Inspired Teamwork Prompted by an Unexpected Visitor
Contributed by Jeff Allen, Technician II. We had an unexpected visitor at the Altec AIR manufacturing facility recently. It seems this bird (previously thought to be an owl) had been trapped in the shop for a few days. Some of the Production Associates had actually started calling him "Tom" because he seemed to enjoy dive bombing Associate Tom Mazorowicz throughout the day. One morning, Associate Allen Hunter came upon what he thought was 'a dead bird' on the floor of the Monitoring Production Area. To all of our surprise, this little guy was still alive, but just barely. During our efforts to provide aid to "Tom", Associate Danny Norris assisted me in getting a little water in him successfully. I then asked Associate Nora Aragon to see if she could track down the Birds of Prey Foundation located here in Broomfield, CO. Upon contacting them, they made it a priority for us to meet with them at their facility. Apparently, this bird was the ...