ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS

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1 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS IFA Secretariat: 14 Railway Approach, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1BP, UK Tel Fax UK Registered Charity No VAT No. GB

2 CONTENTS 1. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2. Accounts NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION UK Registered Charity No The 38 th IFA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Minutes of IFA s 38 th Annual General Meeting which was held at the Kerry Centre Shangri La Hotel on Monday 2 nd November 2009, the meeting commenced at Present: *Mr Frank Turner IFA President *Mr Kader Tazerout Emirates Airline, Chair of IFA EC Mr John Saull IFA Executive Director Mr Bill Johnson US FAA *Mr Bob Simmons Baines Simmons *Mr Danny Jayakody Cranfield University Mr Frank Jauregui IFA VP Americas *Mr Mark Stevens Director Air Safety, Shell Aircraft *Mr Paul Cousins ALAE Australia Dr Ron Yates IFA VP Australasia Mr Frank Fickeisen Av Consultant *Dr Steve Bond City University, Chair of IFA TC *Mr Man Ka Chai CAD Hong Kong Mr Maurice Hare IFA Finance Director Mr Brian Perry IFA VP Technical Note: In accordance with the IFA Constitution only IFA Corporate members and the current IFA President are able to vote on issues raised. Those eligible to vote are marked with an * 1. President s welcome Mr Turner welcomed everyone, he commented that in this extremely difficult year, with flu epidemics and financial crisis IFA has managed to secure continued funding from Emirates Airline. We will need to continue to make changes to cover the emerging needs of the industry. More action is required. 2. Apologies Andrew McClymont IFA Trustee Jim Rainbow Chair of IFA Trustees Bob Davis Ex IFA President Peter Harper Consultant *Jim McKenna CAA UK *Andy Dow Oxford Aviation Academy *Jacques Gentil Air Mauritius *Graham Mitchell Aero Inventory *Ray Talavera Phillipines Airline *Stephen Hill Air New Zealand *Martin Matthews Charles Taylor Aviation *Silvio Falzon Air Malta *Herve Quibou SNECMA *Paul Clark Air Claims *Vic Szewczyk Rolls Royce *Heather Darwin Line Up *Abdulwahab Al KandariKuwait Airways *Steve Richardson Virgin Airways *Cristina Cuerno-Rejado Universidad Politecnica de Madrid * - Members who nominated a proxy vote or decided to abstain from voting.

3 3. Approval of the Minutes of the AGM held at the Grand Hilton Hotel, Seoul, South Korea on Monday 1 st October The minutes were accepted and signed. 4. Matters Arising There were no matters arising 5. Election of Executive Council Members Flybe and CAA UK were re-elected to the Executive Council Mr Bill Johnson, IFA Associate member nominated by the Executive Council to stand on the Council was also elected. Mr Turner advised that since the publication of the agenda and papers, Mr Angus Cheung of China Aircraft Services has also offered to stand for election on the Council, it was decided to take a vote of those present which would be added to an electronic vote to be co-ordinated by the Secretariat. For = 8 Against = 0 Abstention = 0 6. Report by the Chairman of the Executive Council Mr Tazerout explained that since taking on the Chair of the Executive Council, one meeting had been held at Gatwick in September. The business plan had been revised, this information had been reported to the sponsors, resulting in their agreement to continue further sponsorship for the coming year. Mr Tazerout thanked Mr Turner, IFA President for his continued work in gaining sponsorship for IFA. An overview of IFA s technical work had been received and it had been agreed to hold an IFA Technical Forum in Dubai in March A separate working party will be set up to co-ordinate the event. The Constitution amendments agreed with the Charity Commission and the IFA Trustees had been discussed and agreed. The EC had also identified the Trustee requirements and was actively working to find new Trustees. Mr Tazerout ended his report with the wish for a positive and action packed forthcoming year for IFA. 7. Ratification by AGM of election of Honorary Members/Fellows It was agreed by a unanimous vote that Mr Barry Green and Mr Jim Rainbow be awarded Honorary Fellowship of IFA 8. Report by the Executive Director No AGM was held in However, an EGM was convened with the resulting conclusion that IFA should continue its work, with stricter financial control. We have been fortunate to obtain two sponsors for last year, Emirates Airlines and Aero Inventory. Emirates Airlines will continue this sponsorship for the coming year. An EC meeting was held at CAA Gatwick on September 15 th, chaired by Kader Tazerout. The next EC is being planned for Dubai in late March 2010, together with a technical Forum and visit programme to other UAE States airlines and MRO organisations as a membership recruitment drive. We have vacancies on the EC for both Corporate(2) and Associate members(2): all members have been circulated for their consideration to fill these positions. Following the 2007 `IFA Future` meetings, a thorough review of our plans and practices has been carried out and a Business Plan produced.it was recently updated (September). The review included the Constitution which was considered to be outdated in some respects Amendments include a more practical method of voting and a reduced

4 quorum. These changes have been agreed with the Charity Commission and are contained in a Resolution paper for this AGM. The current industry financial situation has affected the Corporate Membership, which has continued to decline and notably we have lost two Regulatory Authorities, Transport Canada and Denmark CAA. Boeing has also not renewed. This decline in membership has been offset to some degree by a 20% increase in subscription fees. The Associate membership is growing, slowly. I consider it important to encourage the category of membership, which will help our technical breadth of industry professionals and encourage networking. This requires effort from all members to identify potential Associates. Barry Green has retired as chairman of the Executive Council he made an outstanding contribution to our work over many years. We welcome Kader Tazerout who has now taken over as EC Chairman. We have had 3 Trustee resignations: Jim Rainbow (Chairman), Kelvin Kellaway and Heather Darwin. Replacements are being sought. Peter Harper has offered to become a Trustee. Technical work has continued with attendance at international technical conferences and meetings, reports have been published in IFA NEWS and IFA NEWS EXTRA. The website has been continually updated with technical information. Our concentration on regulatory aspects of continuing airworthiness provides a unique platform for contribution to safety issues. We continue to work closely with FSF on the technical agenda for the IASS and we have attended their European conference (EASS). There seems to be concern over the future of FSF as recently reported in the press. We will be meeting with Bill Voss to discuss the future plans. We aim to contain our IASS costs within the FSF subvention- last year we were able to achieve this target. Brian Perry has resigned the Chairmanship of the Technical Committee and we welcome Steve Bond, who has taken over this position. Brian retains the position of VP Technical. A Technical Development Group has been established to further our commitment on the technical core work. Graham Harris recently resigned from the Technical Committee, his involvement on the membership and his technical input over several years is greatly appreciated It is planned to increase the Scholarship award, currently 2,500, to 3,000 for 2009/ applications were received for the 2009 Whittle Safety Award. We are indebted to Ron Yates for his continued work on these important elements of IFA work. The position of IFA President will need to be discussed and voted upon at this AGM. Frank Turner has kindly offered to continue for a further period of 2 years. Our thanks to the UK CAA for their continued support of IFA activities. My personal thanks to Linda Hare whose initiatives are invaluable. 9. Ratification by AGM of Resolution to accept the changes to the Constitution Mr Turner briefly outlined the proposed changes to the Constitution. A vote was taken to confirm the acceptance of the changes. For = 21 Against = 0 Abstention = Financial Report and Accounts Mr Hare reported that the year had been one of the best for several years. This was due in part to the increase in subscription fees, the dollar/sterling exchange rate and the reduced costs of attending the IASS 2008 in Hawaii. The additional bonus of receiving sponsorship had made it an exceptionally good year.

5 The downside was the reduction by approx 17,000 of the Trust Fund due to the financial crisis, but overall the fund was 9000 up from this time a year ago. Those present accepted the finance report. Dr Yates stated that more new members were needed and asked how this may be achieved. He offered to write to CEO s and to contact University professors and students. Mr Saull commented that personal visits would be initiated following the Technical Forum in the UAE to try to increase corporate memberships. 11. Trustees Report Mr Hare also reported on behalf of the Trustees. As outlined in the Executive Director s report there was a need to find new Trustees. Mr Hare outlined briefly the role of a Trustee. He advised that the current fund stands at 80,000. The Fund is managed by Barclays and at present the Trustees were content with this arrangement. 12. Ratification by AGM of Resolution of the appointment of Trustees A vote was taken to appoint Peter Harper as a Trustee. This was agreed. 13. Technical Committee Report Mr Perry reported on the main themes of IFA s Technical work over the past months. Frank Jauregui had given papers on maintenance fatigue issues at 2 conferences in the US with good interest received. Phil Hosey also continued the work on fatigue in maintenance by giving a paper at the recent CEAS conference in the UK. He also attended the EASS in Cyprus on behalf of IFA, reporting fully on all papers given. Members continue to sit on various committees, offering reports to members. Flight Safety Foundation magazine directly referred to our activities. 14. Whittle Award and Scholarship Report Dr Yates advised that Andre Maumuss had been selected as the Whittle Awardee for 2009 and welcomed him. This is the 12 th Whittle Award and the committee thought Andre a worthy recipient due to his work within Airbus on safety issues. Dr Yates also advised that the 2009 Scholarship had been awarded to Ms Reabetswe Tlhoaele of the South African CAA who will shortly start a course at City University, London. 15. Any Other Business a) Mr Saull advised that Mr Turner had provisionally agreed to stand as President for a further term of 2 years. A vote was taken which would be added to an electronic vote to be co-ordinated by the Secretariat. For = 8 Against = 0 Abstention = 0 b) Mr Johnson wished to thank IFA and in particular Linda Hare for the work in distributing the MHFPS DVD s over the past year. 15,000 have been sent worldwide with IFA sending over Time and Place of next meeting To be advised. Post meeting note: the meeting will provisionally be held on Monday 1 st November prior to the start of the IASS in Milan, Italy

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