{"id":8989,"date":"2018-06-01T12:09:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T17:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=8989"},"modified":"2018-06-01T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T17:09:30","slug":"maintenance-spotlight-big-things-little-rock-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2018\/06\/01\/maintenance-spotlight-big-things-little-rock-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance Spotlight: Big things in Little Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you know anything about Envoy, you\u2019ll know that we\u2019re working hard to grow our fleet and increase our ground operations all across the system. And with a growing fleet of Embraer 175 (E175) aircraft \u2013 10 already on the way starting this year and\u00a015 more just announced to begin arriving in 2019<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 we\u2019re beginning to see the fruits of that effort.<\/p>\n

New aircraft aren\u2019t just great to look at \u2013 they bring more jobs and opportunity for Envoy. More aircraft means more routes, more jobs, and more logistics to support the growing operation.<\/p>\n

And one of the ways we\u2019re supporting our E175 operation is with our newest maintenance base in Little Rock, Arkansas (LIT).<\/p>\n

\"IMG_LIT_Maintenance_Spotlight-12\"<\/a>\u201cWe opened back in October 2016; it\u2019s been great to see everything come together,\u201d said\u00a0Seth Waltson<\/strong>, LIT Base Supervisor. \u201cThe first group of guys who were here when we started have stepped up and helped us get to where we are now. We\u2019re all ready for it to get even bigger as the E175 fleet grows.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here since we opened; I was on the day shift but now I\u2019m glad to be back on nights,\u201d added\u00a0Charles Robert Philips<\/strong>, LIT Aircraft Maintenance Technician. \u201cWhen we started, we worked from a room that we shared with the airport. We performed most of the work outside, and the original crew really bonded over the shared experience of starting out \u2013 I even built the shelves in the Stores room!\u201d<\/p>\n

From humble beginnings, our LIT base now handles about three overnight E175 aircraft every night, and the maintenance base brings more than 60 skilled jobs to the local area. Many of those jobs are thanks to the support of partner schools such as\u00a0National Aviation Academy<\/a>\u00a0(NAA), where students learn to get their Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) license.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_LIT_Maintenance_Spotlight-19\"<\/a>\u201cI heard about Envoy through a National Aviation Academy career fair,\u201d said\u00a0Jesus \u201cChewy\u201d Thompson-Sanchez<\/strong>, LIT Aircraft Maintenance Technician. \u201cA friend of mine is based in DFW as a mechanic for Envoy and said great things. I even talked a friend from NAA into coming to Little Rock, too! There\u2019s about five or six NAA graduates here now. With it being a new base with a new fleet, everyone is learning at the same pace and growing at the same time. My goal is to continue to grow with the base and with the company.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another NAA graduate-turned-LIT mechanic,\u00a0Cylin Sneed<\/strong>\u00a0added \u201cI\u2019ve been here just over a year and I\u2019m putting in for a for a crew chief position soon. I\u2019m already learning some of the additional responsibilities, but the hands-on part is the best. We\u2019re a solid team and everyone shares knowledge to get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Personal, professional and organizational growth is what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdding the DCA flight earlier this year was big for everyone here,\u201d added Seth. \u201cThat brought one more overnight to the station, and more work to do. It\u2019s been great to see our operation grow, and everyone along with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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If you know anything about Envoy, you\u2019ll know that we\u2019re working hard to grow our fleet and increase our ground operations all across the system. And with a growing fleet of Embraer 175 (E175) aircraft \u2013 10 already on the way starting this year and\u00a015 more just announced to begin arriving in 2019\u00a0\u2013 we\u2019re beginning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":42153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989"}],"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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}