Aviation School Awarded FAA’s Elite Diamond Award of Excellence

    March 3, 2016
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    CHESAPEAKE, VA (03/03/16) – Aviation Institute of Maintenance’s (AIM) Chesapeake campus is the proud recipient of the prestigious 2015 Diamond Award of Excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Maintenance Technician Awards Program. The Chesapeake campus received their first Diamond Award back in 2007 and has earned numerous Diamond Awards since then.

    The program began as a way for the FAA to encourage Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs) and employers to participate aggressively in available initial and recurrent maintenance training. Through the AMT Awards Program, the FAA recognizes eligible Technicians and employers by issuing awards to those who receive or promote and foster initial and recurrent training.

    “Our Instructors are all certified Airframe and Powerplant mechanics who never stop learning, they are the greatest! This also helps with our accreditation body audits/inspections by showing ongoing technical training,” says Brad Groom, the campus’s Director of Education. 

    In order to achieve the Diamond Award of Excellence, 100% of the campus’s Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic instructors must receive an individual Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Award in the FAA AMT Awards Program. To receive an individual AMT Award, a Technician must complete a minimum of 12 hours of training during the year, including a two hour course conducted through the FAA website. Students are also required to log their training on the FAA website and claim their individual award within a specified time frame.  The Diamond Award is the highest award granted by the FAA for aviation maintenance technicians and their employers.

    About Aviation Institute of Maintenance

    AIM –Chesapeake campus is part of the nation’s largest family of aviation maintenance schools, with headquarters in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Students learn the skills necessary to become successful in one of the world’s fastest growing industries, aviation maintenance.  AIM graduates are there to meet the increasing global demands of commercial, cargo, corporate and private aviation employers.  AIM’s other campuses are located in Duluth, Georgia; Chesapeake, Virginia; Irving, Texas; Houston, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Las Vegas, Nevada; Manassas, Virginia; Oakland, California; Casselberry, Florida and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Learn more at: www.aviationmaintenance.edu. Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AIMChesapeake.