Category: Chairman’s Corner

What Could Be Going Wrong – Part 2

In my last message I mentioned a valuable lesson that I would explain in this message. We were having trouble with matching the color on a 990C laminate order. It […]

What Could Be Going Wrong – Part 1

When I began my career at The Gill Corporation my position was supervisor of Line #2. We had a huge (for us at that time) order for 990Cs. They used […]

Truck Day

I’ve been a baseball fan most of my life. When I was young and became interested in baseball there were no major league baseball teams in the Los Angeles area. […]

Boa Constrictor Story

When The Gill Corporation moved to its current location in El Monte, there was an industrial company on the 20 acres on the north edge of the property. The building […]

Air Canada Flight 797 – Part 2

In a previous article I described Air Canada’s flight 797 and the effect it had on our industry. With the mandating by the FAA of a new cargo liner with […]

Air Canada Flight 797 – Part 1

On 2 June 1983, Air Canada flight 797 left Dallas/Fort Worth airport bound for Toronto. As it approached Cincinnati, a fire was discovered in the rear lavatory and the plane […]

AOG

A long time ago, when I was working as the Production Manager we received a call from Lockheed Aircraft Services located at Ontario Airport in Southern California. They needed some […]

Laminating Machine

The Gill Corporation’s early success was based on our ability to do wet layup of polyester cargo liner. A good manufacturing company is always looking for ways to improve quality […]

Wild Kitten

Many years ago, a wild kitten took up residence at our facility. Our production crew would eat lunch outside and the cat would hang out near their eating area and […]

Details

Everyone has seen a movie that has had an effect on us. Vanilla Sky is one of them for me. David Aames is in the elevator with the tech support […]