Annual Spring Conference, April 21-23 2020
Tuesday, April 21
Pratt & Whitney Canada Golf Outing: SunRidge Canyon Golf Club, Fountain Hills
7:15-8:00 a.m. Golf Registration Coffee & Muffins
Sponsor: FlightSafety
8:00 a.m. Shotgun start of golf outing
RACCA Golf Outing and golf shirts: Sponsor, Pratt & Whitney Canada
Golf Outing Prize Sponsors: Champion Aerospace
Golf balls : Freight Runners Express
Golf Towels: Air Choice One
Beverage Cart: World Class Aviation
Golf Lunch Sponsors: Southwest Turbine, FlightSafety, Air Cargo Carriers
RACCA Scholarship – 50/50 raffle: Pratt & Whitney Canada
9:00 am-4:00 pm Trip to Queen Creek Olive Mill, lunch followed by wine & beer tasting
Departs from front of Hilton Hotel
Sponsors: Lunch: Southwest Turbine;
Transportation: Martin Services
3:00-5:00 p.m. TPE-331 Support and Operators’ Meeting (in Sonora C)
12:00-5:30 p.m. Exhibitor table top display setup (Setup must be completed by 5:30 p.m.!)
4:00-6:00 p.m. Conference Registration
EVENING ACTIVITIES:
5:45-7:15 p.m. Opening Cocktail Reception (Exhibit Hall; limited open bar)
Sponsor: World Class Aviation, Southwest Turbine, FedEx
Opening Cocktail Reception hors d’oeurvres
Sponsor: Elbit Systems
7:15-9:30 p.m. RACCA Hospitality Suite (all welcome!)
[Chairman’s Suite – south end of hotel, 2nd floor]
Sponsor: World Class Aviation
Wednesday, April 22
7:30-9:00 a.m. Exhibit Hall display area open, continental breakfast
Sponsor: World Class Aviation, ATR
7:30-3:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall open
GENERAL MEETING:
9:00-9:20 a.m. Welcome to the RACCA Spring Conference
Stan Bernstein, RACCA President
Tim Komberec, RACCA Board Chairman (Empire Airlines)
Terry Hibler, Associate Members Council Chairman (FlightSafety)
Jeanne Cook, RACCA Scholarship Chairman (BankAir)
9:20-10:00 a.m. “I’m no hero (an F4 pilot POW story)”
Capt. J. Charles Plumb
10:00 a.m. RACCA thanks its Associate Members and sponsors
Stan Bernstein
10:00-10:15 a.m. Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall area)
Sponsor:
10:15-11:00 a.m. Cessna Presents its new Cessna 408 SkyCourier
including Pratt & Whitney Canada presentation
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
11:00-12:00 TSA Air Cargo Security Presentation (in Sonora D)
11:00-12:00 Cessna Caravan/Pratt & Whitney Operators’ Meeting (in General Session room)
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch, Exhibit Hall
Sponsor: World Class Aviation, Southwest Turbine, eTT Aviation
1:00-3:00 p.m. Static Aircraft Display, Scottsdale Airport
Sponsor: SkyQuest International
1:00-2:00 p.m. Metro Operators Conference (in Sonora D)
Presented by M7 Aerospace/Elbit Systems
2:00-3:00 p.m. Elroy Air Autonomous Aerial Cargo Delivery (in Sonora C)
Presented by David Merrill and Clint Cope (co-founders)
3:00-4:00 p.m. Exhibit hall area: Ice cream sundaes served
Sponsor: Southwest Turbine, Cargo Systems
Silent Auction closes at 3:15; winners announced at 3:30
4:00-5:00 p.m. AMC Meeting (Room – Executive Board Room)
Terry Hibler, Chairman
Sponsor: UPS
6:00-7:00 p.m. Poolside Cocktail Reception
Cocktails (limited open bar) and hors d’oeuvres
Sponsor: World Class Aviation, Southwest Turbine, Standard Aero
7:00-9:30 p.m. Poolside Barbeque Dinner, Cocktails (limited open bar)
Sponsors: World Class Aviation, Southwest Turbine, Textron Aviation, Green Bay Austin Straubel Int’l Airport, Cargo Airline Association, FedEx, Empire Airlines, ATR, Embraer
Thursday, April 23
7:30-9:00 a.m. Exhibit Hall display area open, continental breakfast
Sponsor: Southwest Turbine, World Class Aviation
7:30 a.m.-noon Exhibit Hall open
GENERAL MEETING:
9:00-9:10 a.m. Greeting by Stan – Welcome back
9:10-9:35 a.m. Mechanics and Technicians: What’s the future and supply?
Dr. Joel English, ATEC Board Member
9:35-10:00 a.m. Politics and Aviation – DC Outlook
Steve Alterman, Cargo Airline Association
10:00-10:15 a.m. Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall area)
Sponsor: Training Boom
10:15-10:45 a.m. Pilot Shortage Outlook
Kent Lovelace, UND
10:45-11:00 a.m. Passport Prize winners announced
(Winners must be present! Limit – one prize per person!)
BREAKOUT SESSION:
11:00 a.m.-noon Aviation Legal Matters (in Sonora C)
Andrew McClintock, Ford & Harrison
11:00 a.m.-11:30 Report on Part 135 Duty-Rest Aviation Rulemaking Committee (in Sonora D)
John Hazlet, Stan Bernstein
Conference ends at 12:00 noon. Hope to see all of you next year!
12:15-2:30 p.m. RACCA Board of Directors meeting (lunch served; Room – Sonora D)
Meeting Sponsor: Southwest Turbine
Lunch sponsor: UPS
Scholarship sponsors:
UPS (2)
Southwest Turbine
DHL
Miscellaneous Sponsorships:
Media sponsor –
Conference bags – Southwest Turbine
Conference Badge Holders – World Class Aviation
Printed Programs – Southwest Turbine
Room Card Keys – Heritage Turbines
Dinner for Presenters and Corporate Sponsors – World Class Aviation (2),
ATR, Embraer
General Sponsorships
Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines
New England Propeller
Corporate Sponsors
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Southwest Turbine
World Class Aviation
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