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We are pleased to inform you on our upcoming
5-day Workshop titled as "Aircraft Maintenance
Programme and Reliability Monitoring" from March
15-19, 2009 at the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel,
Dubai. Register now to avail early bird discounts! Download PDF Brochure Visit web site for more
information About this programme This workshop outlines the background of
aircraft maintenance programme and will
specifically emphasize on the method and steps
required for the determination and implementation
of an operator's maintenance programme, including
its further development. Also the course explains
the contents of Appendix I to AMC M.A.302 and will
give guidance for implementation of Reliability
Programs and will focus on the monitoring task and
the relevance of the Maintenance Program
Development. Who Should Attend ·
Maintenance Management Personnel ·
Service or Design Engineering Personnel ·
Technical Support Staff ·
Line and Base Maintenance Staff ·
Workshop Personnel ·
Maintenance Planning Personnel ·
Fleet Managers ·
Quality Assurance Personnel ·
Maintenance Program Engineers ·
Reliability Engineers ·
Regulatory Authority Personnel ·
Technical Staff from Leasing Companies. Topics Covered Maintenance Programme ·
MRB Process (ATA MSG-3 rev. 2002.1) ·
Source Documents (AD, MRB, MPD, CMR etc.) ·
Operator's Maintenance Programme, General
Requirements ·
Scheduled Maintenance (Letter Checks, Intervals,
Thresholds, Sample Checks, Permitted Variations,
etc.) ·
Task/Function Codes (ATA Spec 100) ·
Logistics and man hour planning aspects (Access
Panels, Zones, Skills, Tooling & Equipment,
Material, etc.) ·
Maintenance Task Packaging (Blocked Checks,
Equalized Programs, Phased Programmes) ·
Maintenance Task Cards ·
Computerized Systems ·
Maintenance Program Implementation &
Development (Staggered Implementation Plan, Service
Experience, Periodic Review, Amendments, Interval
Escalations, etc.) Reliability Monitoring ·
General Introduction to Reliability ·
Explanation of Appendix I to AMC M.A.302 ·
FAA Advisory Circular 120-79 ·
Failure Considerations and Analysis ·
Data Collection ·
Reporting Schemes ·
Review Boards ·
Reliability Data Monitoring ·
Maintenance Program Development We look forward to your organization's
participation in this event. For more information, please contact; TCQ TRIANGLE P O Box 54620 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone: +971 4 214 9560 Fax: +971 4 214 9501 Email: info@tcqsem. Adventures
in the World of Media and
Communications Profile
of Jerry W. Bird Treks
by saddle and pack horse, as part of a Canadian
Government Topographical Survey team, scaling yet
unnamed Yukon mountains, flights by float plane to
remote lakes, and two exciting seasons as a crew
member on the riverboat SS Keno, (below) set the
stage for far-flung adventures to come. The
Steamer
Keno
, last of a proud fleet of sparkling white Yukon
River Paddle wheelers, trimmed in gingerbread, with
its tall yellow smokestack and bright orange paddle
wheel, is now a permanent museum in Dawson City.
Sailing along the misty fjords of the Alaska
Panhandle and Inside Passage, from Skagway, Alaska
to Vancouver, BC, whet Jerry's appetite for
waterborne adventures. . Outside
the Box: Jerry's
father, Don Bird of Seattle,
served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in
the Yukon Territory. His mother, Violet, was from
Vancouver, British Columbia. Dawson city was like a
time-capsule; a living museum reminiscent of the
Mark Twain era, with relics of Gold Rush Days on
every corner. Monster gold dredges still operated
on Bonanza, Eldorado and other Klondike creeks.
Arctic grayling and salmon teemed in the rivers,
lakes and tailing ponds - and every growing boy
soon learned to cope with nature. Many of Jerry's
school friends were of native heritage, which added
another dimension, an attitude of
tolerance. Alberta
Bound:
Jerry W. Bird's media career was launched at The
Edmonton Journal, a major daily newspaper, owned by
Southam. His public speaking efforts began in
Calgary, with Toastmasters International, and
continued with association work and broadcast media
appearances. The creative process, using all
aspects of communications technology excites him.
Desktop and web publishing, opened up huge avenues
as a self publisher and broadcaster. Jerry has been
equally inspired by many other developments along
the way, from color lithography to award-winning
audio visual productions. This
combination of experiences became the pathway to
his launch of Air Highways Magazine in 1995 with
support from Transport Canada's Regional Director
and over 30 airport managers. A dual citizen
(Canada-USA), Jerry joined the Africa Travel
Association (ATA) in 1995 to launch Africa Travel
Magazine, whose reach is world wide thanks to its
distribution via 23 ATA African host countries and
a 2,000 page web site. The ATA site generates over
8,200 page views daily and 14.5 million hits
annually. To promote the magazines, he has
organized a series of travel industry events in
Vancouver, where he is President of ATA Canada
Chapter. Corporate
and Government Jerry
W. Bird: Editor, Publisher, Award Winning A/V
Producer. Mr. Bird's columns have appeared in
Latitudes Magazine (Montreal), Africa Travel
Magazine, Air Highway Journal of Open Skies,
Canadian Traveller Magazine, Maturity Magazine,
Roads to Canada's Great Drives, Seattle Prime
Times, Wing Span and others
From
Canada's vast and rugged Northwest to Africa's
emerging nations, life's adventure continues to
unfold for the Editor Publisher of Africa Travel
Magazine and Air Highways of the World. Born in the
Klondike Gold Rush capital of Dawson
City,
Yukon, Jerry Bird's wilderness adventures started
early in life. In winter, dog teams, horse drawn
sleighs, snowshoes, parkas and mukluks were part of
the everyday scene, while ice floes on the Yukon
River, flame-red fireweed and a brilliant midnight
sun marked the changing seasons. 
Klondike
Days: Travel on the narrow-gauge 200 White Pass
& Yukon Railway, along the shoulders of
Alaska's Sawtooth Range and Trail of '98, plus
journeys on Canada's two great transcontinental
routes, fueled his interest in rail travel
(See
Adventure Rails).
Flying with Pat Callison and other Northern bush
pilots, followed by service in the Royal Canadian
Air Force, sharpened his interest in
aviation.
Associations
Mr. Bird was keynote speaker on "Tourism" at
the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association's
56th Annual Convention in Edmonton, Alberta. His
experience with governments included agencies at
all levels. He has worked with and produced
training and marketing films for many
organizations, including the Propane
Gas Association of
Canada which won a Creative Excellence Award at the
U.S. Industrial Film Festival. Others include the
Canadian Petroleum Association, Canada's
Manufactured Housing industry, Certified General
Accountants' Association of Canada, RV
Manufacturers, Shrine-Lions Sweepstakes, Alberta's
Electrical Power Companies Group, Alberta Potato
Growers, Hotel and Travel Industry associations,
and the Housing and Urban Development Association
(Homexpo).
His first environmental projects dealt with "Oil
Spill Recovery and Cleanup" for the Canadian
Petroleum Association and Imperial Oil (Esso) and
programs for Alberta's Electrical Power Companies.
The Government of Canada hired Jerry to produce
several features, including "Alaska
Highway-
The First 50 Years. " Articles and features by Mr.
Bird have appeared in national and regional
magazines and newspapers, while his video and audio
visual titles currently number close to
100.
Mr.
Bird's client list includes: Alaska Highway 50th
Anniversary, Alberta Treasury Branches, Holiday
Inns, Avis Rent A Car, Best Western International,
Burns Foods Group, Calgary Brewing, Calgary
Exhibition & Stampede, Carma Developers,
Cargill Inc, CGA-Canada, City of Calgary, City of
Edmonton, City of Saskatoon, Dupont Chemicals, Eli
Lily & Co, Family Life Insurance Group,
Government of Alberta, Government of Canada, Gulf
Oil Canada, Imperial Oil (Esso), May & Baker,
P. Lawson Travel, Purity 99 Gasoline, Quadrant
Developers, Sheraton Hotels, Sunny Boy Cereal,
Travel Alberta, Travelodge and University of
Calgary. In addition to the above, he has handled
numerous retail marketing projects.
"With
the escalating cost of paper, a valuable forest
resource, publishers should expand their reach and
serve more readers per copy. A good magazine is a
keeper, with an extended life span, like National
Geographic which never seems to go out of date. On
the Internet, the real challenge is to cut through
the clutter and bombardment of asinine sales
pitches and empty promises."