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Aviation News Item: 02279
25th Sep 2009
FAA Safety Team Presents Erickson Air-Crane with Awards of Excellence and Special Recognition
Source: verticalmag.com
 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) presented Erickson Air-Crane with a "Gold Certificate of Excellence" honoring Erickson's participation in the FAA sponsored Aviation Maintenance Training (AMT) program in 2008 as well as a "Special Recognition Award" signifying participation with the program for the past five years. Jim Hultgrien, (pictured on the left) FAA Safety Team Program Manager, presented Erickson Air-Crane President and CEO Udo Rieder both awards at the company's global headquarters in Portland, Oregon.
A company's eligibility for a Gold or Diamond "Certificate of Excellence" award is based on the number of employees who have received individual AMT awards during the year. For the 2008 calendar year, 189 Erickson Air-Crane employees received awards. Eight of those individuals received the highest level of recognition, a "Diamond" award, for meeting the required 58 hours of aviation industry maintenance training and completing 3 credit hours of college-level classes.
"We are extremely proud of our employees and their devotion to safety, which is shown by their commitment to continual education under the AMT program." said Rieder. "These awards, while presented to our company, reflect the dedication of our people."
About Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated
Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated is the manufacturer and operator of the S-64 Aircrane Helicopter with a fleet of seventeen S-64 Aircrane helicopters worldwide that have operated within sixteen countries since 1971. With a lift capacity of up to 25,000 pounds (11,340 kg), the Aircrane is unsurpassed in performance of Firefighting, Civil Protection, Hydromulch Application, Timber Harvesting, and Power line Construction. Erickson Air-Crane is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified Repair and Overhaul Depot with a comprehensive manufacturing, maintenance, and repair capability. Erickson's worldwide fleet of S-64 Aircranes is supported and maintained from the manufacturing facility located in Central Point, Oregon and the corporate headquarters located in Portland, Oregon, USA
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