MARPA is holding an aircraft parts seminar in Tokyo on September 20, 2024. We had annual meetings like this with JAL and ANA (and other Japanese carriers) before COVID, and this year we are resuming our tradition of providing high-quality educational content for the Japanese air carrier community.
For our US-based members, this is an excellent opportunity to network with Japanese customers like ANA and JAL.
The current agenda looks like this:
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
| 8:30 am– 8:40 am | Welcome | Michael Middleton, Commercial Attaché, US Dept. of Commerce |
| 8:40 am– 9:30 am | Parts approval in the US and EU systems (TC/PC, PMA/EPA, TSOA/ETSOA) and Special Cases (including Standard Parts and Owner-Operator Produced Parts) | Jason Dickstein |
| 9:30 am– 10:00 am | PMA Reliability: Why Does Delta Use FAA-PMA Parts? | Donny Douglas, PMA Lead Engineer, Delta Airlines |
| 10:00 am– 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15 am– 10:30 am | Airworthiness Documentation: Where Do 8130-3 Tags and EASA Form One Come from? | Jason Dickstein |
| 10:30 am– 10:45 am | Acceptance of Parts under the Japanese Bilateral Agreements | Jason Dickstein |
| 10:45 am- 11:15 am | Distributor Accreditation: an Internationally Recognized Standard for Aircraft Parts Sources | Jason Dickstein |
| 11:15 am- 11:30 am | Break | |
| 11:30 am- noon | Identifying and Avoiding Unapproved Parts and Counterfeit Parts | Chris Anderson, Director of Quality Assurance, MidAmerican Aerospace |
| Noon – 12:30 pm | The Operational Benefits of Using PMA Parts for Aircraft Maintenance | Chase Harris, VP PMA, Wencor |
| 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm | Regulatory Updates on PMA Approvals | Mark McGivern, Product Policy Advisor, FAA |
| 1:00 pm- 2:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm– 3:00 pm | American Airlines’ Best Practices on PMA Management | Deidre Hawkins, Senior Engineer, American Airlines |
| 3:00 pm- 3:30 pm | How the PMA Process Ensures Aviation Reliability and Safety | Jeremy Hahn, VP of Engineering, Jet Parts Engineering |
| 3:30 pm– 4:00 pm | Test-and-Computation: Explaining the Facts and Debunking the Myths Surrounding PMA | John Green, Chief Technical Officer, Chromalloy |
| 4:00 pm- 4:30 pm | Panel: Leasing Challenges with respect to PMA and Strategies for Addressing Those Challenges | Experts Panel |
Attendance and Registration
The primary focus is on education for Japanese air carrier personnel, but we are opening this to other companies as well. If you are interested in attending, then you can register through MARPA’s new membership and meetings page (please let us know if you do not yet have an account so we can help you establish one). If you have partners in Japan who should attend, then please have them contact us so we can establish an account in our new membership and meetings system.
Date and Location
The meeting will take place on Friday, September 20 at the Tokyo Prince hotel in Tokyo, Japan. We have a reserved room block with a negotiated rate, but it is only available for a limited time. Check out our dedicated page for more details.
Sponsorships
Sponsorships are still available for this meeting. Supporting MARPA’s educational efforts through a sponsorship helps to show your customers that you care about sharing aviation safety education. You can learn about the benefits of sponsorship here and you can register for sponsorship opportunities here.
Thanks!
We would like to thank our partners, the Aviation Suppliers Association, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. International Trade Administration for their support and assistance. We would also like to thank Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways for their cooperation in making this seminar happen.
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