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Bombardier Service Centers Reach Training Milestones
By: Samantha Cartaino
Caption: Bombardier service centers complete 120,000 hours of training while U.S. facilities earn Diamond Awards. 
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Bombardier Business Aircraft's service center network completed approximately 120,000 hours of training last year, and its U.S.-based centers earned the FAA’s 2015 Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Diamond Award Certificate of Excellence, the company announced yesterday. Last year, the Bombardier service network supported more than 8,000 maintenance events, which represented a 17 percent increase on 2014's numbers.

The FAA AMT Diamond Award is the highest award for aviation maintenance given to U.S.-based AMT employers who are involved in training all technical staff. Several of Bombardier’s service centers have received the award in the past: the Tucson facility received six consecutive awards; Fort Lauderdale, eight; Dallas, 14; Wichita, 15; and Hartford, Conn., 17 consecutively.

“Our network is more flexible than ever and prepared to accommodate all our customers' needs, be they drop-ins or major scheduled inspections,” said Stan Younger, vice president of Bombardier’s Aircraft Service Centers. “Our consecutive FAA AMT Diamond Awards are a testament to our network’s outstanding skills and abilities. We are extremely proud of this recognition and its significance.”