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◀ THE ATEC Conference
provides professional
development sessions for
aviation maintenance school
instructors and administrators.
▲ JOE MCDERMOTT from Delta TechOps and Michael McDaniel
from Express Jet Airlines discuss finding and retaining the
maintenance talent needed in the airline industry.
daunting hiring needs; for example, Lockheed Martin is planning
for 2,500 new employees over the next two years, and Express Jets
mechanic recruits will increase 20 percent this year over last. These
numbers illustrate the looming threat of a workforce shortage and
encouraged dialogue on what we should all do individually to help
create a steady stream of future personnel.
ATEC will do its part by ensuring aviation maintenance education
provides the expertise needed to get the new Part 147 right. I am
very proud of the work our regulatory team did to develop pragmatic
comments to the proposed rule in February, and for efforts made
to educate congressional leaders on the issue. To further that mis-
sion, this year ATEC will host its first industry-wide fly-in to sound the
message: regulatory policy must support, not hinder, the aviation
workforce. All are welcome, please consider joining us in Washington,
D.C., on Sept. 8, 2016.
ATEC is extremely excited about what lies ahead. The annual con-
ference is but one example of how the council furthers its service to
the future aviation technician, and continued safety in flight. We hope
you will join us next year, April 1-4, 2017 in Seattle.
RYAN GOERTZEN
is the president of
Spartan College
of Aeronautics
and Technology
in Tulsa, OK.
He was named
president of
the Aviation
Technician Education Council in April
2014. To learn more about ATEC, visit
www.atec-amt.org.
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