Aircraft Maintenance Excellence Earns Agency's Highest Honor

Delta Connection Academy has received the FAA's Diamond Award for Excellence. The award, the FAA's most prestigious Maintenance honor was awarded to recognize the Academy's aircraft maintenance training and safety work. FAA officials recently presented the Diamond Award Certificate of Excellence to Delta Connection Academy's Maintenance team at the flight training school's headquarters at Orlando International Airport in Florida. In winning the honor, Delta Connection Academy exceeded FAA Diamond Award requirements by having 75 percent of its eligible maintenance technicians pass specialized, ongoing training in a 12-month period.

Delta Connection Academy claims to have produced more FAA-certified pilots in the past five years than any other flight school in the world. Delta Connection Academy has a fleet of more than 110 aircraft.The academy's main campus is at Orlando International Airport in Florida, and it currently has more than 800 students at its main and satellite campuses.
 
"A commitment to safety is the most important example that Delta Connection Academy can set for our students and the public," said John O'Brien, vice president of Maintenance and Operations at the academy. "The FAA's Diamond Award recognizes our continued dedication to excellence in maintaining our fleet of training aircraft."

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