AeroPersonnel

Aircraft Flight Services

For more information contact Andre Allard at +1-514-979-7322

1. Background

Based in Montreal Canada, AeroPersonnel is a personnel agency dedicated to aviation personnel. It has been in operation since December 1997. While its services were initially offered to a Canadian customer base, it soon expended its operations worldwide servicing commercial airlines of all sizes. It has demonstrated its capabilities to provide highly qualified candidates sourced on a worldwide basis.

AeroPersonnel specializes in the recruitment, selection and hiring of permanent and temporary personnel in all aeronautical professions and trades for organizations large and small. Candidate provisioning can be completed on direct employment basis or on a leasing basis.

AeroPersonnel also offers outplacement services to assist airlines that need to reduce their flight crew staffing either on a temporary or permanent basis by providing privileged access to well remunerated employment for their surplus personnel on other airline labor markets around the World.

AeroPersonnel offers a pool of over 25,000 highly qualified pilots covering the full gamut of aircraft types covering the full range of commercial transport aircraft as well as of business jet and turboprop aircraft.

AeroPersonnel also offers aircraft flight services through its subsidiary Northstar Ferry Services. These services cover ferry fights as well as test flights on most of airline, business jet and turboprop aircraft.

2. The Service Offer

AeroPersonnel offers flexible aircraft flight services covering the service gamut from ferry flights to test flights. It can support on a worldwide basis aircraft from the major airliner manufacturers such as Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer and most aircraft in the corporate fleet.

AeroPersonnel aircraft flight services cover the following:

Ferry Flights

• Delivery flights• Repositioning flights• Maintenance positioning flights• Repossession flights

Test Flights

• Acceptance flight tests• Aircraft return flight tests• Post maintenance flight tests• Aircraft airworthiness status monitoring flight tests• Customer flight crew monitoring flight

 

As required, the above services can be provided as a total package or can be menu driven to fit customer requirements. 3. The Services Ferry Flights By definition, ferry flights involve moving aircraft from point A to point B. This inherently involves different logistics than flight tests. The latter in most cases involves flights from and to the same airport. AeroPersonnel provides highly experienced flight crews for any commercial transport aircraft. It also can provide total project management for any mission profile. This includes: • Total mission planning and control including financial forecast, flight/landing clearances, flight

following and reporting; • Flight crew documentation including technical, diplomatic and security clearances; • Aircraft documentation and airworthiness status verification, aircraft equipment and performance

analysis; • Logistic support including flight navigation planning, flight crew positioning, aircraft provisioning,

fueling and ground support; • Detailed mission financial forecast and expense reporting; • Detailed technical and operational mission report. Our objective is to provide our ferry fight services in the most efficient and cost effective fashion. Test Flights Aircraft flight tests do not demand the extensive mission support that ferry flights require. But they demand detailed and exacting precision while evaluating aircraft and their systems. • Flight test activities are conducted in accordance with specific customer and regulatory requirements; • Flight tests follow customer requested flight profiles and can cover comprehensive functional

evaluation of all aircraft systems; • All tests activities are provided in a professional and independent fashion. • Test flights are supported by detailed technical reports covering the elements under evaluation in

customer selected report format. AeroPersonnel provides independent airworthiness assessments that provide a clear picture of the airworthiness status of each aircraft being evaluated. All evaluations and reviews are done in accordance with customer and regulatory requirements. As necessary, AeroPersonnel can provide very experienced AMEs with IA and return to service approval for all aircraft types

 

4. The Flight Services Team AeroPersonnel aircraft flight services management personnel is composed of highly qualified and experienced airline professionals. Each of them has ferry experience gained through airline employers. Director Operations Capt. Ian Davies manages all aspects AeroPersonnel Aircraft Flight Services activities. Capt. Davies started his airline career with Manx Airlines in the UK. He spent seventeen years with Emirates Airlines flying all the wide bodies as captain, A310, A330, A340 and A380. Upon his retirement from Emirates. he joined Fidji Airways and later Vietnam Airlines. Capt. Davies totals over 9,000 hours PIC on Airbus wide body aircraft. He is current on the A330 with over 4,000 hours PIC on the type. He is a highly qualified and experienced Airbus captain with all oceans and worldwide experience. Capt. Davies assumes overall responsibilities for the technical and operational management and

supervision of AeroPersonnel Aircraft Flight Services.

Operation Support Manager Capt. Barry Grenville supervises flight operation support and related logistics. Capt. Grenville joined Air Canada in 1979. He first flew all the aircraft in the fleet as first officer. He continued his progression successively flying the A320, B767, B777, A330 and A340 as captain. He also occupied the functions of TRI and TRE on all of these types with the exception of the B767. Upon his retirement from Air Canada, Capt. Grenville joined Arik Air as an A330/340 captain. Capt. Grenville supervises all the flight planning activities and the logistical support of the Aircraft Flight Services Division.

 

Flight Standards Manager Capt. Brian Boucher has the responsibility of insuring all flight operations are conducted to the highest standards. He is also in charge of providing the necessary training to all active ferry flight crews.

Capt. Boucher has accumulated a total of over 19,000 hours. He started his airline career at Air Canada on the B727 in 1979. Over the course of his employment with the airline, he had the opportunity to successively fly the B727, B767 and A320 as first officer. He was promoted to

captain successively on the CRJ, the A320 family, the A330/A340. He retired on the A330/340 in 2006. He gained international experience with Virgin America, Kingfisher Airlines in India and Arik Air of Nigeria. He was with Arik until 2015, when he retired as he airline’s Airbus fleet manager. He is currently with Airbus at their Miami Training Center as a senior instructor. Capt. Boucher brings to AeroPersonnel’s Aircraft Flight Services a strong technical and management background. His responsibilities encompass managing and supervising technical standards and training activities related to all the pilots providing their services to Aircraft Flight Services Division.

Aircraft Manager The aircraft manager is the captain selected to operate he flight. He is in charge of the aircraft and to conduct thee flight in a safe and efficient manner. AeroPersonnel ferry crews are sourced on a worldwide basis. They are highly qualified pilots flying for a variety of international airlines. They have extensive experience on the relevant experience aircraft type. 5. Pricing  AeroPersonnel   service   proposal   provide   detailed   pricing   information.   Each   pricing   proposal   is  tailored  to  each  mission  and  corresponds  to  service  options  selected  by  customers.      In   general,   fuel   and   oil   are   supplied   by   airline   customers   in   accordance   with   their   supplier  agreements.  Full  insurance  coverage  is  provided  by  the  aircraft  owner/operator.    Our proposals include: • Flight planning and following expenses • Fuel and oil in the case of non-airline customers;

 

• Navigation and communication charges, landing and parking charges; • Installation and rental of non-standard aircraft equipment including long range radio/navigation

equipment and survival equipment, as necessary; • Flight crew remuneration, operational and travel expenses; • Hull and liability insurance, as necessary; • Any other customer driven requirement expenses. Flight crew pricing is based on a daily rate per pilot adjusted to aircraft type: Wide body jets 1,500 US$ Narrow body jets 1,000 US$ Regional jets 1,000 US$ Regional turboprops 900 US$ Large business jets 1,500 US$ Small and medium size business jets 1,000 US$ Flight crew accommodation expenses are based on three star hotel levels, adjusted for locations. Per diem charges covering meals are adjusted to take into account local conditions. Proposals also include a project management fee adjusted to match the scope of the mission. 6. The Next Steps AeroPersonnel welcomes inquiries and will provide interested parties with a Request for Proposal form where customers can detail their requirements. Upon receipt and confirmation of each detailed mission scope, AeroPersonnel will present a service proposal for customer review and approval including invoicing and payment terms. Once a proposal has been accepted, AeroPersonnel will initiate the planning and implementation of the mission. It will nominate a Project Manager who will be the day to day liaison officer detached to the customer nominated Project Manager. During mission execution, AeroPersonnel Project Manager will regularly report to the Customer Project Manager and will keep him informed of the mission progress. Upon completion of the mission, AeroPersonnel submits detailed reports as agreed with the customer as well a final invoice to be paid as agreed in the accepted proposal.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please contact Andre Allard at andre@aeropersonnel.com, via phone at +1-514-979-7322, via facsimile at +1-514-340-7228. AeroPersonnel Global Inc., 2002-4850 Cote des Neiges, Montreal QC, Canada H3V 1G5.