Ron Hall was presented with the 2011 AEA Lifetime Achievement Award during the Opening Session of the 54th annual AEA Convention & Trade Show on March 23 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV.

In a focused effort to continue to enhance and grow the aviation maintenance professional, a meeting was held on April 6th between members of the AMTSociety, National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) Maintenance Committee, and the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA).

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) Board of Directors announces the selection of Dale Forton as president.

The selection of Dale as president comes after two years of reinvigorating the organization’s leadership structure and refocusing on the strategic plan.

By Bill Brinkley AP/IA/AME

Old Chinese proverb:

“Tell me and I will forget.
Show me and I will remember.
Involve me and I will understand.
Step back and I will act.”

Look at the first part of each of those lines.

Disciplining is part of a DOM’s job. Discipline is effective when its application eliminates the need for it in the future. Effective discipline gets results. But we should never apply discipline without also giving an explanation and providing instruction or correct behavior.