Air India employees' union to meet, plan stir against privatization

NEW DELHI: Air India's largest employees' union will hold its general body meeting here this week to "organise its members for a movement" against the government's decision to privatise the debt-ridden national carrier. 

The Air Corporations Employees' Union (ACEU) is also planning to meet a group of ministers to be set up by the government to look into the disinvestment of its stake in the airline. 

The ACEU is a grouping of Air India's non-technical staff and comprises nearly 8,000 of the total 21,137 employee 

"The meeting will be held to enlighten the rank and file about the privatisation of Air India and how it will affect them. This will also be a forum to organise them as we plan a movement against the privatisation of the national carrier," said a member of the ACEU. 

The move is clearly aimed at benefiting private airlines. If the government is so concerned about the taxpayers' money, then why does it not recover Rs 7.5 lakh crore borrowed by corporates from public sector banks?" the member asked. 

Seven unions of Air India have already joined hands to oppose the privatisation of the financially bleeding airline. Their representatives met last month and wrote to Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapthi Raju, warning him of an "industrial  unrest".

The letter was written jointly by the AI Air Corporate Employees Union, AI Employees Union, AI Aircraft Engineers' Association, United Air India Officers' Association, AI Engineer's Association, AI Cabin Crew Association and AI Service Engineers' Association. 

These unions will also hold talks with the two pilots' unions -- Indian Commercial Pilots' Association and Indian Pilots' Guild -- and Indian Aircraft Technicians' Association to bring them on board. 

They have called NITI Aayog's report on Air India "arbitrary and unilateral" and said it was prepared without consulting the employees, who are the largest stakeholders. 

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Airbus Signs Major Engineering Services Contract

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Bangalore: Airbus has signed strategic agreements with AXISCADES and QuEST for providing critical engineering services as tier 1 suppliers. AXISCADES will provide the services for Fuselage parts and QuEST will offer services for the Wings of all Airbus Aircraft.

AXISCADES and QuEST have dedicated development centres in Bangalore with about 500 engineers to deliver these services. This is the second time that these companies winning the Airbus contract. Past performance,the cost and competency factors helped them emerge as the top choice among the 7 contentors according to Airbus.

"Through 'Make in India' partnerships like these we have Indian engineering expertise flying on Airbus planes. Outside Europe, India provides the maximum volume of engineering services to Airbus compared to any other country" said Dr.Srinivasan Dwarakanath, President, Airbus Division in India.

Representing AXISCADES Shri.Sudhakar Gande, Vice Chairman said that " We are delighted to extend our collaboration with different divisions of Airbus at a time when the industry is looking at digital design services to cut production cost and time."

"Winning the contract again marks another milestone in our strategic partnership with Airbus.It reflects our commitment to supporting transformation through engineering solutions for our customers"said Shri.Ajit Prabhu, COO, QuEST Global.

Airbus Group shares a long-standing relationship of collaboration and symbiotic growth with India. The Airbus engineering facility in Bengaluru employs around 400 engineers who focus on core engineering in areas such as Structural analysis, Computational fluid dynamics, Avionics software design and testing
System simulation, Digital mock-ups and system installation.

A network of 45 suppliers from different parts of India offers products and services based on their Engineering, Manufacturing and Services expetise to Airbus. Annual procurement of Airbus from India was over USD 500 million in 2015 generating over 6000 jobs.

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Isro’s ESSRI 2016 conference wants us to build 10-12 satellites a year

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On the day of the record 20 satellite launch by Isro, there was another event happening where Isro was planning the building of more indigenous satellites with representatives from the Indian aerospace industry. ISRO Satellite Centre, ISAC held a Make in India conference in Bangalore, called Enabling Spacecraft Systems Realisation through Industries (ESSRI 2016). The conference was attended by ISRO executives and more than 110 Indian aerospace companies participated.

There is an increase in demand of satellite based services in India, and Isro wants to launch at least 10 to 12 satellites every year to meet the demand. Isro hopes to do this through indigenous made satellites. Isro does outsource some parts of the satellites to third parties, but no company takes up the end to end creation of satellites. Isro wants to introduce best practices and technologies to the industry, to enable Indian companies to boost their satellite making capabilities.

Senior Isro representatives spoke to the industry attendees at the conference, and outlined Isro’s plans for future launches, and the expected hardware, technologies, delivery schedules and quality for these launches. The satellites are required by various governmental bodies and ministries, who want to incorporate information and data available through new and emerging satellite technologies. The aerospace industry in India welcomed Isro looking for ways to increase the participation of vendors in its space program, the industry as well as Isro stand to benefit through a deeper co-operation.

Boeing and Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) announced the first shipment of titanium flap-trak For 737

Boeing and Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) announced the first shipment of titanium flap-track forgings made by the Indian supplier for Boeing’s Next-Generation 737. Bharat Forge will also supply forgings for the 737 MAX, scheduled to enter into service in 2017.
The companies continue to address opportunities to expand BFL work in support of Boeing and its supply chain partners around the world. BFL also intends to expand its capabilities to offer higher value machining and manufacture of assemblies.

Baba Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge said, “BFL is truly honored to become India's only forging company to be included in Boeing’s globally approved vendor list for titanium forgings The fact that we have achieved this milestone including all regulatory approvals in a very short timeframe is a testament to our technology and capability. I would like to thank Boeing and our supplier partners for their strong support over the past two years. BFL keenly looks forward to working with Boeing and its supply chain partners to grow our relationship to significant levels. In addition to continually enhancing and upgrading our capabilities in BFL, we will also pursue merger and acquisition options – especially for machining and assembly, to accelerate our progress to become a significant player in the global aerospace component business"
“Shipment of the first titanium forging from India is a significant step towards building a capable and competitive supply chain in India for Boeing. This is yet another proof point of Boeing creating an aerospace ecosystem in India,” said Pratyush Kumar, president, Boeing India.

About Boeing in India
Boeing has been active in India for 75 years with its commercial airplanes providing the mainstay of India’s civil aviation sector. More recently its military aircraft have started to play an important role in the modernization and mission-readiness of India’s defense forces. Boeing is focused on delivering value to its Indian customers with its advanced technologies and performance driven aircraft underscored by life cycle support services. Boeing is also committed to creating sustainable value in the Indian aerospace sector - developing local suppliers, pursuing business partnerships and shaping research and technical collaborations with Indian companies and institutions. For more information, visit www.boeing.co.in.

About Bharat Forge
Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) is the flagship company of the USD 2.5 billion Kalyani Group and a global provider of high performance, innovative, safety & critical components and solutions to various industrial sectors including Automotive, Railways, Power, Construction & Mining, Defence & Aerospace, Marine and Oil & Gas. BFL today has largest repository of metallurgical knowledge in the region and offers full service supply capability to its geographically dispersed marquee customers from concept to product design, engineering, manufacturing, testing and validation. At the cusp of a breakout growth & transformation into an engineering conglomerate through its aggressive foray in capital goods and infrastructure sectors, BFL is committed to proactively expedite India’s transformation into a global economic powerhouse.

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

    Technical Publication is the process for providing operations and maintenance data in the form of Technical writings and Technical illustrations to the customers/users of the component

Technical Publication in Aerospace Industry:

ü  To sell and support the  products in these promising new markets

ü  Manufacturers must provide training and reference materials with the quality, clarity, and consistency to enable technicians around the world to understand and maintain highly sophisticated and complex aerospace components and systems.

ü  To compete effectively, manufacturers must  deliver those materials rapidly and cost-effectively.

Aerospace Technical Publications deals with the development and maintenance of technical data for the Aircraft and its components. The Aircraft manufacturers produce comprehensive technical documentation on the operation, maintenance, support and retrofit of its Aircraft. This documentation is provided to the Aircraft operators in the form of manuals. These manuals communicate information in order to have a specific message or task understood and accomplished as intended. The text/information must be clear, concise and consistent throughout the manual. Aircraft operators and owners perform the maintenance on their Aircraft using these manuals. The maintenance of the Aircraft is done by Aircraft Maintenance Technicians and Engineers. As Aircraft age, these publications become more critical as the repairs become more intense and frequent. The creation and updates of Technical Publications involve three major tasks: Authoring, Illustrating, and Publishing.

AUTHORING	Authoring involves gathering of technical information from approved/authentic technical documents, and transferring these technical contents in the authoring environment. This creates clear and concise technical documents which are universally understood across the Aerospace Industries and Aircraft Operators.
ILLUSTRATION	Illustrations are used as the primary means to convey the information. These illustrations are used in conjunction with the above authored tasks. An illustration is an artwork that helps in a better understanding of the authored task. The illustrations must be kept simple and presented in a self-explanatory style. An Illustration is generally not focused on Form, Fit and Function of the component/unit.
PUBLISHING	Publishing is a process of converting the above authored and illustrated task to various formats as desired by the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and/or end users. The various forms are electronic format (CD, DVDs), or hard copies on paper, or through the websites (Internet).

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