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AMSTAT BUSINESS AVIATION p6 MARKET UPDATE REPORT BY ANDREW YOUNG p10 HELP CAMP MTX FEATURE DOCUMENTATION BY JIM WRIGHT THE BROTHERHOOD OF p8 + FUEL TRUCKS BY GIACINTA BRADLEY KOONTZ AUGUST 2015 45 Serving the Business Aviation Community Since 1968 Contents INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ims Greetings Mobile IMS App 04 CAMP PEARLS ® 05 Of Interest Available @ iTunes Store NBAA Press August greetings, 06 AMSTAT MARKET ANALYSIS I hope you’re all taking in the sun and enjoying the weather. If you’re looking for Description AMSTAT Business Aviation something to do, there are plenty of great happenings occurring all across the country. Here’s a small sampling: CAMP imsMOBILE touch screen compatible application provides Market Update Report By Andrew Young CAMP Inventory Management customers with easy-to-use parts • AOPA Fly-In Minnesota (August 22) Anoka County-Blaine Airport (ANE), management tools that help ensure parts availability and cost 08 INSIGHT TO THE PAST Blaine, Minnesota savings to the aircraft maintenance department. The Brotherhood of Fuel • Wings & Warbirds Over Port Clinton RC & Full Scale Airshow (August 22- Trucks 23) Erie-Ottawa Intl. Airport (KPCW), Port Clinton, Ohio By Giacinta Bradley Koontz Features: 10 USER HOT TIP • Wings & Wheels: Cruise-In/Fly-In (August 27) Minute Man Air Field (B6B) • Check Parts Availability Stow, Massachusetts Help: CAMP Maintenance Land of Enchantment Fly In and Airport Open House • Issue Parts to Aircraft or Work Order Feature Documentation • (August 29) Double Eagle II Airport (KAEG), Albuquerque, New Mexico • Reconcile Stockroom Inventory By Jim Wright • Create Requisitions 12 OEM HIGHLIGHT • Apache Pass Labor Day Weekend FlyIn and STOL Competition (September Embraer 5-6) Apache Pass Airpark (4XA4), Rockdale, Texas • Search Vendors 13 TOOLBOX Q&A • AOPA Fly-In Colorado (September 26) Anoka County-Blaine Airport (COS), • Create and Receive Purchase Orders Colorado Springs, Colorado ASO TOP 50 • View Part Details and Component History 15 These are just a few events from a vast list of fly-ins, airshows, and exhibitions. CAMP CALENDAR • Works in conjunction with special barcode reader 16 There are many that offer fun combinations, such as the fly-in/cruise-in and RC/ attachment or device camera to scan barcode labels 18 CAMP DIRECTORY full scale shows mentioned above, as well as the 5th Annual Flyin and 50th Tri State Antique Tractor and Engine Show taking place at the Portland Muncipal Airport (KPLD) in Portland, Indiana and the multitude of fly-in/pancake breakfast combos such as the Eugene Airport Fly-In Pancake Breakfast and 5K on the Runway at the SCAN, TRACK, & MANAGE AIRCRAFT PARTS INVENTORY ON THE FLY Eugene Airport (KEUG) in Eugene, Oregon. For an inclusive list of events, visit AOPA’s ‘General Aviation Events Calendar’ at www.aopa.org/Events. On the CAMP front, I’d like to mention that throughout the year we receive ter- rific feedback from all of you. Your positive comments let us know that we’re on the right track and we appreciate that. Your constructive criticisms drive us to be a better service provider; we appreciate this as well. With this in mind, I’d like to share that we are taking additional steps to enhance our support capabilities and I am pleased to say that we will have more to announce in the very near future. In the meantime, please continue to let us know what’s on your mind. Editor: Karie White CAMP Systems International Until next time folks, 11 Continental Boulevard, Suite C Merrimack, NH 03054 Tel: (603) 595-0030 Fax: (603) 595-0036 Email: [email protected] Roy Gioconda Advertising: George Rossides Toll Free: 1-877-411-CAMP, ext. 2212 General Manager, Tel: (631) 588-3200, ext. 2212 Customer Support Cell: (516) 383-9082 CAMP Systems International Email: [email protected] [email protected] Cover: Stock photo ©2015 CAMP Systems International To learn more, call 877-411-CAMP. Ask for Sales. AUGUST 2015 ❖ CAMP SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL 3 CAMPPearls Filter”, like all filter mechanisms, was designed to be OfInterest intuitive to use making locating tasks a simple matter: Example: Identify that next due information associated with the right engine fire extinguisher hydrostatic test. Filter Criteria - Relevant information must be typed into one or more of the filter fields in order to generate the desired results. In the example provided, the user NBAA Urges Prompt sen adds a note stating that use of DA(H) in lieu has entered “Hydro” in the description field and Congressional Action of MDA(H) requires a height adjustment, which “Package” in the task type field which rendered could add 50 to 100 feet to the published DA/ both the left and right engine hydrostatic inspection on Bonus Depreciation Jeppesen Charts Depict MDA(H). packages for two of the three aircraft in the fleet. Extension Aerodrome Operating Finally, Jeppesen is updating the profile view of Upon reviewing the task numbers, 059223L and its instrument approach charts, indicating when a 059223R, the filter input is then modified by placing (July 31, 2015) The Senate Finance Committee Minimums in New Way VDA is published and CDFA is mandatory, when the “%” symbol in the item number field followed by recently voted to extend bonus depreciation and (July 29, 2015) Aeronautical chart maker Jeppe- it is optional, and when a VDA is not published an “R” to further refine the search so that only the other tax incentives (known as “tax extenders”) sen is rolling out a new way to depict Aerodrome and a “dive and drive” approach with level seg- right codes remain.* by two years through Dec. 31, 2016, and NBAA Operating Minimums on its library of instrument ments is required. has urged Congress to promptly consider this and Fleet Task Display - Using the described filter criteria approach procedures charts, a change that will other tax extenders measures. “The biggest connection I can see between a pearl the system correctly lists the “Right Engine Fire Bottle significantly affect pilots who fly outside of the Summer Offers and wisdom is ... both a pearl and wisdom seem like Hydrostatic Test” tasks, 059223R, for two aircraft within “Throughout its existence, bonus depreciation has United States. small objects but are both very valuable.” Advocacy Opportunities the fleet. Because the third aircraft is not equipped been a proven economic incentive that encourages At issue is the availability of aerodrome operating — WikiAnswers.com, user: ID 1241821233. with the traditional fire extinguishing setup, it is elimi- the purchase of new business aircraft, which sup- minima (AOM) and how those minima are de- for Opposing ATC nated from the search results. The user now only need ports aircraft manufacturers, their associated sup- picted in charts of other countries’ airspace. Many hat are CAMP Pearls? Valuable little pieces analyze the data as it is presented on screen: pliers and their employees," said Scott O’Brien, nations, such as the U.S., publish complete AOM Privatization Funded By of insight – some obvious, others less evi- NBAA’s senior manager of finance and tax policy. W Upper Center Display – Displays the task listing sorted for their instrument approaches. However, other "It also enables companies to invest in the overall User Fees dent. From useful facts to helpful hints, Pearls will by item number in the same manner that the Task/ countries provide only partial AOM or no AOM growth of their primary businesses.” provide monthly wisdom about CAMP, its applica- Status feature is displayed at the aircraft level. One at all for their approaches. In these cases, Jeppesen (Aug. 3, 2015) As congressional lawmakers head tions and more to help you along the way. noticeable difference however is the inclusion of the In a joint statement, Committee Chairman Or- had published AOM data using accepted stan- home for a traditional summer recess, NBAA aircraft registration number within the listing. rin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron dards, largely based on United States’ standard for Members have an opportunity to build on a “Call Wyden (D-OR) said the bipartisan bill proposed terminal instrument procedures. However, that to Action” response from those who have been Relevant Fields “widely supported tax provisions [that would] has changed due to recent international efforts. contacting their representatives in unprecedented MANAGING SYSTEM FLEETS: FLEET ACTUAL TIMES ✓ Aircraft Registration; provide some certainty in the tax code.” numbers regarding proposals under discussion in “Where the state-provided AOM is complete, in- Washington for creating a privatized air traffic The “Fleet Actual Times” feature offers the operator the ✓ Task Number Senate Finance Committee approval of this leg- cluding a decision altitude (DA) or a minimum control (ATC) system funded by user fees. descent altitude (MDA), Jeppesen will publish opportunity to monitor and/or edit the total time of any ✓ Task Description islation is key to extending bonus depreciation fleet aircraft, its installed engines, propellers and auxiliary or making it permanent, O’Brien said. The pre- that,” said Rich Boll, chairman of the NBAA Ac- “For everyone in business aviation, this is a big power unit all from one convenient location. Spares may ✓ Compliance Values vious extension of bonus depreciation expired at cess Committee’s Flight Technologies Working issue,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “There’s a lot at stake here. If we found ourselves also be managed through the default fleets directly be- ✓ Active