Accufleet International March Newsletter

Volume 4 Issue 3

MARCH 2022

INSIDER

Vaccination Policy We recognize that each of you have a personal and medical decision to make regarding any of the 3 COVID Vaccines (or booster shot) and want to ensure you have proper access should you wish to be vaccinated. At this time, the company does not require vaccinations, but will continue to keep an eye on any legislation that may be passed. Please reach out to your manager if you need assistance locating a vaccination facility.

Healthy Practices All employees should be practicing good hygiene, frequently washing hands, and wearing a mask when at work.

Practice daily office and workstation sanitization processes. Sanitize all door handles, hard surfaces, and communal areas (break rooms & restrooms). Keep 6-foot separation where practicable. Do not come to work if you are sick; if you cannot report to work, notify your manager as soon as possible and get tested.

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DID YOU KNOW… What is HazCom? HazCom or Hazard Communication helps protect you by warning everyone of the hazards in the workplace.

Know the signs

Know where the answers are

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Together we can prevent an incident. Remember that safety is a state of mind and everyone’s responsibility.

Welcome Aboard

Chris Gore is our new Sales and Marketing Manager. He brings over 20 years of operational and station development experience from various airlines and business partners throughout the western United States. During his time working various roles with increasing levels of responsibility, he gained valuable experience by

working with airlines and airport authorities to get new business and diversify the companies’ scope of work in various locations He has worked in many different areas of airline station operations including ramp service, cabin service, catering operations, and passenger assistance – bringing a broad range of experience to AccuFleet’s sales and marketing team. He studied business management at San Diego Christian College, where he is originally from. Chris reports to Cory Howell, our VP of Sales and Marketing.

Welcome Aboard

Greg Hoffnung, has joined AccuFleet as our Director of Safety & Training. Greg is a highly experienced Emergency Management and Safety professional with over 30 years of experience working within the Safety arena. With a Master’s Degree in Program/Project

Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Contract Management and Law, Greg has developed and implemented several Safety Management Systems (SMS) and Risk Management programs with Airlines, Aircraft Charter and his last position was with the City of Houston Airport System. Greg will successfully develop, improve and manage Accufleet’s Safety Management System and Training Program. Greg is based out of the Houston Corporate Office and reports directly to our CEO, Alex Cestero. Please welcome him when you see him on the airfield.

February 2022 Promotions Orlando- MCO Jeremy Barbosa

Dallas – DFW Cynthia McGuin

Houston- IAH Toni Scott

July-December 2021 Service Award Newark- EWR Javier Mestanza- 20 years Joel Moreno- 20 years Carol Templeton- 10 years

Corporate Dave Thiem- 5 years

Houston- IAH Maria Trujillo- 10 years Devonta Williams- 5 years

Employee of the Month February 2022

SAN- Norris Hurd

LAX-Brandon Kelly

MCO- Hilda Feliciano

LAX-Summer Lara

Celebrates

Women’s History Month 2022

Women’s History Month WOMEN IN AVIATION The aviation industry was built on a collection of dreams, ambition, and tenacity. With the two words “I can” pushing fearless pioneers like Bessie Coleman and Harriet Quimby to break through racial and gender barriers and make history. This industry has never had a shortage of courage or wonder. Is it because planes propel us into the clouds or because they are the gateway to connecting us to the people we love, the places we have read about, and new adventures?

Here at AccuFleet, we are privileged and surrounded by so many women who have broken through these barriers and continue to inspire others. Read on to learn more about these women in our industry from past to present.

Women’s History Month WOMEN IN AVIATION

Harriet Quimby was born on May 11, 1875 in a small town in Michigan. In the early 1900’s her family moved to San Francisco and Quimby became a journalist for the San Francisco Dramatic Review and Chronicle. She later moved to New York and became a theater district. In 1910 she attended the Belmont Park International Aviation Tournament and

quickly became interested in Aviation. In 1911 she was the first woman to received her pilot’s license. She competed in aviation shows and played up her femininity to set her apart from the rest. Harriet still wrote and authored 7 screenplays that became silent films and had a small acting part in one. In 1912 she became the first woman to pilot across the English Channel. 3 months later in an air show in Boston, she died performing a stunt in her new Bleriot monoplane. A fountain in her honor reads “She pointed the direction for future women pilots including her friend, Matilda Moisant, buried at the Portal of the Folded Wings”.

Women’s History Month WOMEN IN AVIATION Arguably the most famous female pilot and aviation role model of all time, Amelia Earhart saw a plane for the first time aged 11 at the Iowa State Fair – one of the Wright Brothers’ early models. She worked hard to pay for flight classes and her own plane.

Once licensed, she set a new altitude record for a female pilot of 14,000 feet. In 1928, Earhart navigated an historic flight across the Atlantic. Later, she made the journey as pilot but was forced to land in Northern Ireland due to technical difficulties and bad weather. Several accolades followed, and she became the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Determined to be the first woman to fly around the world she set off in 1937 with her navigator, Fred Noonan.

Enroute to Howland Island the pair vanished while crossing the Pacific Ocean.

Despite concerted efforts by the U.S. government, they were never found and Earhart was eventually declared dead in absentia. She is ranked 9th in the 51 heroes of aviation inducted in the National Aviation Hall of Fame.

Women’s History Month WOMEN IN AVIATION

Katherine Cheung switched gears from studying music at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and the University of Southern California to obtaining an international commercial airline pilot’s license. Born in China in 1904, Cheung moved to the United States to live with her father and attend college.

In 1932 she was the first Asian-American female pilot to receive her pilot certification.

She entered competitive air races and became a member of the Women’s International Association of Aeronautics that same year, launching her aerobatics/air show career.

Three years later, Cheung was invited to become a member of the International Association of Women Pilots – the Ninety-Nines – where she befriended Amelia Earhart.

Aside from being honored in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, the Beijing Air Force Aviation Museum calls Cheung “China’s Amelia Earhart.”

Customer Feature

Spirit Airlines

Customer Feature Spirit Airlines is an American ultra-lowcost carrier based out of Miramar, Florida. Established as a trucking company in 1964 it evolved to Ground Air Transfer, and eventually a charter service on the east coast in the 1990’s. In 1992 after bringing in jet aircrafts into the fleet, they renamed the company Spirit Airlines and expanded their routes. In 1996, Spirit hired Janet Patton as their first female pilot and 2 years later she became the first Capitan for Spirit.

AccuFleet supports Spirit in 5 of our locations with services including: RONs, Heavy Cleans, Exterior Wash, and Disinfection in ATL, MCO, DFW, IAH & LAX. With all these important contracts, we strive to maintain our relationship with Spirit and one of our main contacts for Spirit is Lynsey Magyar. She upholds Spirit’s standards and gave us an interview for Women’s History month.

Spirit Airlines

Women’s History Month Lynsey Magyar-Manager of Aircraft Appearance for Spirit Airlines Any advise to young women entering the aviation industry?

Please tell us what you do for Spirit?

I am responsible for the oversite and management of interior cabin standards, aircraft fogging, carpet condition, brand compliance, contract oversite, execution & SLA’s for Heavy Clean & Exterior Clean.

Don’t compromise who you are for who you think they want you to be. Education and training are amazing ways to open up different areas of aviation. Align yourself with other likeminded and positive individuals and work together to achieve something bigger than you can achieve solely on your own. Be authentic in your work and yourself and see as much of the world as you can, there are amazing people, places and experiences aviation can introduce you to!

Any barriers in the aviation industry? If so, how did you overcome them?

Gender in Aviation Mx has continually been an uphill battle and I have found that most of my career I have been in a very small percentage of female represented maintenance based or related roles.

Integrity and performance have been key disciplines to be reliable at. Consistently delivering at a high-performance level with a positive attitude helps to keep you focused on your goals.

Any tips on how you maintain a work/ life balance?

I have 2 amazing kids that are my greatest accomplishments. I love to travel and be outdoors.

Identifying priorities and planning by the week sometimes helps to balance work demands, home demands and personal time. Somedays if you can only be good at one thing, prioritize the one thing and circle back to the rest.

Women’s History Month Celebrations in MCO

This month the women of MCO celebrated International Women’s Day with gift cards for lunch from their GM.

Who’s Who We had a great station visit in ATL – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in Georgia. With this being one of our busiest stations Cory Howell, VP of Sales and Marketing (left), Al Mantilla, Regional Director East Coast (center left), Brian Buffington, GM of ATL (center right), and Carl Schouw, Sr. Director of New Markets (right) met this month to see how our customers and employees were doing.

AFI in the Community With a priority to connect with the community and promote a work/life balance, Accufleet is sponsoring this youth league baseball team that is managed by our very own IAH General Manager, Anthony Lopez.

AccuFleet’s Confidential/Anonymous Reporting Hotline

QUESTIONS? CONTACT US AccuFleet Human Resources E-Mail: HR@accufleet.com Toll Free: (800) 933-9234 x 1112 1404 N. Sam Houston Pkwy E., Ste. 100 Houston, TX 77032 www.accufleet.com

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Anonymous Reporting Hotline English: (844) 990-0002 Spanish: (800) 216-1288 Website: lighthouse-services.com/accufleet E-Mail: reports@lighthouse-services.com Fax: (215) 689-3885 (Must include company name with e-mail and fax report)

Celebrate Anniversaries Kossi Somenou Vanessa Castro Summer Lara Enrique Puente Saad Tariq Carlos Aguilar Maira Trujillo Alejandro Cestero Mark Anthony Civico Joey Ridgeway Ellisia Barnett Cameron Griggs Laura Hall Anthony Lopez Jalia Prayor Victoria Brown Lamar Sears

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Ian Greer Maria Rodriguez Kevin Ramos Victoria Brown Precious Jones Christopher Phillips Billy Moore III Imelda Sandoval Anthony Roque Robert Frongillo Daniel Brame Ronnie Martin Anthony Millom Percy Miles A'nya Wallace Schwanda Ellington Christopher Gore Juwan Whitfield Josue Arellano Emmanuel Roberts Luis Flores Destiny Poitier Christina Exavier Robert Hernandez II Shekinah Davis Matthew Griffin Andres Larrea Frances Respress LaCeidrick Sessoms Noel Bermudez Andrew Johnson Ronald Jones Jr.

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Celebrate Anniversaries Kossi Somenou Vanessa Castro Summer Lara Enrique Puente Saad Tariq Carlos Aguilar Maira Trujillo Alejandro Cestero Mark Anthony Civico Joey Ridgeway Ellisia Barnett Cameron Griggs Laura Hall Anthony Lopez Jalia Prayor Victoria Brown Lamar Sears

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Ian Greer Maria Rodriguez Kevin Ramos Victoria Brown Precious Jones Christopher Phillips Billy Moore III Imelda Sandoval Anthony Roque Robert Frongillo Daniel Brame Ronnie Martin Anthony Millom Percy Miles A'nya Wallace Schwanda Ellington Christopher Gore Juwan Whitfield Josue Arellano Emmanuel Roberts Luis Flores Destiny Poitier Christina Exavier Robert Hernandez II Shekinah Davis Matthew Griffin Andres Larrea Frances Respress LaCeidrick Sessoms Noel Bermudez Andrew Johnson Ronald Jones Jr.

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