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It's Now Up to Us
Beginning with the 108th Congress, there has been an effort to pass a resolution in the House of Representatives to support a National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day. A resolution was submitted in the 108th and the 109th Congresses, but these resolutions did not make it out of committee.
The resolution was submitted again last year, this time in the 110th Congress, and this time the resolution made it out of committee with unanimous support. House Resolution 444 supports a National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day, and according to the office of Representative Bob Filner, this resolution should be scheduled for a vote before May 24, already recognized as Aviation Maintenance Technician Day in most states. To read the resolution reported to Congress, click HERE.
As most aviation maintenance technicians know, May 24 is the birth date of Charles E. Taylor, the builder of the engine that powered Orville Wright on history's first powered flight on December 17, 1903. Because of his achievement, and the Wright brothers' subsequent reliance on his maintenance skills to keep their birds ready for flight, Charlie is recognized by many of us as the Father of Aviation Maintenance.
To encourage House passage through scheduling a vote and approving the resolution, the members of Congress need to hear our voices and read our words. I ask that you contact your Congressional Representative and ask for his or her support for HR 444. They cannot know that this is important to us unless we tell them.
If you do not know who your congressperson is, visit the U.S. House of Representatives website and enter your zip code. Then call or e-mail or both.
It's now up to us. Let's make it happen. Pass the word.
Paul Wentz, A&P
Line Maintenance Communications
Maintenance and Engineering
American Airlines
Brian Finnegan, A&P, AME
Aviation Maintenance and Production Certification
PAMA/SAE Institute
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