“Dr. Bill” Johnson received the Charles Taylor Award Master Mechanic at the 24th Annual Southwest Regional Maintenance Seminar in March. Jay Hiles, the FAA Flight Standards District Office Manager told the 750 mechanics in the audience that “Most recipients of the Master Mechanic award fixing aircraft throughout their career. Dr. Johnson has been fixing mechanics for more than 50 years. That counts.” Johnson has delivered maintenance human factors training in more than 50 countries with more than 500 speeches/publications. He led the development of widely-used training systems, videos, simulations and other maintenance human factors support products. He currently serves as the chief scientific and technical adviser for human factors in Aircraft Maintenance Systems. Johnson is familiar to Aircraft Maintenance Technology readers since he has been a frequent contributor since 2010.
