{"id":2890,"date":"2016-09-07T21:48:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T21:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2016-09-07T21:48:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T21:48:27","slug":"guest-blog-embraer-175-comes-marquette-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2016\/09\/07\/guest-blog-embraer-175-comes-marquette-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog: Embraer 175 comes to Marquette"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jason Markle, MQT Base Coordinator<\/p>\n

GWINN, Mich. – On the\u00a0weekend of September 2-4, our base had the opportunity to see one of Envoy\u2019s new aircraft firsthand. The Embraer\u00a0175 (E175) arrived in Marquette County, Michigan (MQT) just after 5 p.m., \"IMG_MQT_guestand was towed into Hangar 664 by maintenance\u00a0personnel from the afternoon shift. One of the primary tasks for the aircraft\u2019s visit was to make sure that our hangar space could\u00a0house the E175, and allow us to work on it unhindered. This was a major success, which was more notable by the fact that we were able to place it in the hangar with a Canadair Bombardier 700 (CRJ700)\u00a0at the tail dock.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_MQT_guestOn Friday, our day shift had the opportunity to receive some valuable hands-on training. Many of our mechanics had been through the E175 Familiarization Course, but very few\u00a0had\u00a0the opportunity to get some practical experience on the aircraft. The mechanics that did have\u00a0experience, like Crew Chief Dan Rogers, helped\u00a0to conduct small training sessions for the other mechanics. While we were not able to have all shifts involved, due to time constraints of the\u00a0E175\u2019s schedule, it did prove to be a valuable learning experience.<\/p>\n

Our base also had the opportunity to showcase\u00a0Envoy\u2019s new aircraft to members of the Marquette County Board of Commissioners and members of the Airport Authority. The guests toured the aircraft guided by Director of Maintenance Mike Roe.\u00a0Airport Manager Duane Duray\u00a0and County Administrator Scott Erbisch were impressed by the aircraft and the opportunities that will\u00a0arise for both maintenance and revenue flights here in MQT.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_MQT_guestEmployees at the station got\u00a0time to train on the E175 on Saturday and Sunday. MQT Station Agent George Paulson, who recently completed the \u201cTrain the Trainer\u201d course on the E175 Gate\/Ramp Familiarization in Charlotte, North Carolina, led the training for the MQT agents. The agents were qualified on security and safety procedures, as well as cargo and door operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is all very exciting,\u201d said Station Agent Kayla Wallace, an attendee of the Sunday session. The sentiments were echoed by her co-workers and MQT General Manager\u00a0Don Cram.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a great opportunity for our agents,\u201d said Don. \u201cIt would be great to have the aircraft come up here on a more frequent basis as it would definitely provide an important and much needed service to the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"IMG_MQT_guestThe E175 (tail number, N222NS) departed Sunday afternoon having accomplished our\u00a0tasks in MQT.\u00a0We would like to thank the company leadership for giving our base the opportunity to have the aircraft on site, as well as the flight crew that ferried the aircraft up here. We would also like to thank Mike Roe, Don Cram, the supervisors and crew chiefs, and the employees that were involved for their enthusiasm, dedication and hard work they put into making\u00a0this\u00a0a successful visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jason Markle, MQT Base Coordinator GWINN, Mich. – On the\u00a0weekend of September 2-4, our base had the opportunity to see one of Envoy\u2019s new aircraft firsthand. The Embraer\u00a0175 (E175) arrived in Marquette County, Michigan (MQT) just after 5 p.m., and was towed into Hangar 664 by maintenance\u00a0personnel from the afternoon shift. One of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":42356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57,58,51,59,60,61,62,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}