Avinet Newsletter September 2010
Welcome to our regular Avinet newsletter where you can hear about the latest developments to the Avinet suite of products and be kept up to date on the happenings of our customers and team. It’s been an exciting and eventful few months since our last newsletter with July marking a major milestone for Avinet – our 5th Year Anniversary. We are pleased to report significant improvements in uptake of our online safety management and resource planning applications; Air Maestro^®, Rail Maestro^® and Road Maestro^®. In fact, our planned expansion outside Australia has generated considerable new business in Europe, South Africa, Hong Kong and North America. This expansion has seen Avinet form flourishing international alliances and has also raised our globetrotting profile as we continue to exhibit at major aviation tradeshows around the world. From the Development Team Since our last newsletter, we have released (Beta stage) version 2.5 which contains work practices and tasking enhancements within various operational modules, as requested by our customers. The work practices enhancement now supports United Kingdom CAP 371 as well as Papua New Guinean and South African requirements. The tasking changes will be a welcome improvement as Air Maestro^® users can now track staff against a particular task, check totals are correctly reported in their logbook and test recency status. More information will be made available on our Release Page once Beta testing has been completed.

Upcoming Enhancements
Release 2.6 Verification of Roster Based on customer feedback, Air Maestro^® will be enhanced to validate the roster process with reference to personnel and recency item status. Other features include customisable time formats, recency check form sign offs and a change in alert templates with regard to acknowledgement from pilots and personnel for completed checks. Release 2.7 Custom Safety Reports Air Maestro^®’s Safety Module will be overhauled to provide custom report types with custom fields in each report type. The changes will flow into the investigation process which will be less restrictive and also promote greater links between the Audit and Hazard modules.

Testimonial
Air Maestro^® is a consolidated and proactive system to facilitate and significantly improve your safety culture and operational needs. Following are some customer testimonials that will let you know just what Avinet’s transport solutions can do for your organisation. “Air Maestro has proven to save time and expense, has a user friendly interface, pleases our auditors and is widely considered a high industry benchmark.” James Harris, Safety/Quality Manager, Jayrow Helicopters Pty Ltd “As a contemporary police aviation unit with significant geographical challenges, we require robust safety management and reporting systems accessible anytime, anywhere. Air Maestro does this.” Peter Scott, Officer in Charge, Western Australian Police Air Wing “Air Maestro has provided our company with an all encompassing system for our operations. The system is secure, accessible for all staff, user friendly and constantly evolving in line with industry demand. Above all, our company is impressed with the level of support provided by Air Maestro® staff.” Jason Davis, Logistics, Whitsunday Helicopter Group

Avinet's 5^th Anniversary Celebration
On 6th July 2010 Avinet celebrated a significant milestone – its 5th Year Anniversary. The celebrations kicked off at the Avinet Office with the draw of the 5th Year Anniversary Competition where five valued customers won gift hampers of quality local produce. The competition was drawn by special guest, IBM Aviation Representative TrudyNankervis. Trudy has recently joined IBM and is committed to working in partnership with Avinet in order to continue to implement and provide superior tailored technological solutions that meet the needs of the aviation industry. The five lucky winners were: Geoff Maloney, Regional Aviation QLD Andre Ayton, Toll Aviation NSW Jeff Robinson, Heli Aust NSW Leanne Clapham, Sharp Airlines VIC Pauline Braimbridge, Broome Aviation WA The competition celebrated Avinet’s successful journey over the last five years and was a way of saying thanks to our customers whose feedback and input has helped shape Avinet into the successful company it is today.

Staff Snapshot
Simon Anderson - Software Development Work Placement University student Simon Anderson has joined the Avinet team and is already displaying a real flair for software development by working on a mock module for Air Maestro^®. Under the guiding eye of Team Leader Damien Coyle, Simon created a flight planning solution as an external module that will integrate with Air Maestro^®. The solution, all part of a larger project in Simon’s Post Graduate Innovation in Enterprise Degree, is intended to alleviate the monotonous tasks undertaken by pilots when planning their flights, while giving a detailed report to take with them on their journey. The work placement program is run by the Flinders University and is proudly sponsored by Comunet/Avinet. The program aims to give talented students like Simon the opportunity to gain valuable industry insight.

Alliance Partner Snapshot
Cairn Aviation Cairn Aviation is an aviation management consultancy that services operators and organisations in sub-Saharan Africa. Cairn’s expertise lies in the realisation of operational control and effective risk management. Cairn facilitates an objective-based approach which is centred upon implementation or development strategies that, within the task-related restrictions of individual clients, ensure compliancy with regulations and industry best practice. For more information about Cairn Aviation and its services, please contact CEO Rob Daneel on rob@cairnaviation.com.

Events and Media
AIA and NZAAA Conference - New Zealand Avinet attended the AIA/NZAAA Conferences in New Zealand in July. The event was a huge success and a great follow up to the official Air Maestro^® New Zealand launch at the same conference the previous year. As part of a special AIA Air Maestro^® promotion, Mr James O’Brien from Field Air was the lucky winner of a TV. Avinet CEO Mike Mulvihill congratulated James on his win. Another highlight for Mulvihill was meeting V8 racing legend Larry Perkins at the Avinet stand. Commercial Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS) In May, Avinet attended the 55th Annual Commercial Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS) in Tucson, USA. The seminar, which ran for 3 days, was a huge success and was attended by safety managers, chief pilots and leading aviation representatives the world over. Avinet hosted a joint stand with alliance partner Clockwork Research. Dr Alex Homles of Clockwork Research presented at the event on research findings into the experience of small to medium aviation operations in Australia and New Zealand implementing Fatigue Risk Management Systems.
Upcoming News & Events
Africa Aerospace and Defence 2010 Expo Avinet will be attending the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2010 Expo for the first time this September (21st to 25th) in Cape Town. Avinet will team up with local alliance partner Cairn Aviation to host a joint stand at what organisers believe will be the biggest AAD Expo ever staged. “AAD has come along at a great time,” says Avinet’s Chief Executive Mike Mulvihill. “We’ve had a huge amount of interest, especially from many of the region’s helicopter operators, and the Expo will be a great way to catch up with those we have been talking to over the last few months.” Alex Kadow, Avinet’s skilled Support Analyst, will represent Avinet at AAD alongside Cairn Aviation CEO, Rob Daneel. Avinet and Cairn Aviation will be in Hall 7 on Stand 7S9a. Air Maestro User Group Conference 2011 Plans to stage the first Air Maestro^® User Group Conference in early 2011 are currently underway. This event, directly inspired by customer feedback, will run as a free one day conference open to all Air Maestro^® customers. It will feature guest speakers, product updates and new release demonstrations coupled with the chance to interact with other Air Maestro^® users and Avinet developers, support and managament personnel. There will also be the opportunity for attendee's to participate in Air Maestro training on days either side of the conference. “The purpose of the conference is to provide an interchange of information and comments between Avinet and Air Maestro users in order to improve Air Maestro and meet customer needs,” comments Avinet CEO Mike Mulvihill. More information on the upcoming conference will be detailed in the coming months and will be maintained on the Conferences & Training page of the Air Maestro website.