Age: 37
Years in Aviation: 15
Daniel Moore is shop supervisor at CD Aviation Services in Joplin, MO. He was nominated by Rick Gibbs, general manager/chief maintenance officer at CD Aviation Services. He holds an FAA A&P Certificate and has achieved Level 2 for NDT Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection and Magnetic Particle Inspection.
According to Gibbs,“Daniel works alongside his team, and leads by example that fosters integrity. Daniel contributes to the industry by instructing an EMT course that is offered to our customers and various tradeshows to educate MROs, pilots, and operators to better understand the TPE331 series engines.”
Moore has received the NBAA Maintenance Technical Reward and Career Scholarship (TRACS) and the FAA AMT Silver Award, years 2009 through 2014.
He attended Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, OK. He has had advanced training in NDT and TPE331 line maintenance and intermediate maintenance from Honeywell, specialized training on Continental and Lycoming reciprocating engines, along with supervisor, Train the Trainer and human factors training.
Moore says his first supervisor in the aviation industry, Steve Bordogna, was his mentor. “He was very energetic and made learning on the job very interesting. He challenged me and I learned a lot from him.”
Moore started at CD Aviation Services as an aircraft maintenance technician in 2008 and was promoted to shop supervisor in 2011. Before that he worked as a repairman at Chuck Ney Enterprises in Tulsa, OK, and aircraft mechanic at Premier Turbines in Neosho, MO, and Avmats in O’Fallon, MO.
Moore is committed to enhancing his knowledge and sharing it to help others achieve their goals. He is an instructor for a FAA IA accepted renewal course for TPE331 Engine Maintenance.
His career goal is to continually get better at his career and advance his skills and abilities in the aviation industry while helping others do the same.
