Skyway Airlines Receives FAA Diamond Training Award for Ninth Consecutive Year
09 November 2006 - 10:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Milwaukee-based Skyway
Airlines, Inc., which operates as Midwest Connect, has been awarded
the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) top honor in its
Aviation Maintenance Technician awards program. The program
recognizes exemplary training of maintenance technicians. The
program's top honor -- the Certificate of Excellence Diamond Award
-- is the highest within five FAA categories. To receive the award,
air carriers must have 25% of their eligible maintenance
technicians participate in a training program and receive an FAA
Certificate of Training. For the ninth year in a row, Skyway
Airlines recorded perfect 100% participation of its maintenance
team. Additionally, to receive the award in the Diamond category,
each technician must finish 100 hours of training, which includes
the satisfactory completion of a 3-credit college- level course in
mathematics, English, science, management or similar subjects. By
comparison, the award program's next highest category -- Ruby --
requires 60 hours of training and no college-level course work.
"Not only is this the ninth year Skyway has earned the FAA's
Diamond award, but it is also the ninth year that every one of our
eligible mechanics participated and earned an individual award,"
said David C. Reeve, Skyway's chairman of the board, president and
chief executive officer. "This is a clear indication of our
mechanics' skill and their dedication to passenger safety." Skyway
technicians received their individual awards and pins at a special
ceremony at the Skyway Airlines hangar. Skyway Airlines, Inc. -- a
wholly owned subsidiary of Midwest Airlines -- operates Midwest
Connect. Skyway offers connections to Midwest Airlines and
point-to-point service between select markets. Together, the
airlines fly to 47 cities. More information is available at
http://midwestairlines.com/ . DATASOURCE: Midwest Airlines CONTACT:
Media Inquiries: Carol Skornicka, +1-414-570-3980 (o),
+1-414-303-6516 (c) or , Analyst-Investor Inquiries: Dennis
O'Reilly, +1-414-570-3954 (o) or Dennis.O' , both for Midwest
Airlines Web site: http://www.midwestairlines.com/
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