2018 Aerospace Maintenance Competition

AMC 2018, which ran from April 9 to 11 in Orlando during MRO Americas, set records this year, a total of 69 teams with 25 school teams and three all female teams (United Airlines’ Chix Fix, Elevate Aviation’s Elevateaviators, and Pratt & Whitney’s WiseWomen) participated this year. The setup was different than previous years as instead of a block of space for the events it was an aisle so students and vendors got a lot of visibility from show attendees.

The awards ceremony was held Thursday in rooms upstairs instead of on the show floor and it was standing room only. The sponsors outdid themselves with additional prizes of tools, scholarships, training, and more to first place finishers, sometimes in each category and sometimes emphasizing school teams.

And the winners:

MRO/OEM:

1^st: FedEx Express - Indianapolis

2^nd: Boeing

3^rd: United Airlines - Houston

Commercial Aviation:

1^st: United Airlines - Cleveland

2^nd: Alaska Airlines - Seattle

3^rd: American Airlines - Dallas

International

1^st: Jetstar

2^nd: Qantas

3^rd: Flybe

Schools:

1^st: Aviation Institute of Maintenance – Houston

2^nd: Utah State University

3^rd: Broward College Team 1

Military:

1^st: U.S. Coast Guard – Air Station Clearwater

2^nd: U.S. Coast Guard – C-27J APO

3^rd: U.S. Air Force – McConnell 22 MXG/931 MXG

General Aviation:

1^st: Phillips 66

Charles E. Taylor Professional AMT Award:

Industry: Staff Sgt. Christopher Culp, U.S. Army – 128th Aviation Brigade

Student: Yolanda Gong, West Los Angeles College

William “Bill” O’Brien Award for Excellence in Aircraft Maintenance: United Airlines Cleveland for two years in a row

Next year the competition will be held April 8-11 in Atlanta. For more information: www.aerospacecompetition.com.