Helicopter Association International (HAI) has announced its candidates for the 2021 Board of Directors. It has continued with its international representation and named Mr. Michael Yip, the director of maintenance for Becker Helicopters operating from the Sunshine Coast in Australia.
Yippy, as he is known, has for the past 11 years, been their head of maintenance, with a staff of over 20 maintainers and support staff, all coordinating to keep 15 IFR/NVG Bell206s each achieving 1000 hours per year with a sortie completion rate of 99.8%.
With over 40 years of continuous helicopter maintenance from Sycamores to 61’s, Hughes transition to MD, tubular to composite, air driven to digital and free paper revisions to user pays maintenance manual subscriptions, Yippy says, “It would be a privilege to represent all mechanics, technicians, engineers and our support industries, let’s say boots on the ground. The Board of Directors will always need some sort of technical advice in the various sub-committees, so I have stepped up to return the favor.”
This press release was prepared and distributed by Michael Yip.
