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JUN-JUL 2016

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12 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE JUNE/JULY 2016 COVER STORY To hear him tell it, Jonathan Bluth, oper- ations manager at Atlantic Aviation's Aus- tin, Texas location, is the luckiest man alive. Bluth took a job as a line service technician at a South Bend, Indiana FBO near where he grew up after growing up with a fascination of airplanes that was aided by the internet boom and enthusiast forums. Atlantic purchased the small FBO Bluth had been working at as part of their acqui- sition of Mercury Air Center in 2007 and Bluth came with. "I've learned a lot along the way," Bluth says. "And I can't imagine myself without all these airplanes." After becoming a site trainer for Atlantic, Bluth's rise took off. He moved to Austin to oversee the ramp as line manager at Aus- tin-Bergstrom International Airport in 2012 and became the operations manager at the same location just last year and now leads a team of 26 people. "His leadership guided us through the Formula One races and the annual SXSW Music, Movies and Technology Festival and Conferences, two of the busiest times of the AviationPros.com/11174155 "I struck lucky." By Alex Wendland Jonathan Bluth came into Atlantic Aviation as a line service technician nearly 13 years ago. Since 2003, he has built a career and his reputation on more than a decade of leadership, team development and authentic enthusiasm.

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