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EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT By Ron Donner, Editor 4 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY RECOGNITION I n July I attended the 2016 Aerospace Media Awards Dinner which was held in London at the home of the Royal Aeronautical Society the evening before the opening of the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow. The venue's terrace at No. 4 Hamilton Place overlooked Hyde Park and provided a wonderful setting to reconnect with friends, visit with the award sponsors, and just be in the company of aviation journalists from around the world. This was a ver y special evening for me. The October 2015 cover stor y of AMT Magazine titled "Getting Ahead of the Cur ve" written by Jerome Chandler, one of our regular contributors, was on the shor t-list of the nominees for Best Business Aviation Submission. Additionally, AviationPros.com, the of ficial website for AMT Magazine, was on the shor t-list of nominees for Best Digital Media. The competition was fierce and while we didn't walk away with top- honors, all of us here at AMT Magazine and AviationPros.com are ver y proud to have made it onto the shor t-list of nominees. AMT'S NEXT GEN 40 UNDER 40 AWARDS The November/December 2016 issue of AMT Magazine will profile our 2 nd annual Next Generation – 40 Under 40 - Maintenance Professionals Award winners. In this issue AMT recognizes 40 young professionals working in air- craft maintenance. Be sure and read this issue to see this year's up and coming young professionals. IN THIS ISSUE Workforce development, hiring, edu- cation and training seem to all be hot topics these days when discussions turn toward jobs and hiring. In this issue of AMT we looked at several topics to learn more about what organiza- tions are doing to continually develop talent for our industr y. Enjoy the issue, Ron Published by SouthComm Business Media, LLC. 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