Sun, Feb 14, 2010
Developed In Coordination With the NATA Maintenance
Committee
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has
developed a new maintenance organization honor open to any
full-time aircraft and/or components maintenance or repair business
or a Part 91, 121, 125, 127, 129, 133, 135, 137, 141, 145 or 147
entity that conducts aviation maintenance. The NATA Aviation
Maintenance Technician Employer Recognition Program awards aviation
maintenance organizations that encourage and support aviation
maintenance technician (AMT) training.
The award is based on the percentage of AMTs employed (directly
or indirectly) by a maintenance organization that participate in
qualified training events. An AMT must complete at least 12 hours
of training each year to be counted towards the organization's
award percentage.
"This award is meant to compliment the Federal Aviation
Administration's Aviation Maintenance Technician Award. However,
our maintenance organization members found the paperwork for the
existing FAA award program to be cumbersome and time-consuming. The
NATA Aviation Maintenance Technician Employer Recognition Program
will lighten the paperwork burden while acknowledging employers
that support education and training within the aviation maintenance
industry," said NATA Vice President of Government and Industry
Affairs Eric R. Byer.
The recognition program was developed in coordination with the
NATA Maintenance Committee. Members of the Maintenance Committee
represent some of the world's largest maintenance and repair
organizations. At the committee's direction, the award requires
maintenance technicians to complete a minimum of 12 hours of
training per year in order to be counted towards the employer's
award. That training may cover company policies and procedures,
safety programs, vendor-conducted equipment or component training,
or other aviation maintenance-related topics. On-the-job training
also qualifies a technician for the program and is easy to quantify
and track for the NATA Aviation Maintenance Technician Employer
Recognition Program.
The Program will run on a calendar year, so training hours
between January 1 and December 31 will qualify for 2010
recognition. "We believe this program is a benefit not only to our
maintenance and repair facility members but also to our charter,
management, and training members. Maintenance organizations will be
recognized for supporting technicians who complete training above
and beyond that required by the FAA, making it easier for aircraft
operators to identify repair stations that go the extra mile to
ensure technicians are up-to-date. Additionally, we hope the award
will encourage maintenance organizations to provide additional
safety training, raising the safety bar for the entire aviation
industry," explained Byer.
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