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Cascade Aerospace Presentation To SMICG - 11 Dec 2015: Kevin Lemke - VP Operations

Cascade Aerospace is an aviation company with 600 employees located in a 230,000 square foot facility in Abbotsford, BC. They provide aircraft maintenance, modification, and manufacturing services for both military and commercial clients. Their experience includes over 5 million hours of maintenance on Boeing 737 aircraft and modifying aircraft to take on new roles.

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Cascade Aerospace Presentation To SMICG - 11 Dec 2015: Kevin Lemke - VP Operations

Cascade Aerospace is an aviation company with 600 employees located in a 230,000 square foot facility in Abbotsford, BC. They provide aircraft maintenance, modification, and manufacturing services for both military and commercial clients. Their experience includes over 5 million hours of maintenance on Boeing 737 aircraft and modifying aircraft to take on new roles.

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Cascade Aerospace Presentation to SMICG – 11 Dec 2015

Kevin Lemke – VP Operations


Cascade Aerospace

 230,000 square foot 8 bay facility in Abbotsford


 600 employees - AMEs, Eng, Log, PM
 MRO, Design & Certification, Modification &
Manufacturing, Logistics, Fleet Management and
Program Management capabilities
 Focus on complex programs that support military
& commercial transport aircraft operations

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Representative Programs - Commercial MRO

 5+ million hours in B737 maintenance

 Another million hours B757 experience

 L382 maintenance

 C checks, D checks, lease returns, Lap joint


replacement

 Customers: Southwest, WestJet,


Continental, Alaska, Air North, Aviation
Partners Boeing, Copa, Lyndon, First Air,
Harmony, EOS, CanJet, First Air, Gol, Boeing
Capital Corporation, Boullion, ILFC & GECAS
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Representative Programs – Kit Design and Manufacturing

Aircraft & Systems Package Freighters for


Bombardier Q400 & CRJ C-130J Operational &
Modification &
Regional Aircraft Maintenance Trainers
Enhancement Kits

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Complex Modification Programs

 B757 passenger to cargo conversion

 Piston to turbine engine conversion of


Bombardier CL-215s

 Q400-MR Multi-Role Airtankers

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Representative Programs - C130 In Service Support

 Performance based contract: incentivized


schedule, quality & price requirements
 Program management and fleet planning
 Maintenance, modification, & aircraft
modernization
 Integrated Logistics Support
 “Cradle to grave” life cycle
management
 Supply chain management

 Full spectrum engineering support

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Representative Programs – C130 Modernization for Mexico

 Developed certification basis & comprehensive


certification data package for Mexico
 Modeled after Canadian civil regulations
 Meets the intent of ICAO

 Enhances the airworthiness foundation for


Mexico’s Air Force

 Provides an airworthiness standard to support


operational readiness & life of the aircraft

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Representative Programs – Aircraft Role Conversion

 L-3 Mission Integration’s Q400 Multi Mission


Aircraft (MMA)

 Design, manufacture & civil certification of


external extended-range fuel tanks &
mission payload bay

 Fuel tanks will add 10,000 pounds of fuel, extending


the MMA’s flight duration to 10 hours

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Representative Programs – Reactivation of Retired Military Aircraft

 Low hours form US Navy aircraft


 Temp N registered for transit
 Configured as Comms aircraft, cargo & tactical
systems removed
 Reconfiguring to a “like” C-130H aircraft
 Utilizing AMO/DAO procedures
 Will need to certify to end user regulatory
requirement (currently unknown)

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Some of Our Customers

Royal Norwegian Air Force

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Our Qualifications

Civil
 TCCA Approved Maintenance Organization
 TCCA Approved Manufacturing Organization
 TCCA Approved Training Organization
 TCCA Design Approval Organization
 EASA.145.7026 Maintenance Organization

Military
 DND Accredited Maintenance Organization
 DND Accredited Material Support Organization
 DND Accredited Technical Organization

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Our Qualifications

Quality Standards

 ISO 9001:2008
 AS9110B:2012
 AS9100 (in process)

OEM

 Lockheed Martin C-130J Heavy Maintenance Center


 Lockheed Martin C-130 Service Center
 Bombardier Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Organization

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Safety and Quality
 SMS-approved since 2009

 Regular Audits: ISO/AS, Transport Canada,


EASA, DND, customers

 5 regulatory/standards audits/PVIs in 2015

 5 major Customer audits in 2015

 F2X internal objectives and CI system


complements regulatory, customer, ISO & AS
requirements

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SMS Scalability

The fundamental practices of hazard


identification, risk management and
continuous improvement apply to Civil
SMS, Military Flight Safety and Quality
Standard

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SMS Scalability – Recommendations

Align international standards


• Consistency of approach and terminology

• Supports bilateral recognition - reduces


oversight burden on industry and regulators

• Close relationship between industry and


local regulator

• Ex – EASA vs PVI
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SMS Scalability – Recommendations

Advisory circulars examples are very useful to


industry - scaled examples help
• General regulatory requirements support scalability

• AC recommended solutions for different sizes and


types of operation

• Align the examples with the specific regulations

• Ex – procedure vs process
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SMS Scalability – Recommendations

Align regulatory requirements, advisory


circulars examples and regulatory audit
checklists
• Ensure audit checklists support scalability

• Do not over assess requirements not


mandated by the regulations

• Ex – Hazard Registry
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SMS Scalability – Recommendations

Align regulatory SMS with Quality Standard


requirements
• OEMs / Customers mandating quality standards

• ISO/AS and SMS closely related – proactive


assessment of hazards and risks

• Align terminology and audit expectations

• Ex – Objectives, Safety Policy


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SMS Scalability – Recommendations

Align civil and military approach to SMS


• Industry uses civil practices, even for military
end use projects

• Military have similar, well established


approaches

• Align terminology and audit expectations


benefits both regulators and industry

• Ex – Flight Safety, inflight emergencies


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SMS Scalability – Fundamental Message

While it is important SMS be “vertically”


scalable for different sizes and types of
aviation/aerospace operations it is also
important SMS by “horizontally”
aligned amongst regulatory
jurisdictions, civil/military requirements
and quality standards agencies.

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SMS Scalability

Dialogue?

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