Nadcap MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

UNCONFIRMED MINUTES

APRIL 20, 2005

HOLIDAY INN

FRANKFURT, GERMANY

These minutes are not final until confirmed by the Task Group in writing or by vote at a subsequent meeting. Information herein does not constitute a communication or recommendation from the Task Group and shall not be considered as such by any agency.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005

Call meeting to order & record attendance

The following representatives were in attendance:

NMC Voting Members in Attendance:

Dianna Berube Pratt & Whitney

Jon Biddulph Rolls-Royce PLC

Chet Date Honeywell ES&S

Edward Engelhard Owego Heat Treat Inc.

Richard Kana PTI Industries Inc.

Bill Lodwick Praxair Surface Technologies Inc.

Arne Logan Boeing Co.

Michael McLean Bombardier Aerospace

Steven Meyer Eaton Aerospace

David Mitchell Mitchell Laboratories

Jay Park Northrop Grumman Corp.

Michel Pierantoni Eurocopter

Manfred Podlech MTU Aero Engineers GmbH

Joel Remond Snecma Group (Hispano-Suiza)

Chatt Rhodes Cessna Aircraft Co.

Michel Sander Sonaca

Dan Smith GE Aircraft Engines

Michael Spencer Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.

Camille Valmy Airbus SAS

Gerald Whalin AAA Plating & Inspection Inc.

Kevin Ward Goodrich Aerostructures Group

Proxies

Tom Murphy Hamilton Sundstrand (Proxy for

David Soong)

James Herceg DCMA (Proxy for Debra Harrison)

Claudio Voto Alenia Aeronautica SpA (Proxy for

Alessandro Ferretti)


Meeting Attendees:

Klipper Aharon Israel Aircraft

Derek Alty Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd.

Sebastien Andre SHIVA Technologies Europe

Peter Atwell Airbus SAS

Silvia Baeza Vought Aircraft Industries Inc.

Richard Balamut Shiva Technologies Inc.

Bill Bannerman Boeing Commerical Airplanes

Ward Barcafer Boeing Co.

Lloyd Barker Alcoa Inc.

Eric Barreau Snecma Motors

Mike Bemis Goodrich Aerostructures Group

Alain Bouchet Snecma

Juergen Burchards MTU Aero Engines GmbH

Wayne Canary Rolls-Royce Corp.

Jerry Cedrone Howmet Corp.

Denis Clermont Bombardier Inc.

Michael Coleman Boeing Co.

Jose Cordero Alcon Airbus SAS

Mark Covert Honeywell ES&S

Kenneth Cox Rolls-Royce Corp.

Phillip Cox Rolls-Royce plc

Bob Custer AAA Plating & Inspection, Inc.

Michael Davis GE Aircraft Engines

William Davis GE Aircraft Engines

Chris Diepenbrock Boeing China Inc.

Uta Dietrich Airbus SAS

David Dixon Airbus SAS

Jim Doherty GE Aircraft Engines

Kevin Elston Vought Aircraft Industries Inc.

Rainer Endress MTU Aero Engines GmbH

Gerald Erickson Rockwell Collins Inc.

Robert Faticanti Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Demaree Faulkner Rolls-Royce Corp.

Doug French Vought Aircraft Industries Inc.

Paul French Nu-Pro

Laurent Geerts Sonaca SA

Thomas Ginthner Boeing Co.

Mark Gleason GE Aircraft Engines

Per Gothe Volvo Aero

Olivier Goupillon Eurocopter

Michel Gourlain Snecma

John Gourley Honeywell ES&S

John Haddock BAE Systems

Greg Hall Cessna Aircraft Co.

Peter Hammarbo Volvo Aero Corp.

Dale Harmon Cincinnati Thermal Spray Inc.

Werner Henkel Airbus SAS

Bill Hewitt Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd.

Michael Hiedels Eurocopter

Randolph Hite PCC Structural Inc. LPC

Robert Hogan Honeywell

Neville Holmes Rolls-Royce plc

Robert Humphrey NASA Goodard Space Flight Center

Michael Irvin Boeing Co.

Eric Jacklin F M Callahan & Son Inc.

David Jimenez EADS CASA

Norimitsu Kameya IHI Mizuo Plant

Walter Karst Doncasters Precision Castings

Keith Kastner Cessna Aircraft Co.

Philip Keown GE Aircraft Engines

Dominique Kervyn Sonoca

David Kimber ATK Composite Structures

Hideaki Kobari IHI SOMA

Betty Kocsis Honeywell ES&S

Ralf Koltermann Eurocopter

Robert Koukol Honeywell ES&S

Ralph Kropp MTU Aero Engines GmbH

Serge Labbe Heroux Devtek Inc.

Nathalie Le Potter Eurocopter

Mario Leclerc Bombardier Inc.

Daniel Lecuru Eurocopter

Frank Lennert Boeing Co.

Johanna Lisa Continental Heat Treating

Lance Loeks Boeing Co.

Emilio Lopez-Vidreiro Airbus SAS

Donald Lowman Continental Heat Treating

Veronique Marcel Messier-Bugatti

Christian Masson Airbus SAS

Andreas Mastorakis GE Airfcraft

Antonio Mastrangelo Bombardier Aerospace

Doug Matson Boeing Co.

Heather McGregor Goodrich Aerostructures Group

Bruce Melville, Jr. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Georges-Henri Mesquida Latecoere

Kiyohide Momma T&F Management Japan

Franceso Narici Avio Spa

Byron Nellans Rockwell Collins Inc.

Mitch Nelson Cessna Aircraft Co.

Robert Nixon Vought Aircraft Industries Inc.

Jerker Nordh Volvo Aero Corp.

Chidi Obua Eaton Aerospace

Teresa O’Leary Cessna Aircraft Co.

Julio Perez-Caballero Airbus SAS

Eddy Pham Northrup Grumman Corp.

Jeremy Phillips Cessna Aircraft Company

Slalsomir Pinko Cessna Aircraft Company

Alex Pohoata Honeywell ES&S

Philippe Pons Airbus SAS

Jean Michel Poulier Eurocopter

Laurence Potez Snecma

Kenneth Prather Vought Aircraft Industries Inc.

Barry Renn Applied Aerospace Structures Corp.

John Riddell St. Bernard Composites Ltd.

Elena Ritoli Metallurgical Processing Inc.

Carl Roche Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Thierry Salmon Aubert & Duval

Jack Saunders Honeywell

Michael Schleckman Voss Industries Inc.

Christian Schwaminger MTU Aero Engines GmbH

Bobby Scott Bombardier Aerospace

Toshiyuki Serizawa Iskumajima-harima Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd.

Stuart Sherman Metallurgical Processing Inc.

Jean Simpson Boeing Co.

Cecil Slack Rockwell Collins Inc.

Bill Solchik Rolls-Royce

Michael Song Boeing Co.

Petr Sramek Walter a.s.

Vitorio Stana Avcorp Industries Inc.

Andy Statham Rolls-royce PLC

William Stewart Bombardier Inc.

Brendan Sturgeon Bombardier Inc.

Jerry Stutzman Goodrich Turbomachinery Products

Marc Taillandier Eurocopter

Vern Talmadge Howmet Castings

Jacques Thierry Eurocopter

Gregor Tokareko Stork Materials Technology

Laetitia Tonnelier-Sidhu Airbus SAS

Colin Turner Hawker De Havilland

James Vannatta Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

David Watson Bombardier Inc.

Steven Webster Hamilton Sundstrand Power Systems

Alison Wilkinson Beagle Aircraft Ltd.

Jan Wigren Volvo Aero Corp.

Steve Wishnowski Bombardier Inc.

Paul Woolley Rolls-Royce PLC

Manfred Wunschmann Witzenmann

Shen Yeh Northrup Grumman Corp.

Zatullah Yurtdas Rolls-Royce Deutschland

PRI Staff in Attendance:

Nadcap MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Jerry Aston

John Barrett

Donald Buehler

Jeff Conrad

Nigel Cook

Laura Fisher

Michael Graham

Arshad Hafeez

Judy Herilla

Joanna Leigh

Jim Lewis

David Luoni

Heather Meyer

Seema Saleem

Glenn Shultz

Louise Stefanakis

Ian Simpson

Nadcap MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

1.0 Opening Comments

1.1 Call to Order / Quorum Check

1.2 Introductions

1.3 Routing of Attendance List

1.4 Approval of minutes from Previous Meeting

1.5 Membership

Arshad Hafeez introduced Ulrich Peters the Vice Chairman of MTU Aero Engines in Germany. Ulrich Peters welcomed the attendees to the meeting and to Germany.

The meeting was called to order and it was determined that there was a quorum. Arshad Hafeez acknowledged the proxies. A motion was made to approve the proxies. All members were in favor and the proxies were accepted. Arshad introduced the new Prime members namely Michel Pierantoni, EADS Eurocopter; David Jimenez, EADS CASA; Joel Remond, Snecma (Hispano-Suiza); and Michel Sanders, Sonaca.

A motion was made to approve the NMC minutes from the January 2005 Nadcap meeting. The motion was seconded and the January 2005 NMC minutes were approved.

All new Prime members, NMC members and Task Group Chairpersons made an introduction and all new attendees to the meeting made an introduction.

2.0  PRI/Nadcap Status Report

-  Introduction of new staff

-  Audit Projections

-  Auditor Projections

-  Prime Subscriptions

-  eAuditNet Status

-  Europe and Asia Progress

Arshad Hafeez gave the PRI/Nadcap Status Report combined with the NMC metrics. It was noted that PRI has achieved 84% of their audits scheduled plan for 2005. The new Primes were noted namely Latecoere, Liebherr-Aerospace SAS, Sonaca, Snecma Group and Zodiac. Please see the attached presentation.

Arshad Hafeez presented the NMC Metrics and explained the First Yield Pass (MOS #9), Audit Cycle time (MOS #16) and Audit Report-in-Review (MOS #17) metrics. It was noted that the average Initial audit cycle time for the US is 128 days and for Europe is 111 days. The year end goal is 102 days. PRI is exceeding the 20% cycle time reduction for Reaccred audit cycle time. Please see the attached presentation.

3.0  NMC Chairpersons’ Report

Chet Daté gave the NMC Chairpersons’ Report and explained Nadcap’s Vision and Strategies. Chet Daté reported on the key activities of the NMC. The focus being the Checklist on Demand and Escape Data Collection & Analysis. Please see the attached presentation.

Chet Daté introduced the NMC sub teams:

§  Chet Daté presented the metrics sub team.

The 6 metrics the NMC tracks and the goals for 2005 were explained. The control for cycle time reduction was covered and it was noted that the number of audits over 150 days is on the decline with the goal of no audits over 150 days to be achieved by October 2005. Chet Daté explained audits with no valid Quality System were contributing to audits over 150 days. The NMC have proposed to change NOP-002 in order to eliminate this as a factor. Please see the attached presentation.

§  Steve Meyer presented the ethics and appeals sub team.

The sub-team is presently looking at completing an analysis of previous appeals to determine if there are trends where Nadcap processes can be improved to reduce appeals.

§  Camille Valmy presented the globalization sub team.

The Globalization sub team is focusing on a technical glossary and English translation recommendations. Please see the attached presentation for the status.

§  Jay Park presented the oversight sub team.

Jay Park went through the names of the participating Primes. The sub-team has received the names of the auditors and has almost completed the checklists for the Oversight Audit.

§  Mike Spencer presented the task group standardization sub team.

A questionnaire was sent to the Task Groups to determine each Task Groups practices. The questionnaire was evaluated and areas of concern were identified. Five areas were identified as needing a “deep dive” analysis. Please see the attached presentation.

4.0  Task Group Reports

Task group Chairpersons briefly reported on their activities.

AQS – The task group is working on developing a new checklist for AC7004.

CP – This task group is presently working on the checklist on demand.

CT – The Coatings Task Group at present has a checklist with SAE. An observer from Eurocopter has been attending the meetings. The task group is at present aligning itself with the NMC goals.

COMP – The task group recently had six primes mandate suppliers. They had their third consecutive supplier symposium.

ETG – The task group has completed and is publishing the checklist for Printed Circuit Boards. They have completed their second pilot audit and have identified areas which need translation. The task group is growing with two new Prime members and one new supplier.

HT - The task group is at present making a recommendation to increase the supplier merit from 18 months to 24 months. They have developed a Supplier Technical Sub Task Group (STSTG) and appointed Johanna Lisa as the lead. Common findings reported by suppliers with RCCA will be posted on the web for all suppliers to view. The task group has piloted their new checklist and reported they are in particular need of European Auditors.

MTL – Following the NMC metrics this task group has put processes in place to align themselves with the NMC goals. At the Frankfurt meeting the task group is focusing on going though the checklist ballot results.

NMSE – The task group is reviewing the NMC metrics and reviewed the Task Group Staff Engineer delegation process. The pilot audits for the baseline checklist are complete. The baseline checklist for Surface Enhancements will be completed this week and pilot audits will follow.

NDT – The task group is working on their baseline audit checklist. They are at present resolving comments from the ballot results. The task group is implementing new initiatives. When audits are near on failing they will become an Agenda item at the bi-weekly meetings in order to offer support. The task group will be tracking supplier advisories to closure. They have established Auditor training for October and conducted 3 interviews with new auditors. They have a supplier symposium scheduled for October.

WLD – The task group is working on baseline checklists and specifications.

Chet Daté thanked all Task Group Chairs for their ongoing hard work and time spent dedicated to the Task Group.

5.0  Supplier Support Committee report

Ed Englehard presented the Supplier Support Committee Report. Please see the attached presentation.

Ed Engelhard announced that the SSC is looking for European and Asian support and interested suppliers should contact himself or Don Buhler.

6.0  New Business

Chris Diepenbrock of Boeing who was previously the AQS Task Group chair is relocating to China and was recognized for his efforts and presented with a certificate by Arshad Hafeez.

Arshad Hafeez presented Mike Spencer and Doug French from Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. with their NUCAP certificate.

The next Nadcap Meeting will be held July18 - 22, 2005 London, England. The details are as follows:

Hotel: Holiday Inn London – Kensington Forum

97 Cromwell Road

London SW7 4DN

United Kingdom

Rate: £110 Single or £130 Double Room

Reservations: +44 870 40 09 100

7.0 Adjournment