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AFRA President
Brent Webb, CAVU Aerospace
AFRA Vice President
Amy Bann,
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
AFRA Treasurer
Matthew Davis,
Mastermelt Alloy
AFRA Secretary
Kahina Oudjehani, Bombardier
James Cobbold, Air Salvage International
Mike Corne, eCube Solutions
Alasdair Gledhill, ELG Haniel Metals Corp.
Jason Reed, GA Telesis LLC
Bettina Berger, GOAL
Fabricio La Banca, Lufthansa Technik AG
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Hans Craen
Executive Director
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European Affairs Manager
Sam Nysetvold
Project Coordinator
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"As a report claims that airlines are struggling to control their contribution to the climate crisis, the questions grows more urgent for aviation: does it have a greener future, and will a zero-emission plane ever fly? Executives hope a combination of sustainable fuels, offsetting and improving flight paths can play a part in reducing aviation's footprint and commercial reality. For now, the best long-term hope for the airline industry appears to be electric planes."
- The Guardian
"The Boeing 737 Max, grounded for the last six months after two fatal crashes, might not return to service in every country on the same timeline, depending on when global regulators deem the plane airworthy, CEO Dennis Muilenburg said Wednesday. The manufacturer has developed a software fix for the jets, its best-selling plane, but hasn't yet submitted it to regulators for approval."
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"The application of a truly disruptive technology or business practice can transform an industry practically overnight... In the aftermarket as a whole, however, change has occurred incrementally and not via any quantum leaps. Line and heavy maintenance are still almost as touch-labor reliant as they ever were, although new technologies have promoted efficiencies in many tasks."
- MRO Network
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Please email
AFRA staff
to get involved in AFRA's committees:
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Save The Date!
September 24-26, 2019
Singapore
October 15-17, 2019
London, UK
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AFRA Advertising Opportunity
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AFRA is offering the chance to advertise your organization's products, news, and projects on the AFRA website and in these newsletters! Advertisement includes your company's information on a page of the AFRA website and the opportunity to showcase your organization in one of the monthly newsletters. Please contact AFRA staff for pricing and additional details.
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AFRA Staff is monitoring the impact Brexit may have on the industry and will provide updates for members as the discussions continue. If you are interested in learning more, please visit the
Government Affairs Updates
page on the AFRA website.
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AFRA Members Only Website Resources
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Don't forget to visit the AFRA Website to view the Members Only section, where you can find additional resources and updates offered only to members! Please contact staff with any questions regarding access or content.
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Growing Our Social Media Footprint
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Please
let us know about your company's Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Twitter profile. Follow AFRA and share our news that you think might be interesting for your followers - we will of course do the same with your messages!
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Dear AFRA Members,
I hope you are all having a successful and productive year! Earlier this week we hosted an AFRA Networking Reception alongside ISTAT EMEA in Berlin, which was attended by over 40 members and non-members alike. This reception featured a beautiful venue while providing an excellent opportunity for networking in a relaxed environment.
We are staying busy with the many projects AFRA has going on and I wanted to update you specifically on a couple of exciting things AFRA is doing.
First is the recycling metric project with ENVISA. Currently, there are no industry standards to evaluate quantitatively the success of aircraft (specifically fixed-wing, commercial airplanes) dismantling and recycling processes. For that reason, AFRA is looking for a way to determine how well a project, process, company, or the industry is performing. Such a metric will be used to determine further research, targets, and best available techniques.
ENVISA has narrowed this metric to six KPIs and is currently awaiting feedback from AFRA members. ENVISA is planning to finish the project in the coming weeks.
As part of the Association's ongoing efforts to continue to provide value to its members and the industry, we are coordinating a new program initiative, the AFRA Annual Data Collection Report of Aircraft Disassembly.
AFRA has been working with Association Research, Inc. (ARI) to conduct an annual survey to collect the number of aircraft disassemblies for the year (2018). Thirteen AFRA members have contributed and ARI has shared a final draft report with AFRA staff.
Thank you to the members that have contributed to and participated in these projects and we are excited to share some results soon!
Best regards,
Hans Craen
AFRA Executive Director
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Government Affairs Committee
The Government Affairs Committee is tracking the work of the European Parliament and the European Commission following the recent elections. Within the EP, the main committee relevant for AFRA is the ENVI Committee. The Chair of the ENVI Committee, Pascal Canfin from Renew Europe, is a French MEP. He used to be part of the Greens and Director of World Wildlife Fund, before joining the French political party La République En Marche. In July, Pascal Canfin's
top priorities for the ENVI Committee were revealed: trade agreements, carbon neutrality and independence from lobbies. Virginijus Sinkevičius from Lithuania (GREEN), may soon officially be the directorate general for DG ENVI and the youngest Commissioner under Ursula Von der Leyen. He is expected to defend his new position at his hearing with PECH and ENVI Committee of the European Parliament on 3
rd October 2019. The next Government Affairs Committee Call will take place 11 October from 10-11am EDT. For more information and/or to participate in this committee, please email
AFRA staff.
For a more detailed report on the committee's activities and recent policy & regulatory updates, please click
here.
AFRA BMP Development Committee
The BMP version 4.0,
which took effect on April 18, 2019, was shared with accredited members and can be found on AFRA's
website. To get involved with this Committee, please
contact staff.
AFRA Communications Committee
The committee thanks everyone for their participation in the Annual Conference. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact staff.
The R&D committee is open to any AFRA member and all are welcome to participate in the next committee call on October 9. R&D Committee calls take place monthly, on the second Wednesday of every month. The committee is also finalizing the data project and finalizing the KPIs for the recycling metric project. To get involved with the R&D Committee, please email
AFRA staff.
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AFRA committees are open to any member of AFRA and all members are encouraged to get involved. Read on to learn more about each committee and how to join!
AFRA BMP Development Committee
This committee takes the lead in reviewing the AFRA Best Management Practice for Management of Used Aircraft Parts and Assemblies and for Recycling of Aircraft Materials (BMP) document.
Main project(s):
- Coordinating member feedback to review and revise AFRA's BMP manual
Contact
Sam Nysetvold with questions or to get involved.
AFRA Communications Committee
This committee works on various projects, including fine-tuning our membership recruitment messaging, contributing photos and content to industry magazine articles, and guiding staff with conference programming selections.
Main project(s):
- Contributing content for press releases, industry publications, and AFRA platforms
- Providing feedback with conference topics and speakers
- Coordinating media partnerships to provide benefits to members (cross-promotion of industry events)
Government Affairs Committee
This committee works to better address the policy developments and regulatory issues that impact the aircraft recycling and dismantling industry, and to proactively promote the AFRA Best Management Practices guide. This program is guided by a professional government affairs consultant, with collaboration and participation from the Government Affairs Committee members and AFRA staff.
Main project(s):
- Focused engagement in EU government affairs
- Tracking relevant updates and legislation in US, EU, and Canada
- Engagement with allied industry organizations ICAO, IATA, etc.
Contact
Hans Craen with questions or to get involved.
This committee is in the process of developing a network of AFRA research partners as well as developing its research objectives.
Main project(s):
- Building Research Network of research universities
- Building a library of research papers as a resource for AFRA members - these are posted on the members page of AFRA's website
- Starting research project(s) and is in process of collecting proposals from Research Network organizations
- Engagement with allied industry organizations, Remanufacturing Industries Council (RIC), REMADE Institute, etc.
Contact
Sam Nysetvold with questions or to get involved.
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Universities and Research Orgs:
Join AFRA's Research Network
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2 Easy Steps to Join AFRA's Research Network:
Any research organization active in aviation, recycling, or another relevant field is eligible to participate free of charge.
2)
Submit an example of a related research paper to demonstrate relevant knowledge and expertise in this field.
AFRA Staff and R&D Committee will review applications, and follow up to provide more information.
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