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De-briefing Session

Hong Kong Aviation Industry to USA

Raymond Shan28.5.2007

• Mission Leader– Mr. Jackson Ho, President of HKAIA

– Mr. Calvin Tan, Vice President of HKAIA

• Mission Period– 17-22 April 2007 (6-day)

• Mission Objective– Strategic Networking & Tier Supplier Site Appreciation

– Familiarization of Rules & Regulations

– Familiarization of Aerospace Quality Management System

– Business Exploration

Seattle

Detroit

Chicago

BTM

Technical Seminar

SAE President Meeting

MAS

Hamilton Sundstrand

Packer

Technical Seminar

Boeing

Assembly Plant

Strategic Networking

• 2007 SAE Congress, Cobo Center

Delegation visited the

“2007 SAE Congress at

the Cobo Center of

downtown Detroit, USA.

• 2007 SAE President & Officials

Jackson was

introducing the HKAIA

& current status of

Hong Kong aviation

industry to Mr. Richard

O Schaum, 2007 SAE

President

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• Professor Aaron J Gellman, FAA Expert

Prof. Aaron J Gellman,

The Transportation

Center, Northwestern

University was

explaining the aviation

operation, FAA and

supplier requirements

• Mayor of Rockford City, Chicago

Delegation was invited

to meet with Mr.

Lawrence J Morrissey,

Mayor of the City of

Rockford Chicago for

introducing the Hong

Kong aviation industry

• Director (Chicago) of TDC

Mr. Richard Tam,

Director

(Chicago) of TDC was

introducing the support

of TDC to local and

Hong Kong aviation

industries

• Networking at Control Tower of O’hare Airport

Group photo was taken

at the Control Tower of

O’hare Airport after the

visit and technical

seminar

Appreciation

of

Aviation Tier Supplier

• BTM Corporation

Delegation visited the

manufacturing plant of

BTM Corporation,

Detroit

• QS/TE Certified • Design and manufacturing of tooling system for aviation and automotive OEM• Machining of an aviation components for tier 1 aviation customer

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• Midwest Aero Support

Delegation visited the

manufacturing plant of

the Midwest Aero

Support, Rockford

Chicago

• AS 9100 certified• FAA authorized repair center• Supplier to Hamilton Sundstrand, Goodrich & Liebherr• Seat refurbishment & fiber glass reinforcement in elevator

• Hamilton Sundstrand

Tim Morris, President

(Aerospace Power

System) of Hamilton

Sunstrand introduced

their product category

and supplier

requirements

• AS 9100 Certified• Tier 1system supplier to NASA, Boeing & Airbus• Looking for die-casting components suppliers in Asia

• Packer Engineering

Delegation visited the

testing facility of Packer

Engineering, Chicago

• Core competence on aviation and automotive testing and failure analysis•Major in accident reconstruction, product design analysis and certification testing

• Boeing Assembly Plant

Delegation visited the

assembly plant of

Boeing at Seattle

Business & Technical

Seminar

• Technical Seminar on “AS 9100”

Delegation met with

Terry Boboige, MD &

President of Perry

Johnson Registrars, Inc.

which is a certification

body for AS 9100 and

other QMS

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• Business Seminar on “Developing

Partnerships/Power of Relationships”

Joyce Washington,

Chairman of the

Washington Group was

addressing on how to

develop aviation

business in USA through

relationship and

“insiders”

• Business Seminar on “Key to Aviation Industry”

Dr. Clarence Nixon, MD

of CNC Group and Mr.

Claude W Purches,

President of CW Purches

& Associate, LLC were

introducing the key to

aviation business in the

USA

• Technical Seminar on “PMA & FAA”

Ms Maria Williams-Bell,

PJR Lead Auditor was

introducing PMA, FAA,

and Supplier

Requirement and

Procurement Process

• Presentation Ceremony at the Control Tower

of O’hare Airport

Delegates were

presented by the

organizer a “Certificate

of Achievement” after

the successful

completion of the

training mission at

Chicago

Familiarization

of

Aviation Rules & Regulations

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

– The FAA is mandated by public law to write reasonable rules affecting the operation, manufacturing and maintenance of civil aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers and appliances

• The FAA activities include:-

– Safety regulation – Issues and enforces manufacturing Regulations and minimum standards

– Airspace and air traffic management

– Air navigation facilities

– Civil aviation abroad

– Commercial space transportation

– Research, Engineering and Development

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• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

– Code of Federal Regulation (CFR Title 14)

• Aeronautics and Space

– Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR)

• Defines the basic rules for conducting civil aviation

• Have the following document types:-

– Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) – temporary

for a 2 years period

– Advisory Circular (AC) – FAA issues AC to inform the

aviation public of non-regulatory material, unless the

AC is included in the regulations

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

– Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR)

• Have the following document types:- (cont’d)

– FAA Directives – the primary means of issuing direction

and work information within the FAA

» Orders (Remain in effect until cancelled, but revised

at least semi-annually)

» Notices (Temporary instruction which remain in

effect for 12 months or less)

– Typical Order related to PMA is “Order 8110.42B – Parts

Manufacturer Approval Procedures”

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

– Notification of FAA for Non-conformance

(Positive Recall)

• Manufacturer have to notify customer and regulatory

authority if non-conformance found. The official

vehicles for notification are:-

– Aircraft Inspection Memo (AIM)

– Aircraft Restriction Memo (ARM)

• FAA issues Airworthiness Directive (AD) to warn aircraft

operators of unsafe conditions

– Which aircraft can still be operated or grounded

immediately

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

– Notification of FAA for Non-conformance

(Positive Recall)

• FAA issues Airworthiness Directive (AD) to warn aircraft

operators of unsafe conditions (cont’d)

– Category I – Emergency AD – requires immediate

compliance, and issued in the Federal Register as an

immediate adopted rule

– Category II – Non-emergency AD – less urgent than Cat I

and requires compliance over a long period of time

• Upon completion of root cause analysis and corrective

action, Air Transport Association (ATA), FAA, customers,

etc. have to be informed

Trump Card

to

Aviation Manufacturing Industry

• Aerospace Quality Management System

(AQMS) Standard

– 1st Edition released in 1999

– Driving force behind

• Globalization of aerospace industry

• Multiple customer requirements with varying expectation

• Diversity of requirements

– AQMS developed to address aerospace specific requirements (Safety, Reliability,

Traceability, etc.)

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• Aerospace Quality Management System

(AQMS) Standard

– Most major manufacturers and other tier

suppliers require conformance or certification to

an AQMS standard

– AQMS recognized by FAA as a good

management system standards

– Internationally recognized

• Developed by International Aerospace Quality Group

(IAQG) representing from USA, Europe and Asia Pacific

• Aerospace Quality Management System

(AQMS) Standard

– AS/EN/JIS 9100:2004

• Applicable for Aerospace Design & Manufacturing

– AS/EN 9110:2003

• Applicable for Aerospace Maintenance

– AS/EN 9120:2002

• Applicable for Aerospace Stockist/Distributors

– AS 9003:1994

• Applicable for Aerospace Inspection and Testing

• AQMS Standards

– AS 9100B:2004

• Applicable for aerospace design & manufacturing

• Standardizes quality management system

requirements for aerospace manufacturing industry

• These requirements are complimentary to contractual

and applicable law and regulatory requirements such

as FAA Orders, FAR, DoD, PMA, CFR, SAE, etc.

• Top up ISO 9001:2000 requirements

• Has to be certified by accredited registrars, such as

ANAB under the requirement of AS 9104

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