The aircraft maintenance professional's source for technological advancements, maintenance alerts, news, articles, events, and careers
Issue link: http://amt.epubxp.com/i/904741
www.AviationPros.com 39 I n high school, Luke Jean took a two-year aircraft maintenance course which he enjoyed and excelled at which basically just rolled into college and a career. Jean received his A&P; and associate's degree from Embry- Riddle, Daytona Beach Campus. Advanced training includes sev- eral factory training certificates from FlightSafety International and also the aviation interpersonal maintenance management (AIMM) certification from Global Jet Services. Jean had a job offer and actually had to skip his graduation from Embry-Riddle in order to make it to indoctrination class with Continental Express (DBA ExpressJet Airlines). He worked with ExpressJet from 2001 to 2007. Then he hired on with Heritage Aviation as a technician and has worked his way to the vice president of maintenance/accountable manager position. Nominated by David Stiller, president, Heritage Aviation: "Luke Jean has made an outsized impact on the staff, culture, custom- ers, and financial viability of the organization over the last 10 years. Luke started at Heritage as an A&P; and worked his way up to become the director of maintenance. Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of promoting Luke to his VP position at the age of 37. As DOM, Luke served under three different presidents over the course of four years. He brought stability to his department during this rocky period, but he also served in a critical leader- ship role advising the interim president as the company restructured its operations to focus solely on FBO and aircraft mainte- nance and becoming cash flow positive in the process. Luke followed through in com- pleting a real "turn around" for Heritage's Maintenance Department in every sense of the term: financially, culturally, and reputationally. He did so by forging meaningful relationships with customers and build- ing a team-oriented culture that holds the values of safety and customer service above all else. More recently, he has assisted our sales and marketing department in aligning our maintenance capabilities with customer needs, and he is beginning to assist in strategic planning to set company-wide objectives and goals that connect our operations to our five-year financial targets." As for giving back to the industry, Heritage Aviation tries to hire as many graduates as it can from a local A&P; school. Jean's short-term goals are to help Heritage Aviation develop and implement a "cross utilization" program where its FBO line technicians and customer service reps can work alongside its A&P; technicians to build hours and eventually receive their own A&P; certificate. His long-term goal is to someday work for the FAA as a safety inspector. LUKE JEAN Vice President of Maintenance/Accountable Manager, 37, Heritage Aviation, South Burlington, VT JEM Engineering is a state-of-the-art manufacturer and designer of airborne antennas and antenna systems for military and commercial applications. We offer custom antenna products, development, and testing at our facility in Laurel, Maryland, convenient to BWI, DCA, and IAD. 301.317.1070 | sales@jemengineering.com | www.jemengineering.com JOSH GIBBS OPERATIONS MANAGER Aircraft Maintenance Technology Magazine Next Gen 40 Under 40 Award Winner Thank you for your contributions to the Aircraft Industry. Congratulates www.FlyHeritage.com LUKE JEAN AMT NEXT GEN AWARD WINNER Your Integrity and Accountability in the pursuit of Excellence are key ingredients in our company's continued success We salute your outstanding achievement A V I A T I O N The Employee-Owners of Heritage Aviation would like to congratulate