When Mike Scimio saw an opportunity to give back to his Alma Mater, he took it. Now, the aircraft maintenance students at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA) have the opportunity to study a Rolls Royce engine donated by Mike and Envoy. “It is the type of engine (from an Embraer 145) that you will find out in the… Read more »
Most full-time working Americans spend about a third of their lifetime sleeping and another third working, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The last 33 percent is spent on education, leisure and family. This blog series is dedicated to our employees who’ve learned to game the system, and combined their time toiling away at work… Read more »
Galveston, Texas. It’s supposed to be muggy and hot. Or so thought Jay Murray, Envoy Vice President of Maintenance, on the day of his Memorial Herman Half-Ironman Triathlon. The 70.3 mile course of swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, biking and running was sopping wet, bitterly cold and endlessly challenging. Yet, he and his wife… Read more »
Parked outside the Sawyer International Airport (MQT) in the blistering cold, an old van idled with a puff of white steam flowing from its rusty exhaust pipes. Out pops Envoy Maintenance Inspector Matt Gallo with a huge coat and an even bigger smile, like an eager chauffeur. Matt, and his friendly smile, is Marquette through… Read more »
As an Envoy Mechanic, Raibel Manzano says he enjoys working on the line at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) because “every day is something different.” It’s kind of like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates – if that box were an 82-thousand lb. aircraft. Actually, Raibel loves working on the line so much he says he… Read more »