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 […]
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Safety is your decision
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 […]
Charles E. Taylor…Who is he?
By DALE FORTON. Born on May 24, 1868, Charles E. Taylor grew into a career as a machinist. In the 1890s he settled in Ohio with his wife who had friends there. In 1901 two brothers who owned a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, decided they needed someone they could trust to run their shop […]
PAMA adds Alamo chapter
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) Board recently approved an Alamo-area chapter. Carl Newton is the President. Connect with the San Antonio-area chapter via Facebook. Information on starting a PAMA chapter is available in the Chapter Start-Up Guide.
PAMA teams with JSfirm for job postings
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) and JSfirm.com have launched a new job section, PAMA Job Postings, on the PAMA website. “PAMA now has the most up-to-date aviation maintenance and avionics jobs available for their members,” said JSfirm Manager Jeff Richards. “This live, searchable, jobs board is available to all visitors at PAMA.org/Jobs/All.” “Our partnership […]
Why do you join a national organization?
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) […]
Making progress at PAMA
By DALE FORTON. Our third edition of the PAMA Newsletter in General Aviation News reminds me of how fast our life goes by nowadays. When getting an A&P I never thought that writing articles for magazines and websites would be part of my daily routine. I recall less than a year ago when I started […]
Southwest Regional PAMA Olympics set
By DALE FORTON. The 2012 Fourth Annual Southwest Regional PAMA Olympics is scheduled for March 31 in Fort Worth at Tarrant County College’s Northwest Campus starting at 8 a.m. All of the 147 schools in the Southwest Region have been invited. The first Olympics was held at a PAMA National Symposium at the American Airlines […]
Aircraft maintenance conference in Des Moines
The 2012 Midwest Regional Aircraft Maintenance Symposium and Trade Show will be held Feb. 17- 18 at the Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines. The two-day event provides a refresher on aviation maintenance topics and allows attendees to meet first hand with a wide range of aviation vendors. It is open to all IAs, A&Ps, […]