Happy Thanksgiving

Our weekly electronic newsletter is going out a day early this week because of Thanksgiving. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to share some thanks. I would like to thank Kathy Marr (the former publisher of AMT), Michelle Garetson (former editor) and the rest of the AMT staff who gave this A&P/IA a chance seven years ago to become a part of the magazine I had read and enjoyed for years. It was the opportunity of a lifetime! I would like to thank Greg Napert (a fellow A&P), the founding editor of AMT, who has helped me grow even more as an editor since he re-joined the magazine staff four years ago as publisher. I want to thank our editorial team -- Barb Zuehlke (our managing editor), and Dionne Shearer (our assistant editor). All of this would not be possible without all of their hard work and dedication. I would like to thank Danny Faupel, Bob Graf, Jon Jezo, and Julie Suhr, our sales staff, who support our advertisers and help them market their products and services to our readers in this ever-changing industry. I would like to thank our advertisers. Without their support, we could not publish AMT for free to more than 41,000 aircraft maintenance professionals around the world. I must also thank all of the staff here at Cygnus for their ongoing support. From our graphics and production department to our interactive group, it is truly a team effort to publish AMT and produce content for AMTonline.com. To our contributors, another thank you is in order. Steve Prentice, Joe Hertzler, Bill O'Brien, Brandon Battles, Jim Sparks, James Careless, Giacinta Bradley-Koontz and Ian Parker are an imporrtant part of the AMT family. I need to thank Tom Hendershot, executive director of AMTSociety, and all the AMTSociety board members and AMTSociety members. AMTSociety has grown a lot this past year, and we look forward to continued growth as we continue to expand benefits and resources for its members. But most importantly, I would like to thank the readers of AMT and our online community on AMTonline.com. You are the reason we go to work each morning. You are the reason we are the number one maintenance publication. I have always thought that those acceptance speeches at awards ceremonies were sappy, with thanks going on and on for way too long. After sitting down to write this blog, I realize how difficult it is to share thanks without leaving anyone out. If I were to list all the people that deserved thanks, you would be reading this blog for hours. I won't do that, so my thanks to everyone else I left out. On behalf of the AMT team, I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for reading! Joe Escobar