{"id":16885,"date":"2020-11-17T14:35:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16885"},"modified":"2020-11-17T14:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:35:31","slug":"u-s-department-of-transportation-provides-update-on-forces-to-flyers-flight-training-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/u-s-department-of-transportation-provides-update-on-forces-to-flyers-flight-training-demonstration\/%20","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of Transportation Provides Update on Forces to Flyers Flight Training Demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced that 32 military veterans completed flight training through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volpe.dot.gov\/forcestoflyers\">Forces to Flyers<\/a> initiative, earning commercial multi-engine pilot\u2019s licenses. The Secretary announced the research initiative in 2017 to determine how to assist veterans transitioning to new careers as pilots. \u201cThe Forces to Flyers flight training demonstration has helped America\u2019s veterans transition from military service to find good jobs in the transportation sector,\u201d said Secretary Chao. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Forces to Flyers participants had the opportunity to\nreceive flight training at four flight schools around the country, starting\nwith the first flight lesson. In addition to supporting 32 veterans in earning\nthe commercial multi-engine pilot\u2019s license, the training demonstration\nsupported 25 of those veterans to become a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)\nfor instrument operations. As CFIs, they will have the ability to gain\nemployment as a flight instructor while obtaining the flight hours needed to qualify\nfor an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate (ATP) and become an airline pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by the U.S. Department of Transportation and its Volpe\nNational Transportation Systems Center, the research initiative has examined\nstrategies for assisting our military veterans to pursue careers as pilots.\nDuring the three-year initiative, researchers have studied pathways for\nentering the pilot workforce, identified barriers to training and employment,\nand designed and implemented an initiative that can provide flight training to\nindividuals interested in becoming airline pilots. The Department will develop\na comprehensive research report on its findings at the conclusion of the\nresearch project in December 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced that 32 military veterans completed flight training through the Forces to Flyers initiative, earning commercial multi-engine pilot\u2019s licenses. The Secretary announced the research initiative in 2017 to determine how to assist veterans transitioning to new careers as pilots. \u201cThe Forces to Flyers flight training demonstration has helped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16886,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16885\/revisions\/16886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}