David Melanson

Experience

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  US Army

  May 1986 - May 1990

  Apache Helicopter Crew Chief

  Helicopter Crew Chief Mechanic on McDonald Douglas AH-64A Apache Helicopters at US and West Germany bases.

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  Agusta Aerospace.

  May 1990 - Dec 1990

  Aircraft Maintenance Technician

  Helicopter technician on all airframe and powerplant systems for McDonald Douglas AH-64A Apache; Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk; and Bell OH-58 205,206A Jetrangers.

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  Navajo Aviation

  Apr 1991 - Feb 1992

  A&P Technician

  First Aircraft Licensed A&P Technician Position Performed Aircraft Maintenance on all Piper Aircraft, Robinson R-22 Helicopter and small GA aircraft.

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  IASCO

  Feb 1992 - Dec 2000

  A&P/Avionics Technician

  Assistant Avionics Manager/Crew Chief/Avionics Technician/A&P TechnicianAssisted in all Avionics Manager responsibilities. Performed aircraft and avionics scheduled, and unscheduled maintenance on Beechcraft C90A/B King Air, and Beechcraft Bonanza A36 Aircraft. Completed heavy maintenance including removing PT-6 engines and performing the complete Hot Section inspections. Troubleshot and repaired avionics systems, removed and replaced engines, performed routine, and scheduled inspections. Performed Operational Test Flights. Proficient with PT-6 Engine rigging and Chadwick Propeller Balancing. Engine run/Taxi qualified. Show less

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  Cessna Aircraft Company

  Dec 2000 - Mar 2008

  Avionics-A&P Technician

  Avionics Assistant Manager/Avionics/A & P Technician/Inspector Supported Northern California regional customer base. FAR 91.411 and 91.413 re-certification. Performed scheduled, and unscheduled maintenance on all Cessna Citation Models. This included AOG’s, Preflight/Post-flight Inspections, performing all necessary troubleshooting to address unscheduled issues, ordering parts and repairing discrepancies, as well as keeping all aircraft records accurate, and up to date, providing a logbook sticky, for continued airworthiness. Troubleshot discrepancies and kept in contact with maintenance controllers to update them on the status of maintenance being performed. Traveled to various operators, and FBO’s with equipment and tooling necessary to service aircraft onsite. Managed Mobile Service operations. Qualified RVSM, RII, Engine Run, Operational check flights. Part of Citation Team-X. Show less

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  XOJET

  Mar 2008 - Feb 2009

  Maintenance Controller Aircraft Avionics/A&P Technician

  Maintenance Controller/Avionics Technician /A & P TechnicianCareer Promotion. Citation X and Challenger 300 Aircraft Maintenance Controller, worked with computer maintenance programs and flight scheduling to include Corridor, CAMP, FOS, OASIS, CITRIX. Ensured compliance of AOG, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for FAR Part 135/ 145 fleet consisting of Challenger 300, and Citation-X model aircraft. Assured the keeping of all aircraft records accuracy, and up to date, providing a logbook sticky, for continued airworthiness. Executed all necessary duties of RII/Receiving Inspector. Troubleshot all aircraft, and avionics discrepancies and completed repairs. Performed scheduled maintenance on all aircraft in fleet. Built GSE test equipment wiring harnesses for system troubleshooting/diagnostics. Terminated wiring and installed new components to owner specifications. Performed inbound and outbound operational checks of avionics systems. Engine/Taxi Runs. Show less

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  Cessna Aircraft Company

  Feb 2009 - Nov 2013

  Aircraft Avionics Technician/A&P/Inspector

  Mobile Support Unit Avionics/Aircraft Technician Supported Southern California regional, NV customer base. Performed scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on all Cessna Citation Models to include FAR 91.411 and 91.413 re-certification, and Operational Check Flights. Managed Mobile Service operations. Qualified RVSM, RII, Engine/Taxi Run. This included 24/7 AOG’s, Preflight/Post-flight Inspections, performing all troubleshooting for unscheduled issues, ordering parts and repairing discrepancies, as well as keeping all aircraft records accurate, and up to date, providing a logbook sticky, for continued airworthiness. Interacted directly with private customers and fleet operators such as: NetJets, Citation Air, Silver Air. Troubleshot discrepancies and kept in contact with maintenance controllers to update them on the status of maintenance being performed. Traveled to various FBO’s between LAS, Bay Area, and SAN with equipment and tooling necessary to service, and release aircraft onsite. Show less

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  Sun Air Jets

  Nov 2013 - Mar 2016

  Aircraft Management Bombardier Global

  Bombardier Global & Challenger, Citation-X, Gulfstream Aircraft Manager/A&P-Avionics Technician.Performed Aircraft Management responsibilities of all aspects of maintenance/avionics on Global 5000 N10SL, Challenger 604, and Citation-X aircraft N808GG. Acquired experience on the Gulfstream GIII/GIV/GV/G550. On my assigned aircraft I compiled inspection packages, kept CAMP, CMP up to date so that aircraft were always in charter ready status, reviewed all SB’s and AD’s, planned manpower needs, and vendor coordination’s, troubleshoot discrepancies and repaired, ordered parts, returned cores and perform Pre-flight and Post-flight inspections. Also have thorough knowledge of maintenance planning, along with oversight of inspections, repairs, and modifications conducted at aircraft service centers. Performed launch and recovery operations. Maintained aircraft records to FAR 135 standards. Certified RVSM FAR 91.411 & 413, and Engine Run/Taxi. I am also very proficient with Avionics troubleshooting, NAV-Chart-Terrain Database updating, Cabin Entertainment Systems. Show less

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  Bombardier Aerospace

  Mar 2016 - Mar 2017

  Customer Response Team Aircraft Avionics-A&P Technician-Inspector

  Responsible for the greater southern California Area to respond to Customers aircraft avionics and maintenance issues. This includes the logistics to carry out the task request and to return to service Part 91 and 135 aircraft.

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  Honeywell Aerospace USA

  Mar 2018 - Jun 2020

  Senior Field Service Engineer

  FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER-HONEYWELL AEROSPACE -Southern California Region Career Promotion. Interacted directly with over 114 Corporate Jet customers remotely, and at their place of business to assist with their Honeywell Avionics Technical Issues and Engineering solutions on all business jet platforms. Engaged in Operational Test Flights on Falcon 900, Challenger 601-3A, Gulfstream G550, and other aircraft to diagnose issues, and capture Flight History Data Bases to escalate to internal engineering. Presented at Customer Operators Conference of new Honeywell updates. I developed and implemented the methods and processes best suited to meet the requirements of integrating products into the customer’s operations best suited to their aircraft. Provided on-site sales, Honeywell MSP/HAPP programs commissioning, troubleshooting assistance, Avionics diagnostics, data collecting, avionics systems training, system audits and implementation of various retrofits to material handling equipment. In addition, I have led and directed other colleagues on these practices, and customer resources to implement the full offering of Intelligrated products into customer operations. Extensive experience with Chart & NAV Database Updating, Honeywell Avionics Software Diagnostic Tools, Sales Force DC, Microsoft Office, InContact Phone System, Planned Meetings, Zoom Meetings, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Power Point Slide Creations, Contract Sales. Show less

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  Mission Aviation Fellowship

  Jan 2021 - now

  • Assistant Quality Manager

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Avionics Technician

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2021