36-year-old Otis (Tony) Oggs says, "My motivation for getting into the aviation industry was having a fascination of how something so huge could fly across the sky." Oggs attended A&P school in Memphis, TN. His first aviation job was with Technical Aviation Services in Alcoa, TN. The company had contracts to conduct routine checks and performed line maintenance on CRJs, ERJs, 727s and Avro 85s. He became the night lead tech and managed parts, scheduling of maintenance, and supervised up to 12 technicians. During this period he was awarded the FAA Ruby Award for the training he accomplished.
Oggs' next aviation role was on the field service team with Aircraft Technicians Inc. that traveled all over the United States and performed engine QEC buildup and engine R&R for the Embraer 145/AE3007 Rolls-Royce Turbofan engine. On this team he was directly involved in over 200 engine R&R’s and he became the engine change lead tech and managed a four- to five-man crew performing engine changes for corporate and commercial customers all over the U.S.
In 2010 Oggs arrived at StandardAero and was hired into the Field Service Team. Oggs performed MRO services on various engine types like the AE3007 and CF34 for multiple customers doing hot section checks, engine removals, and engine installations. As a result of his unwavering customer focus and contributions every day, he rapidly rose to lead technician in November 2014. As lead technician, Oggs fields multiple requests for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and ensures all resources and all maintenance tasks are completed in a safe, high integrity manner for StandardAero's customers. He is also the first responder for engine troubleshooting service.
Leon Dodd, StandardAero (Alliance) Inc., engine MRO director of quality, says, "When Tony stepped up to assume the product lead responsibilities, he knew that this would be a good opportunity to develop his leadership capabilities and he also knew that he would be expected to play a leadership role to field service technicians who had more tenure and experience than he did. Tony‘s enthusiasm and keen customer focus were instrumental in building the effective team required to service the on-demand requirements of aviation field service. Tony also models the walk the talk leadership style. When demand is greater than resources available, Tony is quick to grab his toolbox and jump on a flight to help service an AOG situation. Tony has gained the respect of his customers, direct reports, and management team as an aviation leader."
Oggs also attended the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business Leadership Development Program. His future career goals are to continue to learn the business aspect of aviation and to continue on his path in aviation maintenance management.
