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Welcome John Elkin, Senior Airworthiness Consultant

SQEP are pleased to introduce John Elkin as the newest member of our growing team.

THE SQEP business was founded on expertise in military airworthiness, and our expertise and depth of experience in the field remains in high demand. That’s why this week we welcome John Elkin to further bolster the team as a Senior Airworthiness Consultant.

John has a career in aviation spanning some 42 years – 35 in defence with the Royal Air Force, Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), Organisation of Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) and Air Tanker Services. Most recently, he has worked with Baines Simmons as Head of Civil Continuing Airworthiness Portfolio.

John’s programme experience has delivered at platform and enterprise level, including C130J entry into service, A400M reliability and maintainability, Voyager MilCAM, and the review, improvement and development of Royal Air Force engineering standards.

He has worked with major operators and defence forces around the globe, assisting them to introduce, develop, improve and sustain effective Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) and maintenance performance under a variety of regulatory frameworks – principally EASE, FAA, UK CAA, UK MRP & EMAR.

John has direct experience with the following platforms:

–      Jaguar
–      Nimrod
–      C130K
–      C130J
–      VC10
–      A400M
–      Puma Mk1
–      Typhoon
–      Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
–      C-17
–      Voyager

    So welcome to the growing SQEP family of suitably qualified experienced personnel, John! We’re very glad to have you. If you’d like to discuss your programme requirements, please get in touch.

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