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Professional Aviation Maintenance Association

What has PAMA done for you lately?

By General Aviation News Staff · October 4, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. Often I am asked: “What does the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) do?” The first response is to tell you what we are supposed to do per our ends statements: Be the industry resource for information regarding aircraft maintenance; Be an advocate for the aviation maintenance professional in legal and regulatory affairs, […]

PAMA’s DFW chapter slates Golf Classic

By General Aviation News Staff · August 20, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. The Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) is holding its 15th Annual DFW Chapter of PAMA Golf Classic on Oct. 6 at Iron Horse Golf Course. The fundraiser directly supports the chapter’s scholarships. The chapter has partnered with the Tarrant County College Foundation (TCCF) to offer a full scholarship […]

Win a ride in a T-6 Texan

By General Aviation News Staff · August 19, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. The Houston Chapter of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) is selling raffle tickets at the Wings & Wheels event on Sept. 15 at the Hobby Airport 1940 Air Terminal Museum. The drawing will be held that day. First prize is a ride in a North American T-6 Texan. Second place is […]

PAMA partners with RepairAPlane.com

By General Aviation News Staff · August 14, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has entered into a strategic partnership with RepairAPlane.com, a new website designed to match general aviation aircraft owners with qualified A&P mechanics and certified repair stations throughout the country, including paint, interior and avionics shops. At RepairAPlane.com, aircraft owners post needed repair or upgrade work for […]

40 years and climbing

By General Aviation News Staff · July 17, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. On Aug. 19, 1972, the first annual convention in Pittsburgh, Penna., was held where the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) was established. We are proud to be celebrating 40 years as the only non-profit organization that is an advocate for the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT). PAMA promotes professionalism and recognition for AMTs […]

Honesty and integrity: Where have they gone?

By General Aviation News Staff · July 12, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. On June 1 the website for the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) went down. On Google it came up as a server issue, so we called the host who maintains our server and backs up our site to a separate server in their company. At least that’s what we paid for. After several […]

AMT Model Code of Conduct

By General Aviation News Staff · June 19, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. I was recently pointed to a little-known document that was constructed by seven well-known individuals in the general aviation industry: The Aviation Maintenance Technicians Model Code of Conduct, which offers recommendations to advance professionalism among aviation maintenance professionals. The code is organized into seven sections: General responsibilities of Aviation Maintenance Technicians; Third-party […]

Safety is your decision

By General Aviation News Staff · June 14, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. How do you want your aircraft maintained? Good enough or airworthy? Your answer should be airworthy of course. Fortunately I have found that aircraft mechanics do not tolerate good enough — but we do not get to make that final call that sends the aircraft upward into flight. We are rarely there […]

Why do you join a national organization?

By General Aviation News Staff · March 21, 2012 ·

By DALE FORTON. All the way back to Charles Taylor, aircraft mechanics have worked on aircraft for low pay and little recognition, if any. Our satisfaction comes from working on complicated machines that are fast and sleek. Most of all they fly! We keep them that way. One of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s (PAMA) […]

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