GREGORY McALLISTER

ive worked the leading edge in different perts for the last few years

as of writing i curently workLE2

this consists off fitting HPsystem, drive shafts and the installation andvrissing of the slats etc

worked here as a contractor also originally on the air bus in air refuelling programe

my roles were building the sub assemblies and testing them

the tests consisted of PAT (PRODUCT ACCEPTANCE TESTS)

MECHANICAL

FUEL FLOW

ELECTRICAL

as well as the airbus and embraer contracts that were running side by side i was heavly invovled in the at the time Boeing KC46 program

i was dealing with a lot of the FAI and conformaty which included building/testing with the BOEING engineers on site

some of these were also done via zoom due to covid

worked at AV as a contractor on the FLE again on the then c series

my duties included loading the spars in to the jigs offering up the machine ribs measuring gaps and shimming as nescessary

i used a selection of differnt fastners including rivets,hi lites and RXLs etc

the use of feeler gauges and hi lite dippers were constantly used to ensure correct lengths and gaps

again working to engineering drawings to ensure correct assembly as per drawing

solely worked on the then c series fuselage which consisted working to engineering drawings including general aircraft fitting.

i have experience on the systems and the longtuidal joint

as this was a new contract the drawings were changing constantly so awareness was vital of working to correct issues etc