In 2001, the FAA created the created the prestigious Charles E. Taylor Master Mechanic Award to honor AMTs, who had served at least 50 years in aircraft maintenance. The following year, California Senator Knight introduced a resolution honoring Aviation Maintenance Technicians annually in honor of Charles Taylor’s birthday. Charles Taylor was the machinist who built the engine to turn the Wright Glider into the first powered aircraft.
Today, Sunday, May 24th is AMT Day – a day we honor the AMTs who ensure we have a safe aircraft for us to fly on, for our family and friends to travel on and for some of our members work on. Without the skills and dedication of our AMT brothers and sisters, the logbooks are not signed off and the aircraft don’t fly. We thank all our AMTs for doing their job, to the highest level of integrity, to keep us safe!
To all our AMTs in the IAM, thank you for everything you do every day to keep us safe! Keep doing your job and making sure every job, every day, is done to the highest standards we are all held to!
Please view the video on Charles Taylor to see how a man from a pig farm was instrumental in getting us airborne! Watch video here.
Happy AMT Day!
