Un punto de vista diferente fue incorporada como una organización no lucrativa en 2012 con la esperanza de animar a los jóvenes a ver un futuro en la aviación.
A “outlier auto-describe,”Que se ha trabajado y disfrutado de una vida gratificante como piloto, jefe de pilotos de la escuela de vuelo y el capitán de vuelo, Lynn Houston decided six years ago that it was time to give back to young people searching for a better future by using aviation as a launching pad.
Based at California’s Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), she beta tested A Different Point of View in 2011, and incorporated the program as a nonprofit in 2012 con la esperanza de animar a los jóvenes a ver un futuro en la aviación.
The program’s emphasis on careers in general aviation – including business aviation – as an industry that supports more than 1 millones de empleos estadounidenses, refleja un tema central de la campaña de promoción No Plane No Gain, patrocinado conjuntamente por NBAA y GAMA.
“Aviation should not be for the privileged few, and just as attitude plus power equals performance in aviation, attitude plus a person’s sense of self will determine if they will climb or descend in life," ella dijo.
A Different Point of View is open to anyone between 14 y 19 who is interested in aviation. The program introduces them to a full spectrum of aviation opportunities through one and three-day aviation career programs. Based on family income, a sliding scale fee offsets the costs. Most students receive scholarships, but all pay the $50 application fee so everyone has some investment in their program.
Held at Above It All Aviation, an SBA flight school, the career programs are limited to 12-15 teens.
“When they put on the t-shirt and step onto the tarmac, we are all the same family,” said Houston. Each student receives professional flight lessons, workshops on maintenance and ATC communications, which teaches the importance of communications in life as well as aviation, followed by full-motion simulator training.
Esta artículo fue publicado originalmente en NoPlaneNoGain.org.