ASA Member Bulletin - October 2016

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In this month's bulletin:



Government Affairs and Legal News:

October 1st has passed and MAG 6 is in place, what is the status...

We have received calls and emails from members who have lost contracts due to changes in purchasing terms in order for the repair station to meet the documentation requirements of MAG 6. Companies have continued to revise their requirements as they realize it will be tough, actually probably impossible, to conduct heavy maintenance due lack of parts in inventory from restrictions in purchasing due to paperwork requirements. EASA has alluded to a soon-to-be released FAA program to assist distributors with attaining 8130-3s. Hopefully the details of the program will be released soon so companies can better evaluate their inventory and future purchases.


As the MAG 6 Implementation Date Looms (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BEFORE 10/1/2016 DEADLINE BUT INFORMATION IS ACCURATE), Repair Stations Adopt MAG 6 Documentation Limits

We have received multiple copies of an email from AAR from a number of ASA members. It is obvious that the letter has just gone out today (based on the number of ASA members forwarding it to us). The AAR letter concerns "expectations around MAG 6." It confirms that AAR's understanding is that they need FAA 8130-3 or EASA Form One with anything that is not a standard part. The letter permits no deviations. AAR is a leading company in the aviation repair station industry so their interpretation of the MAG 6 provisions is quite important. Read more...


FAA Notice 8900.380 is CHANGED and this Affects How Repair Stations May Receive Parts

Immediately after the FAA issue Notice 8900.380, they reissued it with small, but significant, edits to the original language.The changed language seems to help the situation faced by distributors, by explicitly recognizing that repair stations may inspect and receive parts without 8130-3 or Form One - but only for a one-year interval, and only when the repair station's inspection is consistent with its manuals. Read more...


FAA Issues Emergency Order to Braille Battery

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on September 16 issued an emergency order to restrict and prohibit Braille Battery, Inc. of Sarasota, Fla., from offering to transport by air any lithium ion battery not in compliance with the DOT's Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) or the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) technical instructions. The agency also issued a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) to warn the airlines about the risk that some Braille Battery lithium ion batteries could present when accepted and transported as air cargo. The SAFO recommends that operators implement their control measures to prevent Braille batteries from introducing this known risk into their systems. The SAFO includes a list of Braille battery models known to have been UN tested.



ASA News:

ASA 2017 Conference Dates/Location - Mark Your Calendars!!

ASA is pleased to announce its 2017 Annual Conference will be held July 9-11, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, VA. Located in Northern Virginia, in the heart of the Reston Town Center, the Hyatt Regency Reston is the only 4 Diamond hotel within the Dulles Airport Corridor and allows for easy access to the National Air & Space Museum in Chantilly, VA and downtown, Washington, DC. Once again the ASA Annual Conference will be held in conjunction with the AFRA Annual Meeting


ASA Announces Fall Regulatory Workshop Dates & Locations

Specific locations and agendas have been finalized for the 2016 Fall Workshops. For complete details please visit ASA's Website at http://www.aviationsuppliers.org/Workshops

  • October 18th - Newark, NJ - Hilton Hotel Newark Airport 1170 Spring Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201

  • November 16th - Los Angeles, CA - Embassy Suites LAX North, 9801 Airport Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045

Quality Committee Meeting - Dallas, TX

The next QC Meeting is scheduled for December 1, 2016 at the Hyatt Place, Grapevine, TX. Registration is required and all members are welcome to attend. Please use this link to register and inquiries can be sent to Tony Brigham. A very special thank you to Aircraft Inventory Management & Services LTD who has once again agreed to sponsor the meeting.


Drop Shipment Focus Group

The focus group to define the ASA-100 language for control of drop shipment has been finalized. Information will be sent to the group shortly and the groups recommendation on language will be presented during the December 1, 2016 quality committee meeting. Any questions or comments may be sent to ASA by contacting Sam O'Connor.


Hazmat Training Dates
The U.S. Department of Transportation requires all individuals engaged in handling hazardous materials to be trained at least once every three years. Washington Aviation Group conducts a Hazmat Training course to which ASA Members receive discounted registration! Early Bird Registration is open for the next Web Based Course, December 6-7, 2016. Visit the website for more details. http://www.aviationsuppliers.org/HAZMAT


Welcome New ASA Members!

ASA welcomes the following new member companies, bringing total membership to 582. 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:

  • Aero Mach Parts & Services - Miami, FL

  • Advance Trade Aerospace LLC - Valencia, CA

  • Airparts Aviation Middle East LLC - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Alphabetah Aviation - Torquey, United Kingdom

  • CTA Aerospace LLC - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  • Dragon Rich Aviation Co., Ltd. - Kowloon, Hong Kong

  • Parts ToGo Depot - Coral Gables, FL

  • Ravin Electronics LLC - Holbrook, NY

  • Yas International Dist. Inc - Miami, FL

Cavu Cafe' Royboy's Prose & Cons - New Blog Entry: "Consignment Refinement"

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!



ASA-100 News!!

Congratulations to the following Companies on their ASA-100 Accreditation

Companies showing commitment to Quality through Re-Accreditation:

  • Global Airtech/Expendable Spares - Van Nuys, CA
  • Sage-Popovich - Valparaiso, IN
  • AC Delta Ltd. - Mytischi, Russia
  • JetLine Aviation Services - Reno, NV              
  • Aero Pacific Industries Ltd. - Guernsey, United Kingdom
  • Flighttime Enterprises - Cincinnati, OH
  • New Gen Aerospace Corp. - Lake Villa, IL


ASA-100 Accredited Companies Identified on PartsBase Online Listing

PartsBase has recently reached out to ASA to include a company's ASA-100 Certification as part of their PartsBase online listing. This feature offers members additional value added credibility. It includes a notation of the standard adjacent to the member's name as well as the ability to view the company's current certificate. Now it's even easier to confirm an ASA-100 Accredited company while sourcing parts through PartsBase.



ASACB News!

The following companies have achieved certification to the Aviation, Space and Defense management system standards:

  • GA Telesis United Kingdom Ltd. - Re-certified to ISO9001:2008 and AS9120A - Dorsett, U.K.

ASACB Announces AS9120B Training

ASACB is pleased to announce that our first US AS9120B workshop being held in South Florida. This workshop will be performed by George Ringger, ASACB's Accreditation Manager and Sam O'Connor, ASACB's Vice President Technical Services. This workshop will focus on the expectation and requirements to transition to AS9120B. For registration and to review the agenda, please visit www.aviationsuppliers.org/Workshops.

  • November 10th - Miramar, FL - Courtyard (Marriott) Miramar, 14500 SW 29th Street, Miramar, FL 33027

There are only 17 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.  If you should have any questions please contact Sam O'Connor, Vice President Technical Services ASA/ASACB or George Ringger, ISO Accreditation Manager ASACB for clarification or concerns.


ASACB Announces recent and upcoming industry meetings

ASACB attended the October 10-13, 2016 meeting held in Miami, FL for the International Aerospace Quality Group. During this meeting Sam O'Connor participated on the writing team for the standard addressing unsalvageable items management AS9147. In addition, an exploratory team has been created to determine the need for creating a standard addressing end of life parts management. The end of life parts management standard could potentially limit access to these types items and increase cost. ASCAB will closely watch the progress of this exploratory team. If and when the International Aerospace Quality Group approves the team to become a formal writing team, then ASACB will join to ensure the interests of the distribution industry and certified organizations are represented.


Other Standard Updates

The AS9100D standard was published and released for purchase on September 20, 2016. A certified organization may purchase the standard via the following web link, www.sae.org.


Both AS9110 and AS9120 have been sent to the Editor and IDR for publication approval on 27 September 2016 with a target release date of November 2016. ASACB will notify all certified organizations once the standard has been released for purchase.


A set of free webnairs have been released by the International Aerospace Quality Group for AS9100D on key changes and clause by clause review. The web links for registration are listed below. Space is limited and filling up quickly, do not miss this opportunity to understand changes to the standard, register today.


9100D:2016 Key Changes (1 Hour) - Overview of quality management principles, key changes in ISO 9001 and AS/EN/JISQ 9100, and high level summary of changes.

9100D:2016 Clause-by-Clause Review (2 Hours) - Clause-by-clause discussion of the key changes.

ASACB has purchased the AQMS transition application from ANAB released on October 4, 2016 and is in the process of completing and filing all required documents. This will ASACB to be one of the first certification bodies transitioned to offer certification services to the new revisions of AS9100, AS9110 and AS9120.