Celebrate AMT Day on May 24

This Thursday, May 24 is AMT Day. May 24 is the birth date of Charles E. Taylor, the man who designed and built the engine that powered the Wright Flyer into history. It is an opportunity to remember aircraft maintenance professionals that came before us, honor those that currently work amongst us, and encourage up-and-coming mechanics that will soon work alongside us. AMT already knows of several events that will be happening on May 24. I will be in Kansas City along with AMTSociety executive director Tom Hendershot and AMTSociety councilman Ken MacTiernan visiting American Airlines as it has an AMT Day luncheon and honors its own Charles Taylor Master Mechanic award recipients. AMTSociety director, and AMT magazine publisher, Greg Napert will be in Daytona Beach, Florida at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as it celebrates AMT Day. Frontier Airlines will have a cookout for its mechancs. Baker's School of Aeronautics will host an AMT Day luncheon. So what will you be doing on AMT Day? We encourage all aircraft maintenance professionals to celebrate AMT Day in one way or another. If you are a manager or supervisor, how about doing something for your staff? If you are a mechanic working on the floor, why not suggest to your manager that your company do something for AMT Day? If you will be doing something to celebrate AMT Day, be sure to share that with us! You can e-mail photos and descriptions of the event to me. If you prefer to mail them, you can send them to: Joe Escobar, Aircraft Maintenance Technology, 1233 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 Thanks for reading! Joe Escobar