Results from the 2023 Aerospace Maintenance Competition, Presented by Snap-on

April 24, 2023
Eighty-four teams participated in the Aerospace Maintenance Competition, presented by Snap-on, held in conjunction with Aviation Week Network’s MRO Americas at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

Eighty-four teams participated in the Aerospace Maintenance Competition, presented by Snap-on, held in conjunction with Aviation Week Network’s MRO Americas At the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. 

The flagstone event of the Aerospace Maintenance Council recognizes and celebrates aviation maintenance professionals and raises awareness of the knowledge and skill required to maintain safe, airworthy aircraft.

Five-member teams compete in maintenance events intended to test skill and knowledge required of aviation maintenance professionals.

The winners for this year's competition are:

Overall

1. Team 35: FedEx Express (MRO/OEM)

2. Team 72: United Airlines – Line (Commercial)

3. Team 82: Alaska Airlines - Team Seattle (Commercial)

Paul Cousins Award (top international team): Team 36: Azul Tech MRO

Peer Team Award: Team 33: Tulsa Tech Aerospace Academy

Professional AMT Award: Samantha Reid, Team 71 WestJet

Professional AMT Award (student): Ryan Grier, Team 8 Indian Hills Community College

​United's John Goglia Competing with Professionalism Awards:

Team 29: MIAT College of Technology - Team 2

Team 17: Salt Lake Community College

Space Category

1. Team 1: Blue Origin Test & Flight Operations

General Category

1. Team 74: Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association

2. Team 66: Victory Lane Aviation, LLC

3. Team 65: Elevate Aviation

Military Category

1. Team 61: United States Army - 128th Aviation Brigade - Team Blackhawk

2. Team 59: United States Army - Team Apache

3. Team 63: United States Army - 128th Aviation Brigade - Team Chinook

MRO/OEM Category

1. Team 35: FedEx Express

2. Team 41: United Airlines - Base/Line

3. Team 47: Southwest Airlines - Team Colleen

The awards presentation was live streamed by AireXpert.