Draws From Tried-and-True Former Employees
Mooney
Airplane Company has let us know about the good news: people are
being promoted, and recalled, at Mooney's Kerrville (TX)
manufacturing facility.
Charles Somerville has been named manager for
the Mooney service parts division and the service center. Formerly
serving as finance manager, Somerville's new role will include the
oversight of operations related to the service parts and service
center. The service center provides factory-direct maintenance and
repair services to Mooney-manufactured aircraft. The service parts
division provides parts services directly to owners of Mooney
aircraft and to factory-authorized service centers around the
country and the world.
Rich Lueckenotte has been mamed
controller for Mooney Airplane Company. As controller,
Lueckenotte's role will be that of overseeing day-to-day financial
operations of the company. Lueckenotte come to Mooney from an oil
field services firm located in West Texas. Prior to that he served
at Mooney Aircraft Corporaton as finance manager and controller.
Mooney Aircraft Corporation previously operated the manufacturing
facility in Kerrville until its bankruptcy in July 2001. Advanced
Aerodynamics Structures, Incorporated purchased Mooney Aircraft's
assets in bankruptcy in early 2002 and began operating the company
as Mooney Airplane Company. During his tenure at Mooney Aircraft
Corp., Lueckenotte was on the team responsible for implementing the
company's manufacturing accounting and planning system, SAP.
Dan Apel has joined the Mooney Airplane Company
family as an engineer. Prior to assuming his position at Mooney
Airplane Company, Apel was employed as an engineer for its parent
company Mooney Aerospace Group, at its Long Beach, California
facility. Apel was reassigned to the Kerrville facility after
Mooney Aerospace shut down the Long Beach facility and relocated
operations to Kerrville.
Doug Crenwelge has been promoted to supervisor
for the finishing division. Crenwelge previously served as the
machine shop supervisor. A long-time Mooney employee, Crenwelge's
new responsibilities include the supervision of those responsible
for final steps of the manufacturing process. This includes the
installation of avionics, engine setup, interior, production flight
testing and final delivery to the sales department.
David Tatsch has been promoted to
the position of machine shop supervisor. Another long-time Mooney
employee, Tatsch formerly served as NC machinist and programmer. He
will be responsible for supervising the machine shop employees and
operations. The machine shop is responsible for manufacturing many
of the precision components used to build the high-performance
Mooney airplane.
Penny Mall has joined the Mooney staff as
safety and environmental administrator. Mall is a former Mooney
employee. She has over 13 years in the career field and has a
degree in occupational safety from Texas State Technical College in
Waco. Mall is responsible for establishing the Safety Committees
and MERT (Medical Emergency Response Team) as well as various
environmental projects.
"Mooney is well known for it's outstanding Safety record which
will continue under Ms. Mall's leadership," said Human Resources
Manager Hank Engel.