IMPrint, Issue 7

GET TO KNOW YOUR CONTROL CENTRE
Submitted By: Phil Boulter
There are over 1,329,895 Work Order updates and Work in Progress clockings that, on average, occur each year as
a result of the Aircraft and Component maintenance and modification activities at HIA. This massive amount of data is
collected, analyzed and distributed by the members of six Control Centres located throughout the HIA location. The
Control Center staff, supporting both Canadian and International customers, has the challenging responsibility of
maintaining schedules, tracking progress, identifying and resolving constraints, providing accurate status reports and
monitoring and producing earned value reports.
To be successful in today’s aerospace industry, the Control Centre staff must demonstrate professional and effective
control of the customer’s aircraft and components and know exactly the status of their assets and how work is
progressing from both a cost and schedule perspective. The nature of the work means the staff interfaces throughout
all levels of the company as well as directly with customers. In particular there is a very close relationship with the
production personnel, who rely on functionality of the control centres since many important decisions are made based
on the analysis and information provided by the centres.
With the start of the combined production
program (wing replacement, systems update
and residual third line inspection and repair) for
the CP140 aircraft, the growth of the
international programs and the first CH149
Cormorant aircraft arriving, the importance and
responsibility of the control centres continues to
grow. The quality and accuracy of schedule
and earned value reporting has significantly
improved over the last two years and is a credit
to the Control Centre staff. The Control Centre
personnel are the guardians of this essential
process and make a critical contribution to the
overall team effort.
Melanie Hatch, Brad Schnurr, John Neves, Jeffrey Bernier, Mike Beaulieu,
Tracey Matheson, Dave Brown, Heather Ellis, Maureen Boudreau,
Marilyn Lowe, Maurice Hurley, Wandalee Burke,Gerry Carter,
Sheila Rhyno, Karen MacDonald, Crystal Hull, Crystal Ashley,
Tim Brown, Phil Boulter, Tara Wright, Denis Riverin, Rick Lusk, Bob McMilan,
Louise McDow, Donna Myers, Mihir Busa, Sarah Hines and Pam MacDonald.
Missing from picture Dave Hunt.
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There is no doubt that the Control Centre staff
will step up to the challenges associated with
Aerospace’s growing and complex work and will
continue to improve on the excellent support it
provides today. This important role is
recognized and greatly appreciated. Thank you
all for a job well done.
EXTREME MAKEOVER: TECH PUBS EDITION
Submitted By: Laurie Murray
Phase 1 of Technical Publications office and furniture
improvement renovations took place over the course of a
whirlwind two-week period in April. Thanks to the well
co-ordinated efforts of several departments within I.M.P.
Aerospace, the work was carried out with great efficiency. This
particular phase saw the Production Editing and CP140 Technical
Writing departments receive a much-needed face lift comprising of
freshly polished floors, new paint for the walls and brand new
office furniture. Several promotional posters were also
commissioned and are now proudly displayed at various locations
throughout.
Due to the success of Phase 1, Publications Management is
now drafting plans to facelift the balance of the Publications
offices. Thanks to everyone involved to making Phase 1 a
complete success.
One of Tech Pubs promotional posters located on the 3rd floor.
BAFFIN ISLAND RESCUE BY CH149 CORMORANT
Submitted By: Clair Henderson
On April 15, 413 Rescue and Transport Squadron in Greenwood received a call at 2 p.m. local time from the Joint Rescue Co-ordination
Centre in Halifax to assist two stranded hikers in Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island. The last known position for the hikers was 2,435
kilometres north of Greenwood. A CH149 Cormorant helicopter (912) from 103 Squadron Gander, NL and a CC130 Hercules aircraft from 413
Squadron, Greenwood, were tasked to assist. Due to the sheer distance and transit time for Gander’s Cormorant to fly to Iqaluit, Greenwood’s
Hercules transported a second Cormorant aircrew which would relieve the Gander aircrew once it arrived. Also, at this time it was decided to
take a maintenance crew of I.M.P. employees from Greenwood. Our aerospace employees responded on short notice and three I.M.P.
technicians went to Iqaluit in the Hercules.
The search area was extremely mountainous and was described as some of the most challenging terrain ever flown in. At approximately 3:00
a.m., after about 14 hours of flying from Gander, the CH149 Cormorant 912 arrived in Iqaluit. Greenwood I.M.P. technicians carried out
scheduled maintenance prior to the aircraft being handed over to the awaiting Greenwood aircrew to proceed to the search area and take over
the search from the Hercules.
The weather was clear and the outside temperature was –30 degrees Celsius with
winds strong enough to immediately cause frostbite to any exposed skin. The first hiker,
visible from the air, was a 41-year-old woman who was extremely cold and had frostbite
to her hands. She was brought on board the helicopter and treated for mild hypothermia
and frostbite. Her hiking partner, who had fallen into a nearby crevasse approximately 21
hours earlier, was conscious but injured. After assessing the situation, it was decided to
use a Rope Rescue System to extract the hiker, who was on a small ledge about 25 feet
down with injuries to his right side, frostbite and was hypothermic. Both hikers were
treated for their injuries while enroute to Iqaluit in Cormorant 912.
Upon landing, there was more maintenance to be carried out and a flying control
problem to be tackled by the Greenwood I.M.P. technicians before the aircraft could set
off on its return flight to Main Operating Base Gander.
Having the Greenwood I.M.P. technicians deploy with the Hercules ensured that the
Hercules would not have to waste valuable time flying to Gander to pick up I.M.P.
technicians. This ensured the rescue was successfully carried out in the shortest time
possible and speaks to the flexibility and commitment of I.M.P. employees.
Well done and thanks to all the I.M.P. employees involved in this rescue.
I.M.P. Crew from left to right:
Bill Snow, Rollie Arsenault and Terry Rogers.
MOB GANDER AVN TECHNICIAN,
I.M.P., CO’S COMMENDATION
Submitted By: Clair Henderson
Brian Connolly, an I.M.P. Technician at Main Operating Base Gander, was presented with a Commanding
Officer 103 Search And Rescue Squadron Commendation by Major Steve Reid the CO of 103 SAR
Squadron.
Brian was deployed to St. John's, NL, with 103 SAR squadron for Boat Camp, a focused training period
for the squadron to upgrade search and rescue skills. During a post inspection of a CH149 Cormorant he
noticed what appeared to be a black grease mark on the mounting lug of an engine starter. The mounting
lug's limited access made a detailed inspection difficult to undertake. Undeterred, Brian continued with the
inspection and discovered the mounting lug was cracked and further discovered the starter was misaligned.
Had this gone unnoticed, failure of the starter was probable, with damage to the surrounding engine
components and structures the most likely outcome.
Brian is commended for his vigilance and determination in resolving the suspected crack on the engine
starter mounting lug. His actions and subsequent discovery of the misaligned engine starter prevented a
possible emergency situation.
Brian Connally receiving his commendation
from Major Steve Reid.
Well done Brian.
GET TO KNOW YOUR CORMORANT SUPPORT CENTRE
Submitted By: Clair Henderson
The members of the Cormorant Support Centre (CSC), located in #6 Hangar, are a team of knowledgeable and dedicated individuals led by
Bill Ricketts, VP CSH. The team works together closely toward the common goal of providing the maximum number of CH149 Cormorant aircraft
for Search and Rescue (SAR) operations. In effect, they provide “one-stop shopping” for all support functions for Canada’s 14 CH149 Cormorant
SAR helicopters, operating out of the Main Operating Bases (MOBs) at Greenwood and Gander on the East Coast and Comox on the West
Coast. The CSC team takes great pride in chasing down everything from answers to complex technical questions to sourcing scarce parts in the
shortest time possible for the MOBs. They work around the clock as necessary to ensure uninterrupted SAR coverage for Canada.
The technical staffs provide services such as fault finding, repair design, maintenance instructions, data control and storage. The outcome of
this hard work is technical direction that turns unserviceable aircraft into operational SAR assets ready for their next mission. Also critical to the
CSC team are two Agusta Westland Technical Representatives and a Liaison Officer from the military Weapon System Management (WSM)
office in Ottawa, who work with the staff and the MOBs whenever required.
Included in the CSH team is a dedicated Material Department consisting of diligent material co-ordinators and purchasers who are responsible
for determining what parts will be needed now and in the future and making sure they’re procured on time. The department also takes care of
receipt, supply and dispatch of parts on behalf of the Cormorant fleet.
Last year an Aircraft Sampling Inspection (ASI) was initiated on aircraft 902. Subsequently, aircraft 910 was inducted for an ASI in September,
effectively creating the basis of a Re-baselining Program for the fleet. These efforts are being directed and carried out by Halifax repair and
overhaul staff on behalf of the Cormorant program.
Having CH149 Cormorant helicopters in Halifax has been very beneficial, enabling the maintenance and engineering support teams to get up
close and personal to the aircraft, giving them an increased understanding of this extremely complex helicopter. This often enables the team to
react to MOB issues more quickly than ever, thus achieving the aim of saving lives by having as many serviceable SAR aircraft available at all
times.
The hard work and diligence of the CSC team is complemented by superb teams of reliable I.M.P. technicians at each of the three MOBs.
These teams will be the subject of a future IMPrint article.
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Kim Woodin, Matt Goodfellow,
Derek MacMillan and Theresa Pacheco.
Bill Ricketts, VP CSH Programme
Back row – Andy Philpott, Bill Ricketts, Matt Peters, Peter Pike, Simon Dore (AWIL), Tom Machell, Dave Cummins, Mark Goddard (AWIL) and Keith Graham.
Middle row – JD McCully, Steve Hunt, Melanie De Young, Peter Ord, Colin Currie (WSM), Leo Whalen, Ward Fleet and Keenan Wagerman.
Front row – Debra Pettipas, Staci MacAskill, Ron Rhyno and Keith Manuel.
Missing – Clair Henderson (taking photo), Mary Daigle, Pat Goodfellow, Lyn Willis, Mike Brown, Cliff Labossiere, Oscar Lacroix, Steve Bartlett, Mike Snow, Harley Rogers and Krista Roper.
DAFFODIL CAMPAIGN 2011
Submitted By: Ashley Downing
The Canadian Cancer Society delivered 69 bundles of daffodils to
I.M.P. Aerospace on March 30. A big THANK YOU goes out to
those who purchased bundles. I.M.P. Aerospace raised $484 which
was greatly appreciated by the Canadian Cancer Society.
STAFF JOINT OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
Submitted By: Robert Presseau
I.M.P. is excited to announce the formation of the Staff Joint
Occupational Health and Safety (SJOH&S) Committee made up of
four members from staff positions and three management positions.
The current members that make up the SJOH&S Committee are
James Friars, Nick McGrath, Robert Presseau, Mandy Upshall,
Scott Dorey, Bob Ladley and Tony Lindley.
The purpose of the SJOH&S Committee is to foster a
co-operative spirit between management and staff in matters
related to accident prevention and occupational safety and health.
The mandate of the SJOH&S committee is to advise
management on safety related problems which are related to
non-production areas. The role of the committee is to maintain and
promote enthusiasm and interest in the safety program, provide an
advisory group to study, analyze and report on problems in
occupational safety and health, participate in inspections and
investigations and ensure compliance with the Canada Labour
Code Part 2.
From left to right are: Tony Lindley, Scott Dorey, Nick McGrath, Robert Presseau,
James Friars and Mandy Upshall (missing is Bob Ladley).
GOING GREEN
Submitted By: Heather Mercer
The First Earth day on
April 22,1970 involved over
20 million Americans and was
accredited for launching the
modern environmental movement.
In 1990, two million Canadians
joined 200 million people in 141
nations in celebrating the very first
International Earth Day. Since
then, International Earth Day has raised environmental awareness
around the world. Our younger generation of Canadians are far
more eco informed than the generations before them. Now in 2011,
more than six million Canadians joined with over one billion people
in over 180 countries to celebrate and raise environmental
awareness on Earth Day, still a small fraction of the earth’s
population but a step in the right direction.
In Canada, Earth Day has now grown into Earth Week and even
Earth Month to accommodate the ever-growing number of events
and projects. We can all do our own part to help raise awareness
and to take care of our earth. No act is too small and every little bit
helps. Recycling has become a necessity and encouraging
recycling at work can introduce a good habit of recycling at home
that you may not have considered before. The more people that are
on board with recycling, the better our world will continue to
become. So why not take action today? You can start with
something as small as using a reusable container for your food and
drink at work each day or by using both sides of the paper when
printing. Why not take on more ownership of minimizing waste and
reducing your energy consumption? You can start by making your
own list of things you can do to improve your work and home
environment and make the pledge to make an act of “Green”. You
can make the pledge at the following website:
http://act.earthday.org/. Just because Earth Day has come and
gone does not mean we cannot make every day Earth Day in our
lives. Happy recycling everyone.
5S EVENT AT I.M.P. AEROSTRUCTURES
Submitted By: Craig Hall
A large 5S event was held in April at I.M.P. AeroStructures to improve
the mezzanine assembly operations. The goal was to better organize
the workplace and improve productivity. A full team of 30 production
and support employees spent the day working on 5S improvements.
The day started with refresher training on 5S, followed by a large
“Sort”. A significant amount of unnecessary items were removed from
the work area. Work cell layouts were fine-tuned, tooling was
organized, visibility boards were made and point-of-use hardware was
introduced. The six sub teams spent the last hour of the day reporting
on their achievements and the required next steps.
Production Manager Pat Brine remarked “I was very impressed to
see the entire team working together towards a common improvement
goal.”
While we approached the 5S event with the goal of “no homework”,
the last few weeks have been busy working on follow up items from
the event. Overall the event was a great success and resulted in
enhanced workplace processes. Congratulations to all the production
and support employees involved.
The
Kaizen
Team
Photo to the right shows
some of the
items removed.
Below shows the
before and after
Tool Box Cleanup
AIR CADET VISIT TO I.M.P.
Submitted By: Carl Kumpic
The 77 Arrowhead Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets of
Truro toured our airport facilities on March 15th. The group of 18
cadets, led by Commanding Officer Capt. Jamie Caudle, toured
both the rotary wing and fixed wing operations following a general
brief of our capabilities. The cadets ranged in age from 12 to 16
The tour was part of a program to introduce the young air cadets
to the key industries responsible for supporting DND aircraft
maintenance. It offered a unique opportunity for the cadets to better
understand the detail of military aircraft maintenance and the scale
of I.M.P.’s depot maintenance capability.
Capt. Caudle thanked I.M.P. for providing this opportunity to the
77 Arrowhead Squadron.
GENEROSITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS
Submitted By: Anne-Marie McDevitt
There have been several fundraising events at I.M.P.’s Aerospace
Division, including in particular the Feed Nova Scotia challenge that
our engineering department has aggressively pursued with bake
sales, “bucky” auctions and other events. This spirit of generosity
and giving back has extended to outside the company to include
current I.M.P. employees, former I.M.P. employees and even
students who worked at I.M.P. during the summer.
An article in the January 2011 issue of the Waverley newsletter
The Laker titled “Polar Bear Dip helps local woman raise $400 for
food bank” is about Bernadette Richards, the sister of Anne-Marie
McDevitt (an I.M.P. contracts administrator). Bernadette worked
one summer with other TUNS students at our airport Aerospace
Division doing bin and other analysis with the industrial engineering
department. The article also mentions Anne-Marie’s father, Arthur
Knaggs, who is a former employee of I.M.P.’s Commercial Division
in Burnside. Although Arthur did not take the plunge with
Bernadette, he helped her with her fundraising campaign,
encouraging her all the way along. It was a family effort, just like
working at I.M.P. is a family effort, where we all do our best in our
day-to-day activities here. Although Anne-Marie wasn’t able to take
the plunge with her sister this past January, she hopes to be able to
do it in January 2012 when the next annual Polar Bear Dip occurs.
Happy Jumping! Now, in the meantime let’s think warm, dry
thoughts and wish for summer.
Air Cadets in #1 Hangar
NEED FOR SPEED
Submitted By: Heather Mercer
Chris Dingle and Frankie Fraser, both I.M.P. Aerospace employees, have been a part of the racing industry since the early eighties. Chris
Dingle, who drives car #71, is a foreman in #9 Hangar on the Canadian CP140 Aurora Life Extension program. Frankie Fraser, an Avionics Tech
in #9 Hangar, drives car #0.
Chris has been involved in the racing scene since 1983/84. He was crew member for Frankie’s younger brother Scott and Frank Fraser Sr.
back in 1992. During that time he began racing Street Stock; then in 2005 he raced in the Legends division. After 2006, Chris started making the
move into the Sportsman Division and has been racing in that division ever since. Chris had a banner year last year, finishing sixth in the very
competitive points championship for 2010.
Frankie Fraser has been racing off and on for nearly 30 years; he started in 1983/84 racing street stock cars and remained doing so for 4 or 5
years. He then went on to help his father Frank Sr. and various other members of the racing community as a member of their pit crew. He
travelled to the southern states as a member of his brother’s pit crew. After taking a few years off, Frankie moved on to the Sportsman series
racing and he has been there ever since. Frankie has quite an impressive track record and is known to lend a helping hand to other racing
teams. He was the 2009 Sportsman series champion, 2010 runner up and he has numerous first-place finishes under his belt that most racers
may very well covet.
The racing season runs from May to mid-September. You can find Chris racing much of the time locally here at Scotia Speedworld and
Frankie at Riverside International Speedway in Antigonish. Why not check the schedule for the Sportsman Series races (SP) and plan to come
out and cheer on both Frankie and Chris? The schedules for Scotia Speedworld and Riverside International Speedway can be found at the
following websites: http://www.scotiaspeedworld.ca/ and http://www.riversidespeedway.ca/.
Frank Fraser – flag lap
Chris Dingle – flag lap
LONG TERM SERVICE AWARDS
MAKE YOUR OWN IMPRINT!
I.M.P. Group has made enhancements to the Long Service and
Retirement Recognition program which became effective on April 1,
2010. This program continues to be offered in conjunction with Henry
Birks and Sons. Service milestones will now be recognized at 5 year
intervals up to 40 years of service and Retirement. Employees will
receive a recognition package for their next applicable service
milestone.
5 YEARS
Brian Amos, Philip Barkow, Conrad Bissett, Mary Bottomley,
Matthew Corey, Kendell Desiree, Nicholas Hain, Addison Holloway,
George Hrynewich, John Mason and Brian Mullett.
10 YEARS
David Achorn, Bradford Bonner, Martin Bussieres, Donald Chouinard,
Gary Clarke, Larry Ferdinand, Michael Gebray, Michael Gillis,
Derrick Goodine, Greg Humphrey, Brian Jordan, Michael Kissell,
Jennifer McDonald, Elizabeth Morrison, Ian Murray, Ronald O'Leary,
David Reardigan, Brian Tinman and Barry Wadman.
15 YEARS
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Please note that the size of the newsletter and number of submitted
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may have to be considered for a following issue. If your article does
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know.
Please try to keep your article to no more than five paragraphs and
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NAME
DEPARTMENT
E-MAIL
PHONE
Brad Cornick ...........Int’l Programs [email protected] ................ 2110
Ashley Downing ......Human [email protected]............ 1761
Alex Fettes ..............Product Support [email protected] ................... 1261
John Dobbs, Brian Fry, Kelly Rhynold and Darrell Swaine.
20 YEARS
Larry Gayton ...........Publications [email protected]................. 3864
Clair Henderson ......CSH [email protected] ........... 3769
David Meagher.
Carl Kumpic ............Int’l Marketing [email protected].................. 1508
25 YEARS
Diana Bennett, Christopher Dingle, Bayfield Hines, Ronald Parker,
George Pelley, Darren Soward and Richard Verge.
30 YEARS
David MacKinnon....AC Engineering [email protected] ......... 1272
Anne-Marie .............Contracts [email protected].... 1307
McDevitt
Nick McGrath ..........ASE [email protected] ............... 1635
Mary Doyle.
Heather Mercer.......Int’l Programs [email protected] ............ 2044
Thank you for all your hard work and dedication
in making I.M.P. Aerospace a great place to work.
Devon Moore ..........Sp Engineering [email protected]................ 1138
Colin Newton ..........Airworthiness [email protected]................ 3820
Pamela Scully.........CI [email protected] .............. 3725
CONGRATULATIONS
Cheryle Engram ......Material Dept [email protected] .................. 1314
At I.M.P Aerospace we would like to recognize those big moments
in our employees lives. This space is available to those employees
who have recently celebrated milestone anniversaries, recent
nuptials, births.
Dale Worden ...........Production/ [email protected] ................ 1166
Prod Support
BIRTHS
John Martell ............Hammonds Plains [email protected]
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April 12 – D.A. Power, daughter Keria Makayla Power.
May – Andrew Moore, son Liam.
May 12 – Michelle White/Chris Keith, son Cody Michael.
May 20 – Tatyana Munn, son Daniel.
May your days be brightened with the
joy and happiness of your new family addition.
Ann Gilfoy ...............Amherst [email protected]............................. 215
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