Future of Aviation Maintenance

NBAA Project Bootstrap

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FOAM is brought to you through the NBAA

So, who is the NBAA?

NBAA

8,000 Business Aviation members

Operating 18000 Jet & Tp aircraft 8,000 general aviation aircraft

Industry representative in Wash DC 14 different standing committees

Members of the Maintenance Committee

Corporate
Marty Grier Jim Janaitis Randy Borgerding Nathan Winkle Brad Townsend Steve King Marlin Priest Kevin Smith William Beard Jim Sparks Jon Haag Mark Dietrich Bill Meyer

Business
David Heydt Rick Ochs

Associate

Honorary

Bob Gould Jim West Tim Steinhauser Phil Randall Lee Brewster John Casker Ed Gagnon Howard Dufour Jim Scavotto Tom Hendershot Kevin Fitzpatrick Len Beauchemin Patrick Delahoussaye

NBAA Maintenance Committee Member Profile

Dedicated Professional Volunteers Philosophically Altruistic Passionate about our Industry Motivated by lifelong history of problem solving Strong Willingness to Partner Reflections of Charley Taylor

Training/Advanced Education subcommittee

Source for the new Industry certification Made up of maintenance training experts Steered by maintenance practitioners Overseen by individuals with multi-decade experience credentials as working aviation maintenance professionals

Training/Advanced Education Sub- Committee Members

Chair: Brad Townsend Co-Chair: Rick Ochs Co-Chair: Jim Sparks Tim Steinhauser David Heydt David Cantrell Ron Vinson

NBAA Proposal
Aviation Maintenance Professional

AMTE A&P/IA Avionics Technician

Aviation Maintenance Technical Engineer

NBAA Proposal
Aviation Maintenance Professional

AMTE A&P/IA Avionics Technician

Aviation Maintenance Technical Engineer

We Call this

Charley gave us the inspiration for the name of this partnership

Easy right?
We know who are the A&Ps But just who is the Avionics Technician?
Ask Jim Sparks

In the March 2007 issue of AMT Avionics Technicians - Do they really exist?

What Will it Take To Accomplish this?

Executive Summary
NBAA Aviation Maintenance Committee Professional Development White Paper
An initiative offered by the NBAA Training/Advanced Education Sub-committee

NBAA Maintenance Subcommittee Training/Advanced Education Vision

Inspire a national effort, raising the educational and professional bar for all aviation technicians through the creation of a new and higher certificated category. The contemporary certification is to be granted by a professional aviation industry coalition with a long term goal of FAA certification.

AMTE
(Aviation Maintenance Technical Engineer) Combining the A&P, IA and Avionics skill sets with a required ten year contiguous experience history composed of any combination of years of service in any rated capacity following the award of all certificates, licenses and ratings. Currently the qualification for Avionics technicians industry certification would be the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) GROL (General Radiotelephone Operators License). In the near future that qualification will be enhanced by an FAA certificated Avionics rating. If a technician held or attained an FCC GROL that would remain as is, distinct to the privileges of the FCC license in the FCC CFR (Code of Federal Regulation) Part 47 rules i.e. 91s, 135s or 145s working on transmitters up to 250 watts or 1000 watts PEP (peak envelope power). With regard to aviation, return to service privileges already granted to the A&P technician and additional certification privileges granted to the qualified FAA Avionics technician would remain distinct to CFR 14 subpart rules.

Project Bootstrap
Project Bootstrap is the industry and educational partnerships that must be the driver for vision plan (above) to be achieved. Acting on behalf of Business Aviation Technicians nationwide it becomes the responsibility of this subcommittee under the auspices of the NBAA to lead the formation of partnerships. The career advancement of technician will be the primary goal.

For reference and detail visit the Forum, the complete white paper is published.

It will also take

Some positive thinkers
A few skeptics And the largest partnership the Aviation Maintenance Industry has yet seen!

Strategic Partners
Current Partners
ATEC AEA AMT NBAA NCATT NATA ERAU HAI AIM Penn. Dassault Aviation Lufthansa Technique Global Jet Services Gulfstream Aerospace

Future Partners

FAA AOPA OEMS Training Providers GAMA

Your name here

Industry Impact of Project Bootstrap

First vertical career growth in fifty years Added value to aviation business Great potential to draw young people into industry Increase Industry retention of valuable resources Increase of safety levels in the industry

Project Bootstrap Progress Points

First Industry meeting Oct. 15, 2006 at the NBAA annual

meeting and convention

Part of Future of Aviation Maintenance conference

hosted by the FAA in Virginia Beach December 2006

Launched ASG (Aviation Standards Group) March 07 Trade articles and grassroots presentations launched in

2008
Academic connection established in 2008 with AABI

Project Functional & Organizational Chart

FAA/NATA/ GAMA/OEMs/ EAA/AOPA Flt Safety/GJS/ Simuflite/ATEC Industry Training Insts Reg Liaison/

NCATT
Test Cert Accred Tech Cert Admin Database

Aviation Standards Group

Project Bootstrap
An NBAA lead Industry Coalition for the AMTE
Public Relations & Comm

AMTE Review Board Lasergrade Testing

Academic Partners
Seminars & Conferences

AABI/Purdue/ EmbryRiddle

Customer Base

Tech Societys/AEA

Our Primary Partner

NCATT.org

NCATT is
Developer of Avionics Technical Standards National Science Foundation funded Serving the aviation and aerospace industry Governed by the industry Non profit

NCATT Avionics Base Standard

AET Certification (Aircraft Electronics Technician)

NCATT Avionic Endorsements to AET

Advanced Digital Autopilot Bench Communication Systems Enhanced Vision In Flight Entertainment
Installation / Integration Instruments Navigation Systems Power Generation /

Distribution
Surveillance Weather Avoidance

NCATT Certification Exams

Based on NCATT Standards Reviewed by the NCATT Test and Measurements Sub-Committee Validated through Beta Testing Disseminated through LaserGrade Testing Centers

Certification Documents

Technician Records/Database

NCATT Avionics Milestones

Over 500 AET Certificates Feb 2009 AET Certified Technicians are currently found in 39 states and 3 countries

WHY NCATT For Project Bootstrap?

Because their mission matches with ours AET certification program is complete with 500+ AETs already certified! They are the primary national aviation industrial certification/accreditation institution Their partnership with all facets of the aviation industry Without Avionics Tech certification we have no AMTE certification

Lets talk about the Future of the Aviation Maintenance Professional

YES, YOU

AMP Career Growth Model

Master Avionics Tech JAT Master Aviation Maint Tech AMTE AME

AMT/AT + ten years experience

AT

JAMT

A&P/IA

AE/EE/ME/ CE + AMTE + NBAA CAM + five years mgmt experience AMTE + CAM

AET

AMT

A&P MAT

Apprentice

Apprentice

FAA Pt.65

MAMT

AMTE

Industry Certification with FAA & Academia

Future of the AMTE

Once the model is established the FAA can adopt and certify this position
Increased Privileges and Authority for both AMT and Avionics Technician once they reach AMTE status FAA DER/DAR pool FAA PMI/PAI pool Signoff authority for 8130s Signoff authority for 91.411/413 Signoff authority for 8110s

How do we plan to accomplish all of this?

Aviation Standards Group

Co-Chair - Dave Benoff Co-Chair /NCATT/AEA Liaison- Rick Ochs NBAA MC Liaison Brad Townsend

ASG Legacy Initiative

ASG Purpose
To fulfill the Mission of Project Bootstrap for all segments of Professional Aviation Maintenance around the world

ASG Objectives
To build the Architecture for Project Bootstrap Provide 12 member Experience Review Board

ASG Advancement Categories

Academic achievement Aircraft experience Recurrent training requirements

ASG Avionics Technician Progression Chart

AT Ratings
"Apprentice"

Academic

Experience

Recurrent Training
Annual Recurrent Training Biennial Recurrent Training

"Avionics Technician"

"Journeyman Avionics Tech"

"Master Avionics Tech"

Employed as an aviation electronics, electrical No experience required or installation technician MinimuMinimum Testing Standardm Testing Standard No experience required NCATT AET + Completion of military avionics school OR FCC GROL license OR FAA Certified Repairman OR 2 yr. Cert. from Elect./Electronic Voc.Tech. school 2 years Demonstrated Avionics Tech OR AT + 33% NCATT AT Certs + ASG AMT OR Military E4 - E6 AT / AE Private Pilot's Certificate OR AS degree in avionics/electronics/electrical OR Civilian Prof /121 Initial A/C Training cert 4 years Avionics Tech OR JAT + 66% of NCATT AT Certs + Pilots Instrument Rating OR Military E7 - E9 AT/AE ASG JAMT JAT + 90% of NCATT AT Certs OR BS EE/Avionics/ECT/EET Degree + ASG AT OR GROL via FCC Second Class conversion + NCATT AET

12 Hours Avionics Technical Training

2 Hrs FAA reg training

16 Hours Avionics Technical Training

2 Hrs FAA reg training

8 Hours Soft Skills Training

16 Hours Soft Skills Training +

2 Hrs FAA reg training

12 Hours Mgmt/Leader/Super Training

ASG Aviation Maintenance Technician Progression Chart

AMT Ratings
"Apprentice"

Academic
Employed as a working technician under the supervision of an A&P Technician with an A or P certificate FAA A&P + Completion of military training OR Civilian tech/147 school OR FAA Certified Repairman OR FAA Silver Award level OR FCC GROL AMT + IA OR ASG AT OR Prof 91/121 Initial A/C Training cert OR AS degree in aviation maintenance OR FAA Ruby Award level OR PAMA/SAE AME cert OR Private Pilot's Certificate JAMT + ASG JAT OR NDT Level Two cert OR Composite Level cert OR FAAST Team Member OR FAA Dispatchers certificate OR Pilot's Instrument Rating OR FAA Diamond Award FAA Charles Taylor Award OR BS ME/CE/MM + ASG AMT

Experience
No experience required

Recurrent Training
Annual Recurrent Training Biennial Recurrent Training

12 Hours A&P Technical Training No experience required

2 Hrs FAA reg training

"Aviation Maintenance Tech"

2 years Demonstrated Aviation Tech OR Military E4 - E6 Aviaion Rate

16 Hours A&P Technical Training +

2 Hrs FAA reg training

8 Hours Soft Skills Training

"Journeyman AMT"

4 years Aviation Tech. OR Military E7 - E9 aviation rate

16 Hours Soft Skills Training +

2 Hrs FAA reg training

12 Hours Mgmt/Leader/Super Training

"Master AMT"

ASG Aviation Maintenance Technical Engineer Progression Chart

AMTE Rating Academic
MAMT + MAT "AMTE"

Experience
10 years accumulated experience in any category or silo

Recurrent Training
Annual Recurrent Training Biennial Recurrent Training 16 Hours Soft Skills Training
2 Hrs FAA reg training

12 Hours Mgmt/Leader/Super Training

How Can You afford these new standards?

Technical Reward and Career Scholarship

Scholarship Subcommittee

Closed: Feb. , 2009 Awards with dollar value of

$200,000

2009 Class Offerings

Bombardier Aerospace - Global, Challenger 604, Learjet 60 CAE Simuflite King Air 200 Initial Maintenance Course Cessna Aircraft - 2 ea. Citation Initial courses Flight Safety - Principals of Troubleshooting GE Engines CFE 34 Engine Line Maintenance Course Global Jet Services 1 ea. Initial (open catalog) Gulfstream Aerospace GIV Initial Course Hawker Beechcraft Corp. - Any model Maintenance Initial Honeywell Inc. - 3 ea. (avionics & mechanical courses) NBAA Maintenance Management Conference P&WC 2 ea. PT6 Engine Line Maintenance Courses StandardAero T56 Engine Line Maintenance Course Rolls-Royce AE3007 Engine Line Maintenance Course Williams Intl FJ Series Engine Line Maintenance Course

TRACSNice way to kick start a growing career !

Recapping, Project Bootstrap will provide;

Career direction Career destination Career expansion Evolutionary growth to Maintenance Profession New stimulus at career entry point Educational growth opportunities Added value to aviation business bottom line Increased performance in safety and quality Increased earnings potential for Maintenance Professional

From the FAA 100th Anniversary of flight

The white line behind the aircraft is the autograph of the mechanic whose technical skills keep it there.