Aircraft Maintenance Technology

JUN 2013

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Team FedEx LAX AMTSociety's 2013 Maintenance Skills Competition Winning Team By Ronald Donner Ronald Donner has spent his entire life devoted to aviation and he holds FAA certificates as an A&P;/IA, and a Commercial Pilot with Single and Multi Engine Land, Instrument Airplane and Glider ratings. 4 June 2013 I n March of this year 23 teams of aircraft maintenance technicians competed against each other in the friendly competition known as the AMTSociety Maintenance Skills Competition. This international event represents general aviation, military, MRO, commercial aviation, and education sectors with teams from Australia, Canada, China, and the USA. FedEx has been a strong supporter of the Maintenance Skills Competition with teams from Memphis and Indianapolis, as well as allowing the use of two Pratt & Whitney JT9 engines for competition tasks. In 2010 Mark Collins, an AMTSociety director and maintenance manager at FedEx LAX, approached LAX management and explained the benefits of allowing FedEx on the West Coast (LAX) to also participate. The opportunity to become a member of the 2011 team was posted requesting volunteers for the team from the Los Angeles District. Each year thereafter LAX FedEx has sent a team to the AMTSociety Maintenance Skills Competition and this year brought home the Snap-on sponsored William O'Brien Award for Excellence in Aircraft Maintenance. Edited for length here are the stories of the individual AMTs on this year's winning team. Paul Germain - Team Captain Little did I know that my dad, Hank Germain, who was already in the aviation business, would soon be shaping my world into a love of aviation. He started with a small air freight airline in Burbank, CA, called The Flying Tiger Line as an A&E; (airframe and engine license as it was known then) mechanic and eventually retired as a 747 captain. Amazing from A&E; to 747 captain! When I graduated from high school the decision was made! I would go to Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology to get my A&P; certificate. I held Aircraft Maintenance Technology • www.AviationPros.com • www.AMTSociety.org

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