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\u201cWe are pleased to join forces with an established flight\ntraining center like Lunken to bolster our popular professional flight\nprogram,\u201d said Sara Sander, Purdue Global vice president and dean of the\nCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the School of Education.\n\u201cCincinnati is a major Midwest aviation hub and will provide flexibility and\nopportunities for many of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jay Schmalfuss, owner of Lunken Flight Training\nCenter, Cincinnati is home to many corporate flight departments, including\nProcter & Gamble, Kroger, Cintas and General Electric. Additionally, Amazon\nhas undergone a huge expansion to its air hub at nearby Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky\nInternational Airport, so a growing demand for professional pilots in the area\nis anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLunken Flight Training Center is excited to announce its\naffiliation with Purdue University Global,\u201d Schmalfuss said. \u201cCincinnati is\nlocated within 600 miles of over half the population of the U.S., which makes\nPurdue Global and Lunken Flight Training Center the perfect choice to launch an\naviation career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Purdue Global\u2019s professional flight degree program is a collaboration\nbetween Purdue Global and Purdue University\u2019s School of Aviation and\nTransportation Technology \u2013 announced in June 2019. It combines the quality of\nPurdue\u2019s legendary aviation program spanning more than six decades with the\nflexibility and affordability that Purdue Global offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students accepted into the program will complete their\nBachelor of Science degree courses online through Purdue Global, which includes\naviation and general education classes, while completing professional flight\ntraining at Lunken Flight Training Center or one of several other Purdue Global\naffiliates across the country. During flight training, students will work\ntoward earning certificates and ratings in instrument, commercial, multi-engine\nand certified flight instructor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As students progress in their flight training to becoming\ncertified flight instructors, they will have the foundation necessary to serve\nas flight instructors and accrue additional flight experience required by\nairlines and corporate flight departments to get hired as professional pilots.\nUpon reaching certified flight instructor status, students enrolled in the\nprogram can begin teaching others and earn compensation for their work, in\naddition to flight hours, which can help with education costs and living\nexpenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Purdue\u2019s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology,\none of six departments and schools in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, is\nrecognized worldwide as a leader in aviation education and provides its\nexpertise in curriculum development, faculty hiring and accreditation by the\nAviation Accreditation Board International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As U.S. airline pilots approach the federally mandated\nretirement age of 65, combined with many pilots taking early retirement during\nthe COVID-19 pandemic, the industry faces a shortage of pilots in the coming\nyears. The Purdue Global program is designed to get students flying\nimmediately, shortening the timeline to becoming a professional pilot in order\nto meet the growing demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Purdue University Global and Cincinnati-based Lunken Flight Training Center have formed a partnership to address the projected global and regional demand for aviation professionals over the next 20 years. \u201cWe are pleased to join forces with an established flight training center like Lunken to bolster our popular professional flight program,\u201d said Sara Sander, Purdue Global […]<\/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":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19532","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=19532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19534,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19532\/revisions\/19534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}