Barfield, the Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance American subsidiary (AFI KLM E&M), has declared to award an 1811NG to the winner of the School category and a DFQ40K to the winner of the Airline and MRO category of the Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) at MRO Americas which is going to be held in Orlando, Florida from April 25-27. Barfield Ground Support Test Equipment (GSTE) is a main participant at the AMC for the third successive year and provides the judges for its events. Barfield is exhibiting at booth 1822 during MRO Americas.
Barfield’s association with the AMC-MRO has exponentially increased. Through the awards declared to the winners, the company is developing a new relationship with student training organisations around the world.
“We believe that students must learn the basic aircraft systems and have experience with the technology being used in the workforce. The donation of the 1811NG to the winner of the aviation School category aligns Barfield’s values of supporting aviation education with its parent company Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance’s commitment to innovation. Since we were donating the latest Pitot-Static equipment to the aviation schools, we decided that it was also important to fully support the Airline and MRO category with a donation of the latest Fuel Quantity tester, DFQ40K,” says Lew Wingate, vice president of GSTE and Distribution at Barfield.
According to the AMC, the main objective of the competition is to put Aircraft Technicians at the forefront of the industry while promoting “the knowledge and skill required to maintaining safe, airworthy aircraft worldwide.” With the advancement in technology and the constant redesign and release of new aircraft, many tend to forget the exceptional technicians determined to keep that technology airworthy.
