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Morning general session of NBAA Maintenance Conference focuses on developing and recruiting aviation maintenance technicians.
From left, Phil Suglia of Duncan Aviation, Pat Cunningham of PepsiCo, and Bob Hobbi of ServiceElements discuss ways to attract more young people to maintenance careers in business aviation at the opening session of the NBAA Maintenance Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Jerry Siebenmark)
From left, Phil Suglia of Duncan Aviation, Pat Cunningham of PepsiCo, and Bob Hobbi of ServiceElements discuss ways to attract more young people to maintenance careers in business aviation at the opening session of the NBAA Maintenance Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Jerry Siebenmark)

Building the ranks of aviation maintenance technicians (AMT) in business aviation was the center-stage topic at the opening today of the NBAA Maintenance Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. Bob Hobbi of ServiceElements moderated the 45-minute-long general session that included PepsiCo director of aviation Pat Cunningham and Duncan Aviation sales manager Phil Suglia on developing the AMT pipeline and ways that corporate flight departments and Part 145 repair stations are developing and recruiting their future workforce.