Active Aero Group’s USA Jet Airlines operations in Albuquerque, NM, has received the Diamond Award from the FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Program, the highest award presented in the program. USA Jet’s client in ABQ is the National Nuclear Security Agency's Office of Secure Transportation, a division of the Department of Energy.
Active Aero Group, a privately held company based in Belleville, MI, provides global specialized freight transportation solutions for customers through its subsidiaries: USA Jet Airlines, a Part 121 certificated, air cargo and passenger airline that operates a fleet of owned and leased DC-9 and Falcon 20 aircraft, and Active On-Demand, a multi-mode, time critical transportation management system.
According to the FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Program manual, the purpose of the program is to provide incentives for maintenance technicians to actively participate in initial and recurring training programs on their own initiative or in training programs subsidized by their employer.
There are five levels of awards: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Ruby, and Diamond. To qualify, USA Jet maintenance technicians in ABQ were required to attend a minimum of two hours of training on FAA regulations and policy in addition to satisfactory completion of listed items for the level desired. In order to achieve the most elite Diamond Award, all 18 of USA Jet ABQ maintenance technicians participated in the following training:
| -- Complete a college-level course of 3-credit hours or 40 classroom hours in mathematics, English, science, safety, human factors, management subjects, or similar career-related maintenance courses; and one of the following: |
| -- A 10-day industry aviation maintenance course |
| -- 58 hours of aviation industry maintenance training |
| -- Teach at least 15 hours of aviation industry maintenance training. |
According to Christopher F. Healy, AAG President, “The FAA Diamond Award to our ABQ maintenance unit is another major achievement in our efforts to provide superior premium transportation management solutions through exceptional service and value to our customers, driven by a strategy of employing highly skilled employees, implementing proven processes, utilizing quality service providers, and deploying state of the art technology.”
Mitch Noble, Executive Vice President of Business Operations, says "Our Albuquerque Technical Services team has demonstrated an outstanding level of commitment to the USA Jet's National Nuclear Security Administration contract and our nation’s national security by earning the FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Diamond Award. This award demonstrates an ‘above and beyond’ attitude that pervades our entire Albuquerque program."
Complete company details are available at www.activeaero.com.
Contacts:
Rocco A. Sacci, 518-755-0256
saccipr@mhcable.com
