{"id":1470,"date":"2022-09-19T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2022-09-20T13:12:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T17:12:53","slug":"colin-adams-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/?p=1470","title":{"rendered":"Colin Adams Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After 23 years of service to Rolls-Royce Canada and Siemens, Colin Adams retired on September 1 2022. Colin was a past member of the 2468-RRC Negotiation Committee and 2468-Siemens Grievance Committee. He also held the role of 2468 Secretary-Treasurer since 2015; he has been replaced by Daren Legault. Colin has provided a brief auto-biography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  I started my working career on September 5th 1978, as a Sheet metal worker\/ Coppersmith apprentice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  After four years I was placed in the Maintenance and Manufacture department in Derby\u2019s Sinfin factory. I volunteered for a time to join instrumentation for the development of the V2500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   I left RR, when severance was offered to follow  a different path. After a couple of small companies I was taken on by Rotadata, a relatively small company that had huge contracts in Derby and elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Primarily Rotadata is instrumentation and I worked with a highly skilled, older crowd than I was used to. I was very lucky to be given lessons in instrumentation techniques by men 30 years my senior. that are still viable and useful today, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Taking a lot of what I had learned I was dispatched to Berlin to help the Germans with the development engine BRR710, and BRR715. On return to England I was not happy and gave my CV free reign on the internet, Alastair McFarlane called me one night to offer me a position in Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  The Trent engine was having problems with combustion and I stayed until my retirement last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  The end!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to thank Colin for his service and devotion to LL2468 of the IAMAW; he was always smiling, he liked everyone and was liked by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors; health, happiness and prosperity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n