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FlightSafety International is the authorized maintenance training organization for 18 manufacturers. It offers more than 400 maintenance courses addressing virtually every training requirement including aircraft specific training and specialty courses. For more information call (800) 291-0679 or visit www.flightsafety.com.

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Wright Tool recently launched a new online training program, Wright Tool University. It is set up like any university. The student must register to attend the university, enroll in classes, and obtain a certain score to pass the classes. Users can search for classes they would like to take or are required to take in the course catalog. Courses include: Corporate; Impact Sockets; Ratchets, Hand Sockets, and Attachments; and Wrenches. New courses and information will be added to the university annually. The material covers how the tool is used, how to tell when a tool is worn and should no longer be used, safety information for the specific tool, the manufacturing process, and background information on Wright Tool Company. At the end of each module, the student must pass a quiz to successfully complete the course. For more information visit www.wrighttool.com or call (800) 321-2902.

You can now apply for a job in various scheduled and non scheduled airlines.

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The brightest aviation experts, leading airlines and airport authorities gathered at the W Doha Hotels and Resorts for the Leaders in Aviation Award Ceremony.
Qatar: 2009-10-27 13:02:25
The ceremony was part of the Doha Aviation Summit (www.dohaaviationsummit.com) organized under the high patronage of His Excellency Abdul Aziz Al Noami, Chairman of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority taking place in Doha until 27th of October.

The awards honored and awarded individuals and organizations across a range of categories in the aviation sector, the Leaders in Aviation Awards will highlight exemplary success stories.

Initiatives that were undertaken or became effective during the last 12th - 18th months were evaluated for the awards.

The categories and the winners of the Leaders in Aviation Awards 2009 include:

Aviation Awards

· Green initiative of the year by an airline

This year "Green initiative of the year by an airline" award winner is Qatar Airways -the airline that strives to excellence and an integral part of being an industry leader is to help lead the change towards environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The airline has taken numerous initiatives in tackling environmental challenges under the leadership of their CEO and most importantly recently set the record of being the world's first airline to use GTL kerosene on a commercial passenger flight. The award was accepted by Mr Fathi El Shehab, Senior Vice-president for commercial operations at Qatar Airways.

· Low cost carrier of the year

Air Arabia

The winner, Air Arabia, is an airline that introduced the concept of low cost in the Middle East and North Africa markets six years ago and mastered it globally. It is an airline that brought the concept of air travel to the market used to be known for only luxury travel and shifted the overall perception. The award was accepted by Mr. Housam Raydan, Corporate communications manager, on behalf of Air Arabia.

· Airport of the year

Dubai International, the award winner, has increased the number of airlines from 180 - 125 in the last twelve months and this number continues to grow. Passenger growth figures have been increasing month on month, defying the global downturn. It is one of a few airports worldwide, and the only one of the top 10 airports in terms of international passenger traffic, still reporting positive growth and forecasting it through to 2010. The opening of Terminal 3 in October of 2008 is a testament to the project management and stakeholder engagement capabilities of the organization as well as its commitment to invest in facilities and capacity that meet or exceed the expectations of its customers. The award was accepted by Mr Buty Bin Sulaiman, Director Intl. Gov. Affairs at DCAA.

· Airline of the year

Emirates

Emirates is an airline offering world class consistent products and services to its customers. The airline has demonstrated a proven high level of performance along with the airline's role in ensuring on time departures, incentive programmes, on flight services, ground handling services, innovation, CSR and overall professionalism. The award was accepted by Mr. Saeed Khalifa bin Sulaiman, Emirates Manager Qatar.

· Green Initiative of the year by an airport

Operated by TAV Izmir, an affiliate of TAV Airports Holding, the Izmir Adnan Menderes airport International Terminal's application to the "Airport Carbon Accreditation" programme initiated by the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) within the scope of environmental consciousness, has been accepted in ACI Europe's Annual Congress in June 2009.

The award was accepted by Mr. Sani ªener, President & CEO of TAV Airports Holding, who said, "As TAV Airports Holding we have carried out many projects in our airports centered around environmental awareness. With the admission of the project carried out in the Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport International Terminal, to the "Airport Carbon Accreditation" programme initiated by ACI Europe, all of our projects aimed at environmental awareness will be certified and recorded from now on. At a time when global warming is threatening the earth we live on, we at TAV Airports aim to meet our responsibilities."

The organizer, Naseba, presented a small token of appreciation to the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority for their tremendous support in organising this summit. His Excellency Abdul Aziz Al Noaimi, Chairman of QCAA accepted the award from Mr. Nic Watson, Group Sales Director at Naseba.

Prachi Dawar, Project Director of the Summit, explained, "People are the most important asset of an organization. It's the strength of a company's workforce that can carry them through tough times like these. The best organizations are the ones who can manage the challenges created by the changing economy and steer their company's performance to greater heights - they are the true leaders in aviation and the awards are designed to recognise, promote and reward excellence in the aviation sector. I would like to thank all those who took the time to nominate for the categories, and to congratulate all of the nominated organizations for their detailed and thorough submissions. All of the nominations were exceptional."

The Leaders in Aviation Awards was sponsored by Selex Systemi Integrati. Other sponsors of the Doha Aviation Summit include Bechtel, Raytheon, ADCC Joint Venture, Vaisala, SmartDesign Group, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Qatar, Alcatel-Lucent, Ali Bin Ali Technology Solutions, Actron, Analogic, Sagem Securite, Zeag AG, Anel Group, EC Harris, Ekin Proje, Ghafari, Gulf Stone Co., HOBART Gmbh, Intermec Technologies Middle East, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, SSP Gulf&India FZE, Voltas, Doha Sky Services, ECG Engineering Consultants Group S.A., AAR Aircraft Services, Jeppesen, Airport Consulting Vienna Gmbh, Ayla Aviation Academy, Clyde&Co LLP, ICX Technologies, SIMCORE, Trepel Airport Equipment Gmbh, Airbus.


About Jagson Airlines

Jagson Airlines

Jagson Airlines is a privately owned low cost carrier based in New Delhi. Pioneers in the field of private airlines operations, the airline started its journey in 1992. It was the first private airline to avail the opportunities granted in the Open Sky Policy in 1991. Jagson is committed to quality, superior customer services and provides international standards of safety, comfort and dinning experience. The airline also assures a wide range of facilities in order to provide maximum convenience to its passengers. The courteous and friendly staff of Jagson ensures smooth and on-time boarding of the passengers and at the same time gives personal attention to every passenger. The airline plans to implement Online Reservation System whereby customers would be able to check flight availability and reserve seats online, thereby, saving their precious time and effort. Jagson, with its finest quality of services promises to provide you highest level of comfort and make your air journey a pleasurable experience.

Jagson Airlines Fleet

Jagson Airlines has a fleet of three Dornier 228-200 aircrafts of German origin and VTERR Chetak helicopters. The aircrafts are handled by the best-trained and well-experienced personnel's of the aviation industry. The maintenance of these aircrafts is in accordance with the international standards and it strictly adheres to the necessary safety and security regulations governed by Director General of Civil Aviation.
Jagson Airlines Operations
Jagson currently operates regular flight services to Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Tirupathi, Puducherry, Pant Nagar, Jaipur, Udaipur, Rajkot, Jodhpur, Kullu, Dharamshala, Shimla, Dehra Dun, Jaisalmer, Srinagar, Baltal and Amaranth. The modern aircrafts of Jagson can also be utilized as cargo, ambulance and for emergency evacuation purpose. Besides aircraft operations, the airline also organizes charter flights with utmost care. Offering cheap and low airfares, Jagson Airlines plans to expand its fleet size and network further in the coming years

Dinesh Keskar, the President of Boeing India and Senior Vice President of Boeing International discusses the outlook for the aviation industry in India. He says, India will need about 1,000 airplanes of different types worth about USD 100 billion in the next 20 years.
Here is a verbatim transcript of the exclusive interview with Dinesh Keskar on CNBC-TV18.

Q: I won’t be wrong if I say you are the best salesman of the aviation world?

A: I would say that is probably okay.

Boeing India

Q: The deal you made with Air India of 68 aircraft and USD 11 billion, the single largest deal in 2005?

A: That is still today the largest deal in the history of aviation because it was one single deal worth USD 11 billion. There are other deals done but this was one single deal with one single contract.

Q: You started life as a scientist with NASA and then moved to Boeing as a research associate, so you moved from Lab to the corner office isn’t it something that people normally do?

A: When we started growing up in India, I did my high school and my engineering here and my parents always wanted me to do a PHD in engineering. So, I did that in the US and once I finished that I started working with Boeing, one of the things that I found out that there are lot of engineers and lots of good technologies etc but I wanted to do something unique. At that time I was working on the fly by wire system and which is one this airplane here and it took fifteen years to come there, so by the time you work on something till you see it, it takes a long time. When I was in a program called Expo in Boeing, it introduced me to different other functions in the Boeing company, one of them being sales and marketing.

Q: And then in 1987 they sent you to India because people say that Boeing lost the deal to Airbus and so they wanted you here?

A: Certainly, people like to change things and 1987 was the beginning of new era because there was big deal done at Indian Airlines and Boeing just wanted to change people. So, they wanted me to know whether I want to go and work in India and I said I would take a look at it and 22 years later I am still there.

Q: So you got the first deal with Mr. Scindia a USD 700 million deal and in the last two years you perhaps sold about 150 aircraft into Indian companies?

A: We did about 165 in about three year timeframe worth about USD 25 billion was very good going.

Q: Have you been a little more successful because some people would say that it is overcapacity that is driving Indian Airline Company?

A: Even I say that on every single program because that is indeed the reason. We carefully look at the business plan, where the airplanes are going to be used, so if you look at 68 airplanes of Air India, not one was going to be used in the domestic market, the wide bodies like these are going to New York non stop and one stop.

The 18 Air India Express are going as low fare carriers to the gulf and South East Asia and the 787s are not even here yet. We did some wide bodies with Jet Airways and some are yet to be delivered, they took a modest quantity of 737s and they are doing reasonably okay and also SpiceJet. So, what I wanted to tell you is that we have been fortunate and we have never had a cancellation, we had some deferrals but we carefully measure what is it that the airline can use and need and at the same time nobody at that time predicted the deep recession, fuel price and things associated with it.

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Boeing Co said on Thursday it has opened the flight-test window for its 787 Dreamliner starting Dec. 15, allaying concerns that the hotly anticipated aircraft -- already two years behind schedule -- will miss its latest target of taking to the skies before year end.

787 Dreamliner

A test-flight date marks a huge step in the development of the revolutionary airplane, whose promise of increased fuel efficiency and comfort has attracted a record number of orders for a plane still in development.

"Following the successful completion of static testing to validate the side-of-body modification, we have been working through a number of key preflight tests," Boeing said in a letter late on Thursday. "With high-speed taxi testing scheduled in the coming days, we're on track for first flight soon thereafter."

The company said the date depends on "final internal reviews, taxi test, and receiving the final experimental ticket from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration."

In the last two years, Boeing has announced five embarrassing test-flight delays that resulted in delays to the delivery schedule as well.

The program suffered problems with suppliers, a 2008 labor strike and structural issues. In June, Boeing announced a test flight delay after it discovered a design flaw that required a side-of-body repair.

The flight from Paine Field to Boeing Field -- both in the Seattle area -- will take about three hours. The company has not disclosed who will be on hand to witness the event.

The Dreamliner concept is based on the use of composite materials, which make up 50 percent of the primary structure. The materials are much lighter than aluminum, which makes the skin of traditional commercial airplanes.

787 Dreamliner

The lighter structure allows the plane to consume 20 percent less fuel than comparable aircraft. Fuel efficiency has great appeal to airlines, which have been battered in recent years by the volatile expense.

Additionally, composite materials do not fatigue and therefore require fewer maintenance checks, Boeing says. The company claims that a 787 costs 30 percent less to maintain than competing aircraft.

There are three versions of the plane with varying capacities and ranges in the Dreamliner family: the 787-8, 787-9, and the 787-3. The planes, which have been in development since the first part of the decade, have list prices between $105 million and $205.5 million.

Is it Aircraft Maintenance Engineering or Aeronautical Engineering or Commercial License Pilot?

1.who is paid most?
2.which is most glamorous profession?
3.who has most responsibility?
4.who is considered as no:1 in aviation?
5.who will be having most knowledge about airplanes? 

Pilot

1.who is paid most?

A. Pilots: As a pilot, I know from first-hand experience that starting wages for civilian pilots are very poor. Typically a pilot’s first job fresh off the lot is a flight instructor (CFI, CFII, MEI) for a flight school, and they make about 12k a year. This is not because of the hourly wage is so low, but the fact that they are only paid when in two roles (flight time, and ground). Also, it is possible for someone to make a living flight instructing, but this is usually someone who has thousands of hours of experience who usually owns his or her own plane.

To further restrict the pilot’s income, they have daily time restrictions on the amount a flight instructor can fly Once a flight instructor builds up enough time to go to the airlines, they will usually get picked up at a regional with a starting salary of 18-20k a year with a raise to 26-30k. With that said, it takes several years for a pilot to see a financial gain for the thousands of dollars and astronomical amount of time and energy they invested, but eventually, the pay reaching in the 90-120k plus a year range.

B.Aeronautical Engineers: I do not have first-hand experience for the salaries of aeronautical engineers, but I found on the below listed website that the typical salaries start around 24-150k.
http://www.avjobs.com/salaries-wages-pay…

C.A&P (airframe and power plant) Mechanics as they are called in the US have an average salary range of 35k-85k. I have several friends who are A&P’s and their salaries reflect the data on the listed site.
http://www.avjobs.com/salaries-wages-pay…

2.which is most glamorous profession?

In comparative analysis, all three (designer, operator, repairer), play an equally role, and the absents of all three are detrimental the aviation industry, along side the rest of the elemental functions of aviation infrastructure, DESPITE what others say about their individual roles which they believe and portray to be most vital.

3.who has most responsibility?

Again, all three share equally
independent levels of responsibility,

4.who is considered as no:1 in aviation?

No one in my opinion, we are all part of and intricate system

5.who will be having most knowledge about airplanes?

There are different levels and understandings of knowledge, which again are equally important with respect to the common goal of safety and reliability. The pilots have a unique knowledge and understanding to the operation of the aircraft that goes beyond a computer generated representation of an aircraft design, where as the mechanic, has a different set of vital skills that also extend beyond the classroom.

Then there’s the engineer, who uses their knowledge of Science and mathematics to bring the idea to life and produce the next generation of airplanes.

Unfortunately there have been countless, misunderstandings between R&D and operations where there was something overlooked or not considered at all, which have let to catastrophic failures. This problem was alleviated when manufacturers started having the two departments work together where they could share their unique knowledge. On top of that, advanced computer software added to the reduction of abnormalities.

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING

In final words my personal note is in slight favor of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering.
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING IS GOOD AS YOU COULD KNOW MANY DIFFERENCE OF THE OPERATIONS IN MAINTENANCE. To be true this career is not so exiting.
The work of Aircraft Maintenance Engineer may not be exiting and glamorous but Aircraft Maintenance Engineers are just as vital to the aviation industry. Without AMEs you can't even imagine to fly.  
Aircraft Maintenance Engineers are the nuts and bolts of aviation.
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