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SNOW REMOVAL
AUTHOR Joe Petrie

BATTLING BLIZZARDS:

TRAINING OUR FORCE OF SNOW FIGHTERS

Oshkosh and MacQueen Group host a customer summit to share best
practices in snow removal.
FOR TODD Gibbs, director of operations for Eastern
Iowa Airport (CID), getting an opportunity to meet
with his counterparts to talk about snow and ice
removal operations is a valuable chance to learn.
A lot of conferences have a broad
spectrum of attendees from across
North America, so when MacQueen
Group approached him about attending
a Midwest-focused summit on snow and
ice removal operations with Oshkosh
Airport Products at the EAA Aviation
Museum in Oshkosh, Wis., he knew it

was a unique opportunity for a significant
number of his team members to learn and
connect with peers.
"I learned quite a bit from the
presentations with Milwaukee and
Minneapolis, which are much different
operations than ours," said Gibbs. "We
had conversations with GA airport folks
Stakeholders attending
the customer summit got
a firsthand look at how
Oshkosh snow removal
equipment works and how
to use it more effectively.

as well and discovered how, with limited
resources, they have found some real
efficiencies in their snow operations."
Gibbs was one of 70 attendees
representing 14 different airports from
four states in the Midwest who took
part in the Oshkosh & MacQueen
Customer Summit on Oct. 22-23.
Once in Oshkosh, Wis. attendees met
representatives from Oshkosh Airport
Products, MacQueen Group and
Scania and went on a manufacturing
plant tour. The rest of the day consisted
of presentations from airports, training
modules and even hands on sessions with
four Oshkosh trucks. Attendees learned

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Airport_Business_December2019-January2020

An Enjoyable Airport Environment
Flight Delayed and Not a Care in the World
Silica Safety: What Airports Need to Know
The Evolving Concern of PFAS at Airports
Best Face Forward
Battling Bilzzards
Airports, FBOs and Lease Negotiations
High-Flying Fixings
Inside the Fence
Industry Update
Airport Guru
Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - 1
Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - 2
Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - 3
Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - 4
Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - Inside the Fence
Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - Industry Update
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Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - 9
Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - Flight Delayed and Not a Care in the World
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Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - Silica Safety: What Airports Need to Know
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Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - The Evolving Concern of PFAS at Airports
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Airport_Business_December2019-January2020 - An Enjoyable Airport Environment
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