Episode 20- Erika Holtz

Erika has been involved in aviation all her life, beginning her career in 2003 as an EIT with International Aero Products where she became general manager and person responsible for quality to Transport Canada. In addition to her work on the 9000lb gross weight Otter STC, including prototyping the wing and modifying the aircraft for physical and test flying, in 2007 Erika completed her professional engineering status with EGBC.  She later lead the negotiation for Harbour Air to obtain the 9000lb gross weight Otter STC, as well as all other related Design Approvals.

Achieving her delegation status as a structural delegate under the Design Approval Representative Program with Transport Canada, Erika became one of only eight structural DARs in the Pacific Region and started her own engineering company in 2010. In 2012, she accepted a position as the Engineering and Quality Manager for the Harbour Air Group of Companies, where she created a production control system for the manufacturing department, acquiring design approvals, and manufacturing a significant number of parts.

Erika is also the Project Manager and Lead Engineer for the electrification of the DHC-2 Beaver project, successfully obtaining the first electric flight of a commercial aircraft in December 2019.

If you'd like to see more of Erika's work on the E-Plane follow along on Harbour Air and Harbour Air Aerospace Services websites, or their social media on Facebook and Instagram @harbourair or Harbour Air Aerospace Services on Facebook @HarbourAirAerospaceServices and on Instagram @haaerospace.