The world’s best and brightest maintainers participated in this year’s friendly aircraft maintenance competition at the MRO Americas event in Dallas, TX. Approximately 250 seasoned civilian and military mechanics, as well as aircraft maintenance students tested their knowledge April 5 through 7.
These teams of current and future maintainers come from all segments of our industry; from General Aviation to Space Flight. They'll be testing their combined skills against their industry peers from around the globe. Fifty-one U.S. and international teams representing schools, commercial aircraft, military, general aviation and MRO/OEMs competed in 25 timed events this year.
And the winners are:
Space: Virgin GalacticGeneral Aviation: Flight OptionsSchools: 1
st Place: Utah State; 2
nd Place: West LA College; 3
rd Place: Broward CollegeMRO/OEM: 1
st Place: FedEx Indianapolis; 2
nd Place: FedEx LAX; 3
rd Place: Embraer Team LegacyMilitary: 1
st Place: United States Air Force: 2
nd Place: United States Army; 3
rd Place: United States NavyCommercial Aviation: 1
st Place: Alaska Airlines Team Seattle: 2
nd Place: Southwest Airlines; 3
rd Place: China Southern AirlinesInternational: 1
st Place: China Southern Airlines; 2
nd Place: Embraer Team Legacy; 3
rd Place: ALAEA (Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association)
The William “Bill” F. O’Brien Award for Excellence in Aircraft Maintenance was awarded to Alaska Airlines Team Seattle for the fastest cumulative time throughout the two-day competition. Congratulations to the winners and all the teams involved!
Ron
