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Frontrow L-B: Carol GregWeber, H o l l a nadn dM a r k Rawlings. Backrow L-B: Alonzo, Stephanie BobHollingshead, EricPiime TroyWhite, andAdamShea. Notpictured:Mke Haley.
Fuel System owns,maintains theonlyfuelfarmCRAA 0utof ourthreeairports has Supervisor, Systems Fuel Kyer, Tony LCK. is at andoperates farm, fuel the years of care taking for nine LCK at beenworking 365daysa year. whichoperates "l workwithtwo part-time to ensurethat fuelsystemspecialists fuelfromour dry clean, receiving are thefixedbasedoperators "We quality of the perform inspections Tony. said fuelsystem," a high maintain to basis a daily on fuelfarmanditscomp0nents quality fuel." levelof and MichaelBeckert Specialists FuelSystem TonyandPart-Time has that stati0n service vehicle the maintain also BryanFranz fuelsfor airpofivehicles' gasoline, biodieselanddiesel
(left), BryanFranz Part-llmeFuel Specialist System andTonyKyer,Fuel Supervisor, Systems the coordinate of fuelat delivery leastfivedaysa weektomakesure thatthereis enough for thefixedbase at LCK. operators Notpictured: MichaelBeckert.
Airfield Maintenance "Airfield Maintenance focuses on keeping theairport in operation whilestaying in accordance withFAAandTSAstandards," said (AFM). RickRoberts, Manager ofAirfield Maintenance TwoAFMsupervisors andeightfull-time specialists maintain the 5,000-acre parallel airport, including 12,000-foot runways. The specialists doeverything fromrepairing andreplacing asphalt andconcrete to mowingandtrimming the1,400 acresof grass. Thespecialists alsoleadprojects andfollowdailyscheduled operations. Part-time seasonal specialists assist withlandscaping andsnowremoval.
Keeping theinsideofthebuildings cleanandpresentable areparttimecustodians, LindaHaleyandChristina Wallace. Helping AFMandcustodians complete theirtasksareJohnFields andDavidJustice, Airfield Mechanics, andAirfield & FleetInventory Specialist Robert Hanley whoensure thatground transportation and properly. otherequipment arerunning "Thevariety of equipment we workon keepsusonourtoesand busy,"explained John."Weworkon anything fromweedwhackers t0 vacuum cleaners to CRAA vehicles sowe arealwayslearning something newandbeingchallenged."
"l likethevariety of work,paceandenvironment here,"saidDerek "SinceI workdirectly Erlenbach, AFMSpecialist, whohasbeenwithCRAA forsixyears. Robert agreed. withthemechanics creating "Forexample, todayI wasrepairing themachine thatpaints parts,notifying stripes workorders,ordering themwhenthe partsarein yetnextweekI mightbemowing ontherunway, grassor maintainingstockandclosing theworkorderwhentheyarefinished, I tooam oneofthethreeramps." alwayslearning something new,whichI enjoy."
Frontrow L-B:CraigRogers, Charlie Raymond, Brian Elward, MikeMiller, John Fields, DaveJusticeand JimAkinson. Second row (leftto right):JeffSetser, MikeGloyd, DaveMockus, andDennyKlatt. Third row(leftto right):Robert Hanley, GregLeach, Derek Erlenbach andMikeMoore. Not pictured: Linda Haley, Debbie Morton, RickRoberts andChristina Wallace.
Building Maintenance Specialist Needsomething repaired withinan LCKbuilding? CallDennis Hughes. HeistheBuilding Maintenance Specialist andcanbe foundchanging lightbulbs, inspecting boilersystems, drywalling, painting jet bridges gaslines,repairing andmuchmore.Heis alsoin charge of purchasing andorganizing theinventory of materials and toolsusedto maintain thebuildings. "l likeworking at anairport andenloythewiderangeof projects I "l'veworkedherefor almostten amassigned," explained Dennis. yearsandI havefoundthatnojobistoobigor small."
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l\irfield Maintenance Electrician AstheAirfield Maintenance Electrician, ChrisDeHays spends a lotof hlstimemaintaining andtroubleshooting theairfield lights. Hehasreceived training andcertification bytheFAAtocomplete weekly,monthly andquarterly inspections onthe lighting systems properly. to keepthemfunctioning "l maintain andinspectthe threeapproach systems onthe airfield, whichmeansI change hundreds of lightbulbs, butI also "Therearealso doelectrical workinthebuildings," saidDeHays. timesthatI workwithDennison projects thatrequirebothof our skills* a building maintenance specialist andanelectrician."