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FROM THE EDITOR SPINNING WHEEL


What goes up must come down Spinning wheel got to go round Talking about your troubles it's a crying sin Ride a painted pony


EDITORIAL DIRECTOR JOE ESCOBAR jescobar@DOMmagazine.com | 920.747.0195


ing to get nowhere. Sometimes it feels like the eff orts of some to increase the professional perception of our craft are being hindered by others determined to remain lower-class aviation citizens. Are we just going in circles? I am proud to be an A&P mechanic. Most of the aircraft mechanics I know share that pride. But there is a line between pride and arrogance. Take it a little further, and there is a line between being arrogant and being off ensive. Here is the verbiage of some aircraft mechanic t-shirts I have seen for sale online that are examples of being proud, arrogant and off ensive. Example 1 – Proud: “Proud to be an


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aircraft mechanic.” Example 2 – Arrogant: “God created


aircraft mechanics so pilots can have heroes too.”


Example 3 – Off ensive: “Aircraft


Mechanic. Because Badass Mother F****r is not an offi cial job title.” If your company allows t-shirts to


be worn at work, the fi rst example would be appropriate. The second one may not, as it could drive a rift (or further deepen the rift) between


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pinning wheel. Two steps forward, three steps back. There are many clichés to describe the process of seem-


Let the spinning wheel spin “Spinning Wheel” by Blood Sweat and Tears


mechanics and pilots in the hangar. The third example has no place in the workplace. Heck, I believe it has no place anywhere — it only serves to strengthen the negative perception some have of mechanics as “knuckle- dragging grease monkeys.” Even though we may feel like our wheels are sometimes spinning, we must continue to promote professionalism in our industry. D.O.M. magazine is committed to continue waving the professionalism banner. So are our contributors. More specifi cally, I recently talked to J.D. McHenry, and he says he is setting a goal to write an article for each issue of D.O.M. in 2015. He has already submitted articles for this issue and our November/ December issue. McHenry says it is a personal goal of his to give back to the industry that has given so much to him by continuing to promote professionalism in our industry. Thanks for your contributions J.D.! And thanks to all our contributors who continue to provide top-notch articles in each issue of D.O.M magazine! Do you want to get involved in the


professionalism discussion? NBAA will be hosting its 2014 Safety Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, October 21 from 10:30 to Noon during the


NBAA2014 Meeting and Exhibition in Orlando, FL. One of the topics on the agenda for discussion is professionalism. If you are going to be at the show, stop on in and participate in the discussion! There are a lot of events, seminars and sessions lined up for NBAA2014. We have included a schedule of events that may be of interest to D.O.M. magazine readers beginning on page 57. You can use this to start planning your agenda for the show. If you are going to be at


NBAA2014, be sure to stop by our booth, 4268, and say hi to theD.O.M. magazine team! Last, but defi nitely not least, we


would like to welcome Gordon Dupont to the D.O.M. contributor team. Dupont is known to many as the father of the “Dirty Dozen.” He will be writing about human factors and safety management in each issue of D.O.M. magazine. If you have any subjects you would like to see him write about relating to human factors or safety management, you can email me at jescobar@DOMmagazine.com and I will pass the information on to him. Or you can email him directly at dupontg@system-safety.com.


Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you in Orlando! — Joe


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