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Affiliates, Honorary- and Associate Members!
The 54th Annual Congress took place in Nashville, Tennessee on 28-30 October. 27 delegates from 14 affiliates plus invited guest speakers and a number of observers participated. | Press Release
After Congress, AEI and our American affiliate AMFA, published a joint Press Release. The topic was "Airlines: Stop Blaming Lost Revenue on Grounded Fleets — Invest in the Engineers Who Keep Them Flying".
Bret Oestreich, National President of AMFA said, “Aircraft do not earn revenue sitting on the ground, and they do not leave the ground without a qualified engineer’s/technician’s signature.”Airlines that want to be called reliable must invest in the frontline employees who make reliability and safety possible. That means respect at the bargaining table, competitive pay, work/life balance, legitimate training and a career worth staying in.”
Ola Blomqvist, President of Aircraft Engineers International added, “We are also seeing pressure from some industry stakeholders to water down safety regulations in order to make it easier to get new entrants to enter the aircraft maintenance and engineering industry. This is a risky way of addressing the challenges we are facing, and it could jeopardise the high level of aviation safety that has been achieved in aviation over many, many years." Link to Press Release
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AEI Executive BoardAfter the Annual Congress Elections the AEI Executive Board is manned as follows:
- President - Ola Blomqvist, SFF, Sweden
- Vice President - Oyvind Ström, NHF, Norway
- Secretary General - Chris Burleigh, ALAEA, Australia
- Treasurer - Martin Bannister, Prospect, United Kingdom
- Internal Affairs - Trevor Lee, AMEA, New Zeeland
- Technical Affairs - Geir Eriksen, NFO, Norway
- Secretary Europe, Africa, ME - Mario Moreira, SITEMA, Portugal
- Secretary Americas - Cameron Lampley, AMFA, USA/Canada
- Secretary Asia Pacific - Steve Hanson, AMEA, New Zeeland
- Public Affairs - Robert Swankhuizen, NVLT, Netherlands
Executive Officers: 1. Rod Wyse, ALAEA, Australia 2. Sermed Zain, SAEP, Pakistan 3. Nicolas Dauve, UNSA/Arien, France 4. Thomas Vlasak, SFF, Sweden 5. Fredrik Glorvigsmoen, NFO, Norway 6. Jorge Alves, SITEMA, Portugal
| The Aerospace Maintenance Council CompetitionCameron Lampley – AMC Team Manager (AMFA) -
provided a report to Congress regarding how the AEI team competed in the 2026
AMC, which was held in Orlando, Florida. For a team that met for the first time
at the competition, they did very well. They achieved 1st place in
one of the 27 different events (90 teams), and they came 1st in
their category, which is General Aviation.
AEI will again be sending a team to the AMC
Competition, which is being held in the same location as last year, Orlando,
Florida. It is being held from 12 – 15 April, 2027. Please let us know if your
affiliate wants to nominate a member to join AEI’s team this year. Alternately,
if an associate member would like to nominate themselves, please contact us to
discuss what being a part of the team will cost.
For the first time next year, an AMC
Competition is being held in Singapore. The AEI Congress approved an AEI team
to be entered into this competition. The Singapore competition only runs for 3
days, and the team has 3 competitors – 21-23 September, 2027. If any affiliate
or associate member would like to nominate, please make contact.
Cameron Lampley – Orlando Competition – cameron.lampley@airengineers.org
Chris Burleigh – Singapore Competition – chris.burleigh@airengineers.org
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