United Airlines Team Cleveland topped 67 other teams from around the world, the most ever to compete, to win the William F. “Bill” O’Brien Award for Excellence in Aircraft Maintenance. It was awarded at the Aerospace Maintenance Competition, April 9-12, at the MRO Americas Convention in Orlando. Here are the winners by category:
MRO/OEM Category
- 1st place: FedEx Express, Indianapolis
- 2nd place: Boeing
- 3rd place: United Airlines, Houston
School Category (Total of 25 teams competed)
- 1st place: Aviation Institute of Maintenance Houston
- 2nd place: Utah State University
- 3rd place: Broward College Team 1
Military Category
- 1st place: United States Coast Guard, C-27J APO
- 2nd place: United States Coast Guard, Air Station Clearwater
- 3rd place: United States Air Force, McConnell 22 MXG/931 MXG
Commercial Category
- 1st place: United Airlines, Cleveland
- 2nd place: Alaska Airlines, Seattle
- 3rd place: American Airlines, Dallas
General Aviation Industry
- 1st place: Phillips 66
International Category
- 1st place: Jetstar
- 2nd place: Qantas
- 3rd place: Flybe
Female Team Category (Optional)
- 1st place: United Airlines/Chix Fix
United Competing with Professionalism Award (Optional)
- Broward College Team 1
Charles E. Taylor Professional AMT Award
- Industry: Staff Sgt. Christopher Culp, U.S. Army, 128th Aviation Brigade
- Student: Yolanda Gong, West Los Angeles College
Phoebe Omlie Scholarship Award (Phoebe Omlie was the first female to receive an FAA aircraft mechanic’s license in 1927).
- Jordan Bankhead, Utah State University
- Yolanda Gong, West Los Angeles College
- Rachel Lattin, Wichita Area Technical College
- Roy Quintuna, Aviation High School
