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Bruce R. Aubin graduated from St. Louis University in aeronautical engineering and McGill University in business administration. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and has a commercial multi-engine pilot’s license and an A&P (aircraft and powerplant) mechanics license. He holds a certificate in aircraft accident investigation from the University of Southern California. Aubin spent more than 50 years in the air transport industry and 40 years with Air Canada. He has held leadership positions in engineering, purchasing, real estate and facilities, new aircraft evaluation, and technical operations. Aubin was appointed Senior Vice President-Technical Operations at Air Canada, with responsibility for all of Air Canada’s engineering, maintenance, purchasing, supply, and aircraft acquisition activities. On retiring from Air Canada, Aubin was appointed Senior Vice President- Maintenance Operations by US Airways. He has since retired and continues to support the airline industry as an executive consultant. Prior to the introduction of the Boeing 747 in 1969, Aubin was one of six professional airline personnel who initiated, developed, and implemented the Maintenance Steering Guide (MSG-1) philosophy based on component analysis and reliability. This philosophy remains the basic standard for all aircraft maintenance today. Aubin also substantiated and obtained Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for the use of extended reduced thrust takeoff operations based on weight and temperatures. The procedure in use today has increased engine reliability, improved safety of operations, and is considered as an expense reduction issue in engine cost of operation. Aubin has been the innovator of numerous other industry standards that have had a significant effect on safe and reliable operations. As an executive manager, Aubin promoted ever increasing participation of the actual maintainers of the aircraft in decision making through advocacy of consensus management, the creation of a “Baldridge Award” philosophy of operations, and, in concert with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), the implementation of a High-Performance Work Organization (HPWO), all of which resulted in “continuous improvement” cultures in those organizations with which he was associated. As the 1993 president of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Aubin implemented a participatory governance process. This process involved all members in providing a direction for the organization and the tools for accomplishing the desired goals. Aubin is a Fellow of SAE, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He also is a member of several other professional and learned societies. Aubin is listed in Who’s Who in Engineering and has been honored with several awards, including the Franklin W. Kolk Air Transportation Progress Award, the Marvin Whitlock Award, the William Littlewood Memorial Lecture Award, the Forest R. McFarland Award, the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) “Nuts and Bolts” Award, and the Landry Award. For more than five decades, Aubin has devoted his time and energies to achieving an efficient, safe, and reliable airplane maintenance system.
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