ASA Member Bulletin - Aug 2017 1st Edition

Interested in being on the Board of Directors?  Know a person who you think would represent ASA and the industry well?  Nominations are open for the Board of Directors.  

Any person who works for a regular ASA member that is in good standing is eligible for the Board of Directors. The position is for 2 years. There are quarterly meetings held at various locations near Directors' facilities and/or commonly attended industry meetings. All costs associated with attending the quarterly meetings are borne by the Director.

If you are interested in being a Director, or would like to nominate a person for the position, complete the nomination survey. Call for nominations will be open from July 26, 2017 through August 11, 2017. Election Ballots will be emailed and will be accepted from August 14, 2017, 2017 through 3:00 pm eastern on September 1, 2017. 

There are six Board positions available. They are currently held by Adam Chiamulon (Global Airtech), Sheri Murray (Air Parts & Supply Co. [APSCO]), Greg Norris (Parker Hannifin), Kevin St. Denis (Boeing Commercial Airplanes) Nicole Wright (AJ Walter) and Jimmy Wu (infinity Air). Sheri Murray, Greg Norris and Kevin St. Denis will not be running for another term. We appreciate their time on the board and service to ASA and its members.

The Labor Department is seeking comments on an overtime rule - one that affects overtime payments to outside sales personnel and to administrative and executive personnel. This is a rule that could dramatically change the pay structure of certain distributors, and is worth the attention of ASA members. Read More...

Many administrative agencies have subpoena power. This means that they can send you a subpoena insisting that you give testimony, or (more commonly for administrative subpoenas) provide documents. Read More...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $54,000 civil penalty against the Carboline Company of St. Louis for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations. Read More...

SINGAPORE --The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) signed a milestone Maintenance Agreement Guidance (MAG) yesterday with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). The agreement allows for mutual surveillance conducted on certified repair stations located abroad for each of the agreement partners. Read More...

 

Have you wondered what is the inside scoop on ASA and its government relations programs?  Well, wonder no longer! Read More...

For those of you who attended the ASA Annual Conference, you had the opportunity to observe our General Session Panel - "Changing Marketplace, How Does IT Protect and Better your Business" where Meyer Ben-Reuven, President and CEO of Chelsea Technologies, provided an overview of the importance of a secured and protected IT network infrastructure. He also delivered a 90-minute workshop that discussed new cybersecurity frauds as well as analysis and remediation for those threats. Chelsea Technologies has offered ASA Members a one-hour “quick” consultation with Meyer Ben-Reuven at no charge. Additionally, if you are interested in an engagement, Chelsea Technologies will extend a 30% discount off their regular rate to ASA Members! You may contact Meyer-Ben Reuven via email and via phone at (954) 454-9797.

ASA welcomes the following new member companies, bringing total membership to 613. For a complete list of ASA Members and for all other lists maintained by ASA, please visit the ASA Website. ASA would like to welcome the following new member companies: 

Cavu Café: Royboy's Prose & Cons - New Blog Entry: "COUNTERFEIT AND UNAPPROVED AIRCRAFT PARTS"  

Roy Resto is a seasoned aviation industry professional and longtime partner with ASA. View his blog as he discussed various industry hot topics. You can find his latest blog entry here, and join in on the discussion!

 

Our next Workshop is schedule for August 17, 2017. This workshop will address the new AS9120B requirements. The presenter will be Walter Sam O'Connor, Vice President Technical Services for ASACB. This workshop is open to ASA Members, ASA-100 Accredited companies and ASACB certified clients and any other organization certified to AS9120A. The cost for members, accredited companies and certified clients is $300.00 and for non-members, non-accredited companies and non-certified clients is $500.00.  ASACB will be offering additional transition workshops, hosted by Yulista Aviation Inc. - HSV. Registration is required and open for all these workshops on our website. Please see our 2017 Calendar @ a Glance below. 

ASA is pleased to announce an amazing offer to new ASACB clients. Any organization that attends an ASA ISO or AS Standards Workshop and subsequently contracts with ASACB for certification services will receive a discount on those services (limitations apply, see below). Which incredible offer will you choose?

Discounts apply to the 1st year of services and are only offered to new clients who are seeking ISO 9001, AS9100/AS9110/AS9120 initial certification services through ASACB. The discount does not apply to audit travel or fee expenses. Days are counted as calendar days. For questions and additional information, please contact Sam O'Connor.

There are only 13 months remaining for the transition to the new ISO 9001/AS9100/AS9110/AS9120 standards. Organizations that are AS9100/AS9110/AS9120 and waiting on release of the new revisions should already have or are in process of implementing the ISO9001:2015 standards new requirements. ISO 9001:20015 is the base standard for all the newly revised and pending release AS series standards. This will aid in getting your organization prepared to achieve the transition deadline of September 15, 2018 for AS9100/AS9110/AS9120.

ASACB has already begun auditing to the new revisions of AS9100/AS9110/AS9120.  As of June 15, 2017, all audits are created within the OASIS NextGen database. The following is information regarding OASIS NextGen database.

If you have any questions please contact Sam O'Connor, Vice President Technical Services ASA/ASACB or George Ringger, Accreditation Manager ASACB for clarification or concerns.

The ASACB has a gap assessment worksheet to aid in the transition to AS9100D that is based on input from the IAQG. It can be downloaded via the following link; Gap Assessment AS9100D or from ASA's Website at: AQMS:2016 Transition Policy; scroll to the bottom of the bottom of the page and click on Gap Assessment AS9100D. Additional standard deployment material is available on the IAQG website.

The International Aerospace Quality Group is holding its annual meeting in Cleveland, OH on October 13-19, 2017. During October 13-18, 2017, all working groups will be in session.  The general session will take place on October 19, 2017. To register for this meeting and to review the meeting agenda please visit, http://www.sae.org/iaqg/meetings/calendar.htm

 

If you have any questions please contact Sam O'Connor, Vice President Technical Services ASA/ASACB or George Ringger, Accreditation Manager ASACB for clarification or concerns.

 

ASA has once again collaborated with the Washington Aviation Group to provide re-current and initial Hazardous Material Training. The on-line class will offer one-day recurrent training and two-day initial training. A brief description can be found on ASA's HAZMAT page with additional links to registration, rates and complete agendas.    

The next QC Meeting will be held Dec 8, 2017 in Grapevine, TX. Registration is required. Hotel details will be posted in the next week. If you have any questions please contact Tony Brigham.

Regulatory Workshops are being planned for September or November in Miramar, December 5th in Chicago and December 7th in Dallas. Specific hotel and registration information will be announced in the next member bulletin.