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 train hundreds of high school students for careers in electric aviation, focusing on maintaining and managing eVTOL aircraft.
The collaboration integrates electric propulsion systems and new technologies into the school's curriculum, including Joby's online private pilot ground school and virtual reality eVTOL simulators.
This initiative aims to prepare students for the evolving air transport industry and help Joby develop operational strategies for its future 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.”