AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE COMPETITION
2015 Aerospace T
he 2015 Aerospace Maintenance Competition was held in conjunction with the MRO Americas 2015 Trade Show and Conference April 14-16 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
This year’s AMC event was the biggest ever, with 39 teams from seven countries competing in 20 team events. Each event had a 15-minute time limit. Teams were trying to complete each event in the shortest time without errors (time penalties were added for errors). The team with the lowest time for each event was awarded prizes, and the team with the lowest combined score overall took home the traveling trophy – the William F. “Bill” O’Brien Award for Excellence in Aircraft Maintenance. The overall winner each year gets to take the trophy home with them to display in their maintenance facility until the following year’s competition. Team Boeing won last year and was back to defend its title. Here are the events and the winner for each event.
Charles E. Taylor Exam (Sponsored by AMTA) This event consisted of two written tests. The first test consisted of 20 multiple-choice questions relating to Charles E. Taylor’s life. All answers could be found in the autobiography on Taylor titled “Charles E. Taylor; 1868- 1958; The Wright Brothers Mechanician” written by Howard R. DuFour with Peter J. Unitt. The second test consisted of multiple-choice questions relating to “Pioneer Mechanics in Aviation” by D.O.M. magazine contributing writer Giacinta Bradley Koontz. Each wrong answer in the event resulted in a 6-minute penalty assessment. Event winner: Team Alaska
Regulatory & Maintenance Technical Publication Research (Sponsored by ATP) This event tested an individual’s skill and speed in locating and correctly interpreting regulatory and maintenance information used in a typical inspection and approval
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for return to service. Individuals were given a series of questions to research and answer using ATP NavigatorV(R) software and digital libraries. A special link was provided for competitors to access ATPs database. Event winner: Team Virgin Galactic
Aircraft Power Distribution Troubleshooting (Sponsored by Nida Corporation) This event challenged the team’s ability to troubleshoot a general aviation power distribution system. Event winner: New Zealand Air Force
External Power Receptacle Simulator (Sponsored by Alaska Airlines) In this event, the competitors needed to: • Identify the aircraft and aircraft type they were tasked to work on.
• Understand the discrepancy provided on the logbook sheet and determine planned action for corrective action.
• Identify the appropriate sections of the Simulated Aircraft Structure (SAS) Maintenance Manual to accomplish corrective maintenance action.
• Identify components, determine effectivities, utilize tools, hardware, technical data and standard aircraft maintenance practices to complete the task.
• Complete logbook entry filling in required areas with appropriate information.
• Consider completed task onSAS Simulator same as completed task on live aircraft.
• Tool collection and accountability. • FOD Survey within work location. • Document completion.
Event winner: Team Alaska. (Team Alaska stepped aside since they helped develop the event, and the prizes for the event winner were presented to the team with the second lowest score – Team UPS.)
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