HELICOPTER MECHANIC OF THE YEAR


HELICOPTER NEWS


AND THE WINNER WAS … R. Fred Polak | Editor


It was late spring of 2013 and I was having a discussion with a member of Helicopter Maintenance magazine’s


Editorial Advisory Board. We were talking about whether or not there was something we could do to promote recognition of truly exceptionally A&P/AME professionals in the helicopter industry. There just did not seem to be much happening in that regard. From that conversation, we took the question and posed it to the entire Advisory Board. Before long, we had many diff erent thoughts, questions and ideas. We got it all boiled down to a list of criteria that had to be met, and the concept of a person being placed in nomination by someone else writing a letter about them. The suggested criteria used in judging the nominees were professionalism, communication skills, mentoring, innovation, willingness to learn and involvement with professional organizations/programs.


The award is specifi cally for helicopter maintenance


professionals. This includes A&Ps/AMEs, avionics technicians who might or might not be A&P/AMEs, and any other non-managerial helicopter maintenance professionals. Supervisors who actually perform maintenance are eligible to be nominated. The award is for individuals that have at least three years’ experience working on helicopters and who are currently employed in the helicopter industry in a maintenance capacity. The award is not for DOMs or employees of Helicopter Maintenance magazine or the Helicopter Maintenance magazine Advisory Board. The nominee can work for a federal (non-military), state or city helicopter fl ight organization. This can be a publicly- traded company or private enterprise.


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Photography by Thomas Garza Photography


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