March 16 issue of Flight School Business

Flight School Business

VOL. 11-ISSUE 6-March 16, 2021

TRAINING TRENDS

AOPA's high school curriculum changing students' lives

The AOPA You Can Fly Aviation High School STEM curriculum is changing students' lives in more than 200 schools in 38 states. Students say the curriculum motivates them and makes them want to be private pilots, and this enthusiasm can translate into new student pilots for flight schools. Read more to find out how you can help by reaching out to school officials in your area. READ MORE ›

NEWS

High school curriculum, airport access key to growing GA

Bringing more people into aviation by reminding them why you fly, inviting the public to visit airports, and engaging teens in aviation-related high school curriculum are three key ways to expand the general aviation community, AOPA President Mark Baker said March 9 during a livestreamed town hall. AOPA is working hard to create a pathway for young people who want a career in aviation, he said. READ MORE ›

Coming this month: A new way to track flight training progress

Watch this space: On March 31 AOPA's You Can Fly program will launch the AOPA Flight Training Advantage (AFTA), a web portal and iPad-based training program designed to help make the process of flight training more effective for students, flight instructors, and flight schools. The program will include personalized and flexible lesson plans that automatically adapt to a customer’s skill level; easy-to-find study and lesson prep materials; lesson feedback from every flight; and much more. Additional information on the AOPA Flight Training Advantage will be available on the website when the program goes live.

Worldwide flight simulator sales strong

Worldwide flight training device sales began 2021 on a strong note with simulator companies signing agreements with or making deliveries to flight schools in Japan, Spain, France, and Germany. Frasca International is expanding its Urbana, Illinois, manufacturing facility in response to strong sales. READ MORE ›

Tenn. flight school sold to new owners

Five years after launching Shelbyville Flight Center at Bomar Field-Shelbyville Municipal Airport (SYI), owners Joe and Linda Roberts have sold the business to Allen Howell and David Augustin of Azure Flight Support. The Roberts said they started the flight school with a "vision of providing high quality personalized flight training in the middle Tennessee area," according to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette. Azure Flight Support manages two fixed-base operations in Tennessee.

Fla. flight instructor to be honored in General Aviation Awards

Ronald Jay Timmermans of Orlando, Florida, was named the 2021 National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year in the latest round of the National General Aviation Awards. Timmermans and others will be honored at this year's EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. READ MORE ›

POLL

Staff levels

How do your flight school's 2021 staff levels compare to 2020? Tell us in this week's poll.

Results

In the March 2 poll, we asked whether your flight school offers fixed-wing or rotary-wing training, or both. Here are the results:

MARKETING

Don't forget Mother's Day

Mother's Day is May 9. Today's moms are not as much about getting flowers or chocolates, and more about experiencing cool opportunities that they might have denied themselves while immersed in raising young children. Mother's Day is an inexpensive marketing tool for your flight school, so why not get in on it? READ MORE >

QUICK TIP

Did COVID-19 put an end to your employee turnover woes? It's not permanent, warns Brad Cousins of Ingage Human Capital Strategies in this Forbes article. "The war for talent only paused during COVID-19, and it has already resumed in most industries," Cousins says. Employers can "build learning and people development cultures" to keep workers engaged over the long term, or they can build recruiting empires à la Amazon to address the constant turnover of employees.

SAFETY

'Avoiding the Dangers of Convective Weather' webinar

Spring brings wonderful flying weather—and the dangers of severe storms. Point your customers to this upcoming free webinar from the AOPA Air Safety Institute, which will explore severe storms, thunderstorm avoidance, radar interpretation, and real-world case studies with CFII and Meteorologist James-Paul Dice. The webinar takes place Thursday, March 18, from 7 to 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Register here.

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