Six to Go: 2003 FAA AMT Awards Program

Alaska Airlines: the winner receives two first-class round trip tickets to any destination that Alaska flies.

Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance: the winner will receive a one-year membership in AWAM.

Avantext: the winner will receive one free subscription to the Avantext airworthiness directive small aircraft program, with daily Internet updates.

Aviation Maintenance Magazine: the winner will receive a one-quarter (1/4) page four-color advertisement in one issue of the Aviation Maintenance magazine.

Baker's School of Aeronautics: the winner will receive a free five-day IA course at the Baker's School of Aeronautics located in Nashville, Tennessee, which includes the Baker IA kit; the FAA's testing fee; a five-night stay at the Wilson Inn; transportation to/from the school, Wilson Inn, and the airport; and $400 in cash.

Bombardier Aerospace (Tucson): the winner will receive a new Learjet leather jacket.

CAE SimuFlite: the winner will receive a maintenance training course of his/her choice at the Dallas Fort Worth Training Center.

Continental Airlines: the winner will receive two round trip tickets to travel to any Continental city in the domestic United States.

Continuum Applied Technology: the winner will receive a full-feature, handheld GPS navigation device.

Electronic International Inc.: The winner will receive a free workshop attendance voucher for Electronic International's 12th Annual Shot Peening and Blast Cleaning Workshop in 2004.

FlightSafety International: the winner will receive one online attendance at FlightSafety International's Principles of Troubleshooting course.

Frontier Airlines: the winner will receive two round trip tickets to any destination that Frontier flies.

Horizon Air: the winner will receive Horizon Air embroidered gear, sweat shirt, and hat; stainless laser-painted coffee mug; custom pen set; special collector series of the CRJ-700 model; and special edition aircraft type card set.

Klein Tools: the winner will receive a tool bag and tools valued at $150.

Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology: the winner receives a $3,000 scholarship to be used toward receiving a degree from Northrop Rice. The courses can be taken over the Internet.

Professional Aviation Maintenance Association: the winner will receive a one-year membership in PAMA, and a PAMA logo polo shirt and baseball hat.

Superior Air Parts: the winner will receive a Hawkeye borescope kit and a Fluke auto ranging digital multimeter.

Tdata: the winner will receive a one-year paid subscription to Tdata's IA approach library on CD-ROM with biweekly updates.

Timco: the winner will receive a Snap-on gift certificate in the amount of $2,000.

U.S. Airways: the winner will receive two positive-space round trip domestic tickets to any destination that U.S. Airways flies.

Women in Aviation International: the winner will receive a complimentary registration to Women in Aviation International's annual March conference and a one-year membership in Women in Aviation International.

There you have it. Not a bad group of prizes - and all you have to do is get some training. What are your chances of winning? Well, a heck of a lot better than your chances are at taking home some money from your state or national lotteries. And besides, what other lottery gives you a lapel pin and a training certificate just for participating?