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AOPA, Choose Aerospace Target Worker Shortage

An educational partnership between AOPA and Choose Aerospace is seeking to breed opportunities for jobs in the aviation industry.

AOPA and Choose Aerospace are collaborating with the goal of increasing education opportunities. [Shutterstock]
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Key Takeaways:

  • The aviation industry faces a significant labor shortage for pilots, mechanics, and cabin crew, with Boeing projecting a need for millions of new professionals over the next 20 years.
  • To address this, the AOPA Foundation and Choose Aerospace have formed a partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
  • This collaboration aims to increase education opportunities by aligning curricula, sharing resources, and jointly promoting programs to create direct pathways for students into in-demand aviation careers like pilots, drone pilots, and aviation maintenance technicians.
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For years we have been hearing about a labor shortage in aviation. As the industry grows, so does the need for pilots, cabin crew, mechanics, and technicians. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Foundation (AOPA) and Choose Aerospace are partnering to establish a formal agreement to help increase education opportunities so these jobs are filled.

According to AOPA, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed to create a means of collaboration to “identify curriculum alignment, jointly promote each other’s educational materials, and pursue grant-funding opportunities related to aviation.”

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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