
Written by: M.J.
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AS&D
News 
The following are news links
relevant to quality, safety, and regulatory matters in
the AS&D industry. If you would like to see
something else or more, please let us know.
Turning the tide
(Mexico)
Mexico's manufacturing sector faced a
crisis six years ago as OEMs embarked on a wholesale
relocation of facilities to Asia. Here's how one EMS
provider revamped its Mexican operation to make it
competitive again.
ITT to Pay $100 Million Export Fine
(USA/China)
ITT Corp. agreed to
plead guilty to illegally exporting night-vision
technology to China and other countries and pay a $100
million fine, one of the largest penalties in a U.S.
criminal prosecution, the Justice Department said
yesterday.
Airline hassles are on the
rise: More passengers in the U.S. found themselves
bumped, their flights delayed or their bags lost last
year than in 2005, according to the annual Airline
Quality Rating report.
The fact that the State
Council, an advisory body to the Russian president, met
on March 29 to discuss Russian aerospace and that the
meeting was attended by President Vladimir Putin points
to the importance which the country's leadership
attaches to the space industry.
PASS Testifies on Insufficient FAA
Oversight of Outsourced Air Carrier Maintenance
(USA)
Tom Brantley, national
president of the Professional Airways Systems
Specialists, AFL-CIO (PASS), testified today before the
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,
Subcommittee on Aviation, to address FAA oversight of
outsourced air carrier maintenance.
Australian and New Zealand will
formally accept each other's aviation safety standards
in an agreement struck by both governments
The Federal Aviation
Administration has not done enough to tighten safety
rules for the growing volume of airplane maintenance
that airlines are outsourcing to contractors, the
Department of Transportation's internal watchdog told
Congress
Air travel in South America is
growing more hazardous as a boom in commercial aviation
far outstrips the capacity of the region's aging
airports and traffic-control systems.
The NTSB opened
its doors April 1, 1967. On that day, the Bureau of
Safety was removed from the Civil Aeronautics Board and
became the foundation for the new accident investigation
agency. Since then, the NTSB has investigated about
130,000 aviation accidents and thousands of accidents in
the other modes of transportation: highway, rail, marine
and pipeline.
Aviation regulators on Thursday defended
U.S. airlines' use of outsourced and overseas plane
maintenance shops, saying the number of fatal crashes
has declined in recent years even as reliance on these
services has increased.
The MEP recently appointed
to steer a proposal to include aviation in the EU's
carbon-trading system has warned that Parliament will
likely insist on a more taxing scheme.
The U.S. federal government is
about to take a not-so-small step forward in its giant
leap to help tourists get to outer space.
As concerns pertaining to low
aviation safety in Indonesia gain ground, the air
transport authorities have decided to take a stern
stance against all the mishaps in the aviation sector.
Indonesia is eyeing zero-accident status in the years to
come.
Federal regulators are
hastening the approval of devices that can display
satellite-generated maps in airline cockpits to help
pilots avoid making wrong turns on runways and reduce
the risk of accidents on the ground
EASA answers
for the issue of "Permit to fly" as from March 29th
(EU)
EASA (European Aviation Safety
Agency) answers for the issue of "Permit to fly" as from
March 29th, the definition of the flight conditions that
today are issued by the national
authorities.
China has told Boeing and
Airbus to brace for its entry as a manufacturer of large
commercial aircraft.
Dubai's ruling family is set to
acquire a series of aerospace and defense businesses
across the U.S.,
Bahrain plans to further invest
in airport operations safety to keep pace with
increasing risks.
Airline safety has been the
focus of Willis Group Holdings' annual Asia-Pacific
Aviation Insurance Conference this year.
The state of civil aviation
safety continued to improve in 2006, according to
statistics released today by the National Transportation
Safety Board.
The European Commission on
Thursday said it was concerned over big delays and cost
overruns facing Europe's planned satellite-navigation
system Galileo, a rival to US technology.
The European Parliament voted
on Wednesday an increase of the powers of the European
Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
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This newsletter is brought to
you by The IPL Group, LLC. We hope you find the
content informative and useful. If there are other
features of this newsletter that you would like to see,
let us know. The power of our industry is not
solely driven by mechanical means, it is our
intellectual base which brings innovation and
strength.
Sincerely,
Michael
Dreikorn
President The IPL Group, LLC
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