Joby Partners With Aviation High School to Train eVTOL Technicians

The New York City high school program is part of the company’s plan to prepare services and infrastructure for electric aircraft.

Jonathan Welsh

Tuesday, December 06, 2022 at 12:55 PM ET

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Aviation High School's maintenance classroom, called the main hangar, houses a diversity of aircraft including antiques like a Stearman biplane and a Bell 47 helicopter. [Credit: Jonathan Welsh]

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Joby Aviation has partnered with New York's Aviation High School to prepare students for careers in the emerging electric aviation industry, focusing on eVTOL aircraft maintenance and management.
The collaboration involves integrating electric propulsion systems into the school's curriculum, offering online private pilot ground school courses, and providing virtual reality flight simulators for Joby's S4 eVTOL aircraft.
This initiative aims to equip high school students with future-ready skills for the evolving air transport sector and supports Joby's efforts to develop operational strategies for its planned eVTOL air taxi services in cities like New York.

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As electric propulsion gains traction as a potential next wave in aviation technology, hundreds of high school students in New York are getting a head start on maintaining and managing the eVTOL aircraft that could be shuttling passengers around their city in a few years.

Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY), a company developing eVTOL vehicles for air taxis and similar passenger operations, said it entered a partnership with Aviation High School to train aspiring aircraft maintenance technicians and aerospace leaders for careers in “the electric age of flight.”