President’s Opinion

Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineers go through years of training to work in a highly specialised industry, which we all know is critical to ensuring that the many people who travel by air are safe, each and every day. However sometimes it’s great to be able to use our skills and expertise to raise awareness of our profession, engage our peers in a bit of healthy competition, and have some fun along the way.

Last week I was in Las Vegas with Team ALAEA doing just that; competing in the AMT Maintenance Skills Competition 2011. In a news flash I can report that our team have done us proud and exceeded all expectations.

There were 12 maintenance tasks over two days where we scored first place in the electrical troubleshooting, and second in the commercial airline category. Because we had such a good time, our team scored second overall – an outstanding achievement.

Getting off the plane in Los Angeles was the first time the team had actually met one another, but luckily we had the four hour trip to Las Vegas to bond as a team. It was a fantastic achievement by our coach Scott Hughes and captain Steve Fotoulis, as well as Carlos Sabater, Jason Coburn and Peter Dwyer. Needless to say they had the rest of the competitors and crowd in awe at the way they performed.

Stay tuned to the next edition of e-Torque for a full update.

In other news, Qantas LAME Enterprise Agreement negotiations are continuing and we are pressing for a substantial offer to be made. As always we will consider all options open to us as we get towards the end of the agreement negotiations.


Keep safe,

Paul Cousins,
President

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