CAE Parc Aviation the Global Leader in Aviation Personnel Solutions
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CAESOURCESummer 2013 CAE Parc Aviation The global leader in Aviation Personnel Solutions 1 Marc Parent A message from President and Chief Executive Officer Marc Parent Tell us your news! Congratulations to the first round of winning We’d like to hear from you so send us your news, ideas from CAE’s Innovation Challenges suggestions and feedback to A key tenet of our strategy, in this increasingly to offer the broadest expertise in our field and to The winning ideas from the first round of CAE’s Innovation “Our first round of Innovation Challenges has been a real [email protected]. globally competitive world, is to be the Partner develop the largest array of solutions. The article Challenges have been selected! “These ideas really showed success,” states St-Hilaire. “Employees from around the of choice of our customers. This edition of CAE on CAE Parc Aviation (page 5) showcases some of out-of-the-box thinking,” says Marc St-Hilaire, Vice President, world, including from Australia, Canada, India, Spain, the U.K. Source highlights the hard work and dedication of the latest additions of our portfolio. Advance Technology and Innovation. “We needed our and the U.S., submitted 112 ideas and 129 comments, as our employees as well as some of the reasons that employees to step up to the plate and find a solution and they well as 490 “likes”,” he continues. “My expectations are met make us the Partner of Choice. Reputation and brand - Finally, our reputation did,” he continues. and I am confident we can keep up this momentum for our and brand are key components of being the Partner second round.” Seven winning ideas were selected: Innovation and technology leadership - The of Choice. Wherever you go in the world, the name This initiative is important to CAE. This company has always article on Innovation Challenges program (page CAE is regarded as the gold standard. We are the CAEsource is designed and • Expert System for the Closed Loop Training had innovation in its DNA, but the world is changing at a rate 3) presents the first round of winning ideas. I am company that the aviation industry turns to to help produced internally by the Global Innovator: Dac Toan Ho, Montreal, Canada we have never seen before. “Both our customers and our very proud of the quality of ideas shared by our ensure that everyone flying gets home safely. And Communications department. • Smart Phone and Tablet Apps competitors have access to new ideas and technologies via employees from around the world. The innovation CAE’s benefit to society is not limited to helping make Innovator: Jesus Martin Sanchez, Madrid, Spain social media, the Internet, and their local Best Buy or Future and technology leadership of our workforce has air travel safer, our employees contribute regularly to Managing Editors: Shop,” explains St-Hilaire. “If we don’t continue to meet and Caroline Phaneuf and • Kinect Device as Principle Interface in a Flight Deck surpass their expectations, we will lose our edge.” allowed us to offer our customers solutions tailored the communities they work in. Some of those stories Michal Wielgus Officer Trainer to their needs, such as the Dynamic Synthetic are on page 16. Innovator: Mate Koch, Budapest, Hungary “Social media provides a great opportunity as well,” continues Environment (page 11), CAE Healthcare’s products St-Hilaire. “It allows us to easily involve all our employees in the Contributors: • Google Glass and Augmented Reality (pages 12-13) or the solutions offered by our While we had a challenging first quarter of fiscal year Claudia Boies, Sean Butler, innovation process.” He encourages people to delve deep into Innovator: Michael Abdow, Silverwater, Australia the ideas and really collaborate to find a workable solution. Integrated Enterprise Solutions team (pages 8-9). 2014, we continued to lead in our markets. The next Kim Cartlidge, Peter Cobb, Alan Cross, Cynthia Gallo, quarters will be critical as we have to bring our margins • Fully Automated Training Guided by Self-Learning Pilot “Our entire management team is very pleased with the level Michelle Kans, Francis Normandin, Skills and Behaviour System Service and commitment - CAE’s culture of back up. I would like to thank our employees for Eloise Scanlan, Stephen Seddon, of engagement our employees have shown worldwide in this Innovator: Michel Galibois, Montreal, Canada service and commitment is what allows us to paying close attention to our costs and I ask everyone Chris Stellwag, Marc St-Hilaire, initiative. It’s great to see the collaboration.” Luiz Visani, Dylan Webb. Significant Contributor: Daniel Spira, Montreal, Canada develop great relationships and trust with our to continue keeping them down. Marc’s behind the scenes diary customers. We have more than 70 partnerships • Oculus Rift and Next Gen Kinect/Leap Motion for Low “Admittedly, shooting videos for the website was not my idea,” Translation: and long-term agreements with our customers in Looking forward, the fundamentals of CAE’s Cost Interactive Immersive 3D Training Simulation laughs St-Hilaire. “My team suggested it and I was ready to Dominique Proulx Innovator: Patrick McDade, Halifax, Canada all our markets. On page 8 you can read about two business are strong. In civil, the growth in global air give it a try. It wasn’t as easy as it looked!” travel continues to drive demand for our products 10-year anniversaries we celebrated this year with Graphic Designer: • Add-on to the SPL: Update Management and Service leading airlines. and services. In defence, we have demonstrated Sylvie St-Pierre Portal resiliency in the face of US sequestration and wide- Innovator: Yves Riel, Montreal, Canada Global reach - With operations and training spread delays in procurement and we continue CAEsource provides information centres in more than 30 countries and customers to see evidence of militaries increasing their use for CAE employees. The content These winning ideas will move to the prototype phase and of this publication is copyrighted innovators will be invited to participate in development activities. in 190 countries, our global reach is unmatched of simulation-based training to reduce costs. In and cannot be reproduced and it provides our customers with the flexibility Healthcare and Mining we are also continuing to without the prior written and proximity they need to run their business. see increased use of simulation. approval from CAE’s Global Communications department. We continued to expand our reach in all our businesses, for example helicopter training (page We have excellent products and services, great 7), defence and security (page 10) and mining in people around the world and lots of opportunity to grow. By keeping our costs down, executing 3 Mexico (page14). flawlessly and focusing on serving our customers People and experience - We have 8,000 to the best of our abilities -by being their Partner of 2 men and women around the world, with diverse Choice- we will be successful. experiences. These experiences have allowed us 1. Getting a last-minute makeup touch-up before shooting 1 another scene in the R&D lab at Montreal headquarters; 2 2. The video crew shares a laugh, likely at my expense! 3 3. The steady-cam operator and the rest of the crew wait as I rehearse for take 5 of this segment! CIVIL CAE Parc Aviation The global leader in Aviation Personnel Solutions n May 2012, CAE acquired Parc Aviation as part Technical support services of the Oxford Aviation Academy transaction, We provide a range of technical specialists worldwide who broadening our comprehensive portfolio of support, among other things, aircraft leasing companies capabilities. CAE Parc Aviation strengthens our throughout the delivery and redelivery process. leadership and global reach in Commercial Ferry flight services Aviation Training (CAT) by increasing our training CAE Parc Aviation is the world leader in ferry flight services centre footprint, growing our ab initio flight (delivering an aircraft to another location, for example, training network, and extending our portfolio. for repairs), with over 300 flights annually. We provide I“We offer a one-stop-shop for aspiring pilots as they the necessary crew to ensure that aircraft are delivered progress from ab initio training, to type-rating as well as to efficiently and cost-effectively to a maintenance facility or to the possibility of getting a job with us by being leased or the next destination and offer 24/7 customer support. recruited by various airlines,” says Sean Butler, Business Executive search and selection Leader, CAE Parc Aviation. CAE Parc Aviation also has over 35 years of international CAE Parc Aviation does not only source pilots. We offer aviation recruitment and selection experience. We are ideally flight crew sourcing, technical positioned to assist airlines and support services, executive We currently provide over 1,400 aviation companies locate and search and selection, and flight crew and technical personnel attract the best talent for their ferry flight services. We are who are on assignment with 70 organizations. We offer recruiting the global market leader in customers, operating 20 different services for senior management providing aviation personnel on aircraft types, in over 40 countries. executives, including at the CEO lease to airlines (as well as to level within the aviation industry. aviation support organizations, maintenance organizations, Customer first aircraft manufacturers and aircraft leasing organizations). “CAE Parc Aviation continues to be a business with strong We currently provide over 1,400 flight crew and technical customer relationships. Customer service is the driving personnel who are on assignment with 70 customers, force behind our success. We are committed to maintaining operating 20 different aircraft types, in over 40 countries. our good relationships and increasing our customer base.” Flight crew sourcing Not only can we now say that CAE provides aviation We manage the sourcing, contracting and recruitment companies operators the most complete portfolio of of flight crew for airlines and aviation clients.