C.A.S.E. SPRING 2026 MEETING  

Dates: April 13, 2026, through April 17, 2026.

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 Dates: April 14-16, 2026

 Location: Hyatt Regency DFW

2334 North International Parkway, Dallas, TX. 75261

Hotel Information: The 2026 Spring Meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency DFW. The 2026 Spring Meeting will begin at 9:00 am on Tuesday, April 14th. Please note the hotel is located at the airport and a shuttle is available.

We appreciate your staying at the meeting hotel.  Hotel rooms, meeting room rates, and fees are negotiated and based on C.A.S.E. participants staying at the meeting hotel.  We know that some of your companies have rate agreements with other hotel chains. For members who choose to stay “off property” and are not local to the area, an additional $300.00 fee will be charged.  Thank you for supporting this planning effort by arranging to stay at the C.A.S.E. contracted hotel.

Meeting Attire:

The meeting is intended to conduct organizational business and is considered a professional event. Business casual attire is required during normal business hours.

 Presentations:

The President’s report will be presented during Lunch on Wednesday, April 15th. followed by the Treasurer’s report.

General Meeting Information:

The Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, April 13th, beginning at 4:00 pm. This is a closed meeting, and attendance is limited to current members of the Board.

Registration will be open from approximately 7:30 am on Tuesday morning, April 14th.

There will be an operations committee meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 am on April 14th. There will be an “Open Forum” and Job Jar following the roll call at 9:00 am on Thursday, April 16^th. The event will be hosted by Sean Ressler from Delta Airlines. This will also be an opportunity for all to share experiences encountered in the field.  The following topics of special interests will be discussed:

TBD

 Elections:

The following positions will be voted on: ACS Vice Chair, Database Chair, and S&P Chair. We need interested individuals to consider running for these critical positions.

To ensure the continued success of the organization, we need individuals who are passionate and committed to step up and take an active role in the organization. The positions are open only to Sustaining Members, and everyone is encouraged to participate. Any interested individuals should seek their management's support/approval and notify Sean Ressler, Chairman of the Audit & Compliance Committee.

Level IV Candidates:

There is one Level IV candidate at this meeting.

The organization is always in need of Level IV Evaluators. Any interested individuals should seek their management's support/approval and submit the required Level IV candidate package to the Chairman of the Audit & Compliance Committee.

Meals / Other Information:

General Session is scheduled until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 16th, and will not be adjourned until all Air Carrier Section business is concluded. Please plan on staying until 5:00 p.m., as a member will not receive attendance credit if at least one voting representative is not in attendance for adjournment and final roll call.

Schedule of Events – (Spring 2026)

 Individual Committee Agendas

Audit and Compliance Committee

General

• General
  • Ops Committee Meeting Notes, if applicable
  • Review Fall 2025 Minutes
  • Committee Activity (review progress on delegated assignments)
  • Open Committee Positions
  • Member Exemption Status - Review List, follow-up on status
  • Meet with 2 members on exemption on progress toward Level III and audit completion (Western, Sun Country)
  • Auditor Exemptions - Review List, follow-up on status
  • Recurrent Training Status – (1A/2A update)
  • Member Audit Performance – (Allocated/Pendca/Delven) – Invite Reps if questions.
  • Vendor Appeals & Investigations Status (Closed Appeals or Investigation)
  • Election Status – review 5-1-0
  • Elections this meeting: Maintenance Technical, Newsletter, Audit & Compliance
  • Proxies
• Old Business
  • None
• New Business
  • Review of new database reporting functions
  • Assigning Reports to Committee members
• Audit CACS-11s received
• Meet with members on why CACS-11s not submitted on time

Individual Committee Agendas

 Database Committee

 General

• Assign roles and responsibilities and ACS committee team members Admin role in Web Database
  • Password resets – Database committee member
  • Training Instructors - Database committee member
  • SYSDEL monthly review- Database committee member
  • Admin roles for Training Chair, A&C Chairs, Membership Promotions, etc.
• Plan Web Front Database summer training session – discuss doing remote option.
• Review of final transition issues to Web Front Database
• Work with Jerry on Web Front Database development – maintain a list of items and what is free and what will have a cost.
• Review/update database users – for each member. Verify access is still needed for read-only accounts
• Review/update SOP related to Web Front Database
• Review/update Web Front Database User Guide

 Individual Committee Agendas

 Fuel Technical Committee

 General

• Review / Approve notes from Fall meeting

• Expectations of Pre-Check-rides – Proper way to complete a CACS-5.
• Update by Johnny Fiore to discuss a combined ITP / Storage checklist option (CACS-27?) to possibly create a reformatted, more efficient checklist

• Discuss upcoming changes to ATA 103 revision if we have a draft by the time we meet

• Discuss moving the Fall Allocation to virtual after the Fall Meeting to better align with any users also conducting IFQP Inspections

• Review SOP for revision if required
• Review 2-A / 4-A standards and revise as required
• Update email list in SOP to include new Level III auditors
• Any new business

 Individual Committee Agendas

 Maintenance Technical Committee

 General

• Review current MIP revision 2 between FAA and TCCA, and update Canada AMO supplement and checklist as needed.
• Review and update Mag-us checklist
• We will have a copy of the current NFPA manual for review if anyone would like.

Newsletter Committee

 Review and approve previous minutes

• Review previous newsletter for issues or follow ups

• Establish deadlines for the next newsletter

• Attending committees to develop story ideas

• Start developing next newsletter

 Individual Committee Agendas

 Membership & Promotions Committee

 3 Membership audits will be performed:

• • DHL
  • Lufthansa
  • Spirit
• Work with Associate members:
  • Southwest
  • Eastern Airlines
  • Mesa
  • Argentum (Newest associate member)
• Review Interested air carriers for potential advancement to Associate Membership:
  • Global Crossing Airlines
  • Go Eastern Air Express
  • Avianca Group
  • Gridiron Air
  • Bighorn Airways
  • JSX
  • Metrea
  • AMG Jets
• Work with Air carriers on Exemption
  • Western Global
  • Sun Country
• Work with the database committee regarding the list of associate members that are shown in the database

Individual Committee Agendas

 Training Committee

 Tuesday April 14th

• Attendance & Call to Order
• Chairperson’s Report
  • January Training Session
  • Budget Discussion: Laptops/Projectors
  • Operations Committee / BOD Items
• Meeting Discussions:
  • Database Course / Update on new database
  • July Training Session
  • Sidebars
  • Wednesday afternoon side bar class
  • Schedule of Classes
  • Instructors for the Core Classes
  • 1-A and P&P Tests
• Summarize Action Items & Agenda for the next day

Wednesday April 15th

• Attendance & Call to Order
• Finish any items from the previous day
• Meeting Discussions: (If Applicable)
  • Sidebars for 2026
  • Auditor Handbook Updates
  • Committee SOP Revisions
• Summarize meeting Action Items