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NEWS
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| Chat with industry colleagues at Flight School Connector |
| Flight School Connector is a monthly online meeting that brings together flight school owners and managers to share experiences and discuss topics of interest. The next Connector is October 7 at noon Eastern time. We will be discussing how to improve school profitability and how to maintain your motivation as a school owner. The meeting will be on Microsoft Teams. Sign up here and you will be sent a link before the meeting.
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| S.C. flight school hosts Small Business Administration visit |
| CRAFT Flight Training & Simulation of North Charleston, South Carolina, hosted the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration for a ground-level view of how COVID-19 has affected small businesses. SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza toured the flight school and spoke with school administrators about their experience with SBA relief funding, according to CRAFT co-owner Amanda Aldea. Caranza, her staff, and local SBA leaders observed a flight training lesson in the school's Redbird Simulator and also viewed the flight school's Diamond aircraft. "Following the tour, we discussed some of the challenges we see in our industry due to COVID, and how the SBA might help in the coming year," Aldea said.
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| Streaming for safety |
| Jeremy Walters, a working pilot, flight instructor, and ex-military helicopter pilot from Temple, Texas, hosts a popular online discussion program that covers the aviation safety beat with well-known guests appearing for a variety of piloting, training, and aircraft maintenance conversations. Breaking the Chain runs biweekly in social media channels, on YouTube, or by registering for a viewing link on the FAA Safety Team website. Aerobatic champion Patty Wagstaff and aviation maintenance expert Mike Busch have been panelists.
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| Open house or career fair? |
| As pandemic restrictions slowly roll back in some parts of the country this fall, flight schools in those areas are beginning to hold open houses, and may begin participating in career fairs. If you have either coming up, request additional copies of AOPA's “You Can Fly: Your Path to Become a Pilot” special edition of Flight Training. They make great and informational handouts for your guests. Contact AOPA at [email protected].
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