US House of Representatives Jimmy Panetta, Mike Collins, Mike Kelly, and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen introduced the Aviation Workforce Development Act, a bill to make training at FAA-certified commercial pilot and aircraft maintenance technician schools a qualified expense for existing 529 Plans.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has received a $485,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to help meet growing job demand in the aviation and aerospace industries by providing free training for high school students hoping to become pilots, drone operators and aerospace engineers.
Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to allow aspiring pilots and aircraft maintainers to obtain an expanded, qualified expense under 529 savings plans.
American Airlines has donated a Pratt & Whitney JT8D engine to the Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) during the Aviation Technician Education Council annual conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Southwestern Illinois College, located in Belleville, Illinois, has agreed to use Avsoft International’s CRJ-700 online and printed content as part of its Aviation Technology program curriculum.
Students and aviation professionals, ages seven to 81, heard from key leaders across the aviation, maintenance and supply chain industries on the many different career opportunities available to them.
For this Mother’s Day, some of easyJet’s high-flying parents took their daughters behind the scenes at work, in a bid to inspire the next generation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
The University of Waterloo was awarded nearly $10 million in federal funding to rebuild Canada's pandemic-battered aeronautics sector and position it for a more sustainable future.
Women in Aviation International held one of its largest and most successful annual gatherings during the 34th Annual Women in Aviation International Conference at Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California, 23-25 February.