Breakout Outreach Notes

NTAS 2015 Breakout Session: Outreach, Tuesday, March 17th 2015
Introductions
1. Brendalee Cruz (note taker)
2. Peter Morton - NTAS Facilitator
3. Greg Reverdiau - North-Aire Aviation
4. Shannon Ferry - FIT
5. Kristian Brandstetter – Southwest Airlines
6. Jim Molloy - Liberty UNiversity
7. Bill Kennedy - UAL
8. James Champley - FSI
9. Paul Jurgens – Sporty’s
10. Doug Gibbs – ALPA National Education Committee
11. Cody Honeyman – Cessna Textron
12. George Bye – Aero Electric Aircraft Corp
13. Ceci Shirley - AABI
14. Stephanie Smith - Garmin
15. Colleen Conklin – ERAU Aerospace Career Academy (ACA)
Aerospace Career Academy – Colleen Conklin (See presentation)
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ACA vision links with ERAU vision
Value of outreach and opportunities
Future workforce high priority
STEM Shortage
o ERAU is a pipeline
Florida strength in Aerospace
Completing undergraduate STEM and connecting to post-secondary
Game changer outreach for high schools and students
29 high-schools initially now grown to over 50
o Growth
o Student are successful with master course
o Credential are the same with ACA as ERAU
o GPA requirement
 Received well by students
o Benefits
 Transcript comes from ERAU
 Tuition cost assistance
 Agreements with local colleges for core courses; transfer with student enters as a Junior
3 million grant – 2 million from state with 1 million match from ERAU
o Private pilot ground and unmanned systems are covered
o Contract with the high schools
o 10 years and last two wears with grants
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o Old model before the grants - Course section cost, material cost, professional development and
travel, and faculty were covered under contract with the district
Gaetz Aerospace Institute – renaming of the institute
Cape Academies
o Workforce needs of the state help drive the creation of these institutions
Florida is unique in that dual enrollment is covered by the state for enrollment
o Develop a contract with the local state college
o No tuition fee per credit or student
o Each state will be different but replication can be easy
 Need – K-12 partner
 Can be funded by
 Perkins Dollar
 Under own state funding
o Movement – Industry Certification Funding – new funding model
 Student that takes a HS course and then takes a certification
 Weighted by different formulas
Going for National Accreditation – rigorous process
Transitioning into the next phase of an institute
ACA is replicable in other states with other universities; different rules prevail but the concept works
Sporty’s - Paul Jurgens (See presentation)
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Aviation Exploring
o Everybody in Aviation – where will the future aviators come from
o Option 1 – Aviation Exploring
 Program through Learning for Life with the Boy Scouts
 Only national program exploring all parts of aviation
 Open to boys and girls ages 14 – 20
 Hands on activities and visits are key
 Explorer Base Camp great
 Try to get each in a flight
 Young Eagles – have great insurance
o Get ground school free from Sportys – regularly $200
o 30,000 already given for free since the next step was implemented five
years ago
 One meeting a month along with one outing a month
 Only during school year Sept/ Oct – Osh Kosh
 Passed 2 million flight mark with Young Eagles – George Bye
 Impact this will have on the industry
 Next Step program is why this was created
 Support organizations
 Learning for Life
 Charter organization is needed
 Hal Shevers – Goal of going from 40,000 to 100,000 in scholarships
Youth Aviation Adventure
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o One day event 12 -18
o Boy scout aviation merit badge program
Doug Gibbs – ALPA National Education Committee
o 5 years ago – Pilot Professionalism came through the ranks
 Felt we have a duty of professionalism with K-12 students
 Established programs with ERAU, Purdue, Parks College, etc.
 Goal is access the future airline pilots
 Looking for partners with Regional airlines
 Carriers can see the opportunity and pitch in with supplies or volunteers
 American and United Airline Days – Part 91 flights
 Universities take care of most of the logistics
 Envoy MD180
 Clearedtodream.org
o Outreach resources
o ALPA Ace Club
Colleen Conklin - ERAU
o Teacher resource website for Aerospace teachers
Cody Honeymane - Textron
o Just because you want to go into aviation doesn’t mean you have to be an airline pilot
o Multi-facet routes
Ceci Shirley - AABI
o AABI Meeting this summer in Seattle
o Lighthouse initiative to spread the Raisbeck Aviation High School model– very successful in
Seattle
o NGAP with ICAO
o AABI sessions specific to college students
 Speed networking
 STEM high schools from local high schools – leads to recruitment
 If successful – next step to have this in conjunction with the AABI winter meetings
Shannon Ferry - FIT
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Camps with minimal cost – Purpose not to make money but for recruitment
Missing a lot of potential for the families that can’t afford even the low price
Idea is for exposure and outreach
About 150 students through the summer camp to date (7th – 12th grade)
Cody Honeyman
o Service centers for tours
o How do we get corporate engagement
 Return on investment will take years
 Invest in the next step down – universities
 Provide aircraft for flights
Jim Molloy
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New Horizons – classes through the evening
Summer camps – 5 days academics - $300
Underrepresented groups – minorities and females
Not reaching those who feel that they can’t afford it
Bill Kennedy
o Strategic focus on minorities/ females
 Shades of Blue
 Ourshadesofblue.org
o Most parents do their research though online options
o The numbers don’t add up for the first five years
 Why does price of tuition = low starting pay
Greg Reverdiau
o Solution to cost will have to be the electrical airplanes
o Simulators
Peter Morton
o Womenfly.com
o How do we change the mindset of some parents trying to persuade their kids from the aviation
path
o Nobility of aviation as a career is a selling point
Colleen
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Middle school future initiatives
Feeder patterns
9th grade program that uses the Aviation 101
Private Pilot License in High School - one more barrier off the plate
Aviation 101 – essay “why are you pursuing aviation”
James Champley
o Create not only airline pilots but for the industry on a whole
o Myths are holding some back from these paths – need more than 30 – 60mins to dispel
o People under the career changers title/ path is an untapped market
George Bye
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We are forgetting Private Pilots
Pipeline is from the general aviation private pilots
Do we value the importance of aerospace
We need leaders to attest to the value of aerospace
Aviation is first a passion than a career
First experience should be an airplane not in a simulator
Kristian Brandstetter
o We don’t have anything that gives us the wow factor anymore
o We need something/ a new horizon to conquer to give the new generation something to shoot
for
Closing discussion: Doug Gibbs (ALPA) said ALPA might be willing to host an Outreach Best Practices
Directory as part of its Cleared to Dream Initiative http://www.clearedtodream.org Peter Morton will poll
the breakout participants to see who would like to serve on an ad hoc committee to pursue this idea.
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