European Maintenance Symposium EMS-Chairman TCol Angel Damián Escuderos Gómez-Limón (tfno: 0034915032218

European Maintenance Symposium
EMS-Chairman
TCol Angel Damián Escuderos Gómez-Limón
(tfno: 0034915032218
E-mail:[email protected])
Contents
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Introduction
Basic objectives of the EMS
EMS meetings
Main C-130 issues in the EMS
Invitation for the EMS 2012
Introduction
• The European C-130 Maintenance Symposium
(EMS) is a collaborative working level
agreement between nominated European based
Hercules C-130 operators.
• First meetings started at year 2000
AIM
• Promote international co-operation in C-130 technical
support and operations
Member Countries
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Austria
Belgium
Greece
France
Portugal
Netherlands
Sweden
Spain
Poland – New member
Romania – Observer Status
UK & Norway – Leave EMS during 2011
EAG &EATC – European Air Group and European Air Transport
Command – Support EMS Management
Objectives of the EMS
• To facilitate working level discussion amongst
member nations on current C-130 technical,
support and operations issues.
• To enhance the visibility of common problems as
a large group of C-130 operators with Lockheed
Martin, Service Centres and Support Companies.
EMS Group meets annually in April and during the HOC
The chairman of the EMS is elected for a 1-year period,
from one Member Nation of the EMS
Annual meetings topics
• Meetings general topics from year 2000 to 2008
(France, Netherlands, Sweden,…) includes
• Airworthiness
• Maintenance issues
• Structural improvement, obsolescence
management, ageing aircraft
• Engine and vibration monitoring, trend analysis
• Long term sustainment and management
Last meetings topics
• 2008 Belgium – “Continuity, efficiency and quality”. 6-08
May 2008 Bruxelles
• 2009 UK – “OPERATIONS IMPACT ON AIRFRAME”. 2830 April 2009 Cambridge
• 2010 Austria - “Deployment of C-130 abroad – Experiences
and lessons learned”. 6-8 July 2010 Vienna
• 2011 Portugal – “Logistical Support of the C-130 –
Experiences and Challenges “. 24-26 May 2011 Lisbon
• 2012 SPAIN – “TBD “. Date and place (Seville, Madrid,
Zaragoza) - TBD
Technical Issues
• More than 100 hundred technical issues shared and
discussed between different operators and with the industries
• Around thirty open questions about:
o
o
o
o
o
o
Maintenance procedures
Equipment operation related problems, failures
Obsolescence issues
Halon replacement
Aircraft and engine preservation
…
EMS 2012 Invitation
Next EMS meeting will be held at SPAIN next
spring.
Date, place (Seville, Madrid or Zaragoza) and
topic are yet to decide
All operators, service centers and suppliers are
invited to share experiences with EMS
Community
We hope to see you in SPAIN!!
EMS thanks
• Support of EAG (EUROPEAN AIR GROUP) and
EATC (EUROPEAN AIR TRANSPORT
COMMAND)
• Sponsors supporting the meetings as Marshall,
OGMA, Sabena Technics or SOGERMA.
• Industry, Service Centers and suppliers attending the
meetings
Questions?