Jet Aviation St. Louis Earns the Prestigious FAA Diamond Award for the Fourth Consecutive Year
ST. LOUIS / May 26, 2016 – Jet Aviation St. Louis has earned the prestigious Diamond Award for Excellence in the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Program from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the fourth consecutive year.
“We’re proud to receive this highest award in the FAA AMT program, which certifies to our customers that all of our maintenance technicians continue to rank among the best trained in the industry, as they always have,” said Chuck Krugh, senior vice president and general manager at Jet Aviation St. Louis. “Providing our customers with expert technicians who back up the latest training with deep aviation experience has always been an important part of the service our customers know they can expect from us.”
To earn the Diamond Award for 2015, all of the eligible aviation-maintenance technicians at Jet Aviation St. Louis completed a total of more than 2,700 hours of the FAA’s latest training requirements. Each eligible AMT was required to qualify for the minimum individual level of Bronze Award and nine of them completed enough extra training to earn the higher Silver Award.
“Our customers expect their aircraft to be serviced by the most knowledgeable and experienced aviation technicians in the industry, and this year’s Diamond Award provides more assurance that Jet Aviation St. Louis is dedicated to meeting and exceeding every customer’s expectations,” Krugh said. “Our technicians know the customers’ aircraft inside and out, and can perform expertly on any maintenance, avionics, engineering or design project.”
Jet Aviation St. Louis is a full-service aircraft maintenance, modifications and completions provider certified to AS9110B, ISO 140001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 standards. The company employs more than 600 people at its St. Louis Downtown Airport location. Jet Aviation St. Louis has in-house design and engineering departments, along with on-site cabinetry, upholstery, composite, avionics, sheet metal, and paint shops. Jet Aviation St. Louis is an Embraer and Gulfstream authorized service center and a center of expertise for Bombardier, Dassault Falcon and Hawker airframes. It also is an authorized service center for GE, Rolls-Royce and Honeywell engines. The location also offers FBO services. For more information, visit www.jetaviation.com/stlouis.
Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was founded in Basel, Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. Close to 4,500 employees cater to client needs from more than 25 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North America and the Caribbean. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, FBO and fuel services, along with aircraft management, charter and staffing services. Jet Aviation's European and U.S. aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of close to 300 aircraft. Please visit www.jetaviation.com and follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/jetaviation.
