Issues

Develop an Aviation Technical Workforce

Position

Along with other job sectors, the aviation industry faces a shortage of qualified, trained technical workers. Resources dedicated to the training and hiring of a new generation of workers is essential to maintaining the high quality of the U.S. civil aviation industry. Steps must be taken now to prevent an industry-wide shortage.

News

  • Aviation and steel in the Agri-Plex
    Aug 30, 2010 — The Morning Call
    So the Allentown plane "could have been one of several different pushers," he said. Steelworkers will appear every day and will be available for questions. The archive's Speakers' Bureau will give presentations on Centennial Stage on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Monday at 3:15 pm.
  • Some interesting, historic planes roost in South Florida
    Aug 29, 2010 — Sun Sentinel
    They are small but important part of the region's buzzing aviation activity. South Florida is home to more than 5,000 general aviation planes, corporate jets, military planes. Among them: A Boeing (NYSE:BA) 727 at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, a European fighter-jet trainer at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and military surveillance planes in Lantana.
  • Premium air routes aim to put jets in faster lanes
    Aug 28, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
    But air-traffic controllers have no way to distinguish planes outfitted with the latest tools from those with older systems. They will save about 12 seconds of flight time for every mile trimmed from a flight path, the carrier estimates. The continuous descents should be quieter, since pilots set engines to "idle thrust," and smoother since they avoid traditional stair-step approaches. The benefits are proven.
  • Special Report: Aviation: From Nothing to a Global Hub for Aviation
    Jul 19, 2010 — New York Times
    The airlines, however, Emirates of Dubai, Etihad of Abu Dhabi and the discount airline Air Arabia of Sharjah, are relatively new arrivals on the scene. Mubadala said 10,000 people would be needed to work in Abu Dhabi’s new aviation and aerospace plants and the goal was to fill those jobs with local citizens. Airbus and Boeing are already on site, and aviation job boards are heavy with Middle Eastern help-wanted advertisements.
  • Airlines eagerly awaiting jetmakers' more fuel-efficient craft
    Jul 18, 2010 — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    Aboulafia expects Airbus to move forward with re-engining the A320 planes for the Pratt and Whitney engine. Boeing is holding its cards close. The company is working on a LEAP X engine design that officials have said could be ready around 2016.
  • State honors private aviation
    Jul 16, 2010 — The Columbus Dispatch
    Last year, Strickland founded the Ohio Aerospace and Business Aviation Council to re-start other attempts over the years to attract and retain businesses in those industries. Under then-Gov. James A. Rhodes decades ago, Ohio launched a drive to put an airport in every county as an engine of economic development.
  • Boeing building in works?
    Jul 14, 2010 — The Post and Courier
    Childress Klein has proposed an Oct. 1 start date. Design plans also call for a neighboring, 340,000-square-foot warehouse. Nearby, Venture Aerobearings makes bearings for aviation industry clients.
  • NextGeneration air traffic system holds new promise for airways
    Jun 27, 2010 — Tulsa World
    We looked at some airports that had operational challenges -- mostly at high altitude mountain airports. "It started a movement of using on-board avionics to fly these airplanes. We can fit a bunch more aircraft into the airspace using NextGen technologies. "NextGen promises significant increases in our abilities to reduce delays, shorten flight times and use less fuel.