{"id":25976,"date":"2023-06-26T19:02:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25976"},"modified":"2023-06-26T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:08:06","slug":"student-scholarship-program-initiated-by-palm-springs-air-museum-to-bolster-airline-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/california\/student-scholarship-program-initiated-by-palm-springs-air-museum-to-bolster-airline-pilots\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Student Scholarship Program Initiated by Palm Springs Air Museum to Bolster Airline Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The educational non-profit Palm Springs Air Museum<\/a> (PSAM) is initiating a new program to address the ongoing shortage of qualified airline pilots.\u00c2\u00a0 According to Oliver Wyman\u2019s Global Fleet & Maintenance-Repair-Overhaul Market Forecast for 2022-20232, \u201cthe most vexing challenges for aviation were widespread labor shortages across every sector of aviation and in most regions. In North America, the industry is facing two potentially severe shortfalls in the ranks of commercial airline pilots and aircraft mechanics. By our analysis, the supply gaps already amount to 18% of the total pilot workforce in 2023 and 14% of aviation mechanics. The outlook is for those deficits to grow or at least linger through 2033. The gap in the number of pilots needed and those available has already led to reductions in service to less popular and more rural destinations and has hit regional airlines hardest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1 is to get young people interested in aviation. To that end, the Palm Springs Air Museum in conjunction with the Palm Springs Chapter of Air & Space Forces Association<\/a>, and the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation<\/a>, developed The Ronald M. Auen Learning Center<\/a> and Atlantic Aviation FIRST FLIGHT EXPERIENCE. This program gives aspiring pilots, ages 12 through 17, the experience of Flight: safety training and actual experience flying in a Cessna 182, with commemorative T-shirt, logbook, and certificate. The flights occur on the first Saturday of the month from October through July. Space is limited, and interested students with parental permission may contact david.mindel@icloud.com. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2 is to follow up the FIRST FLIGHT EXPERIENCE with FLY\nCOACHELLA VALLEY, a joint effort by PSAM and SoCal Pilot Center. Participants\nin FLY COACHELLA VALLEY will have the opportunity to enroll in an FAA Part 141\naccredited program at SoCal Pilot Center in Thermal, which will ultimately lead\nto a Commercial Pilot Certificate and open the doors to a career in aviation.\nSoCal Pilot Center and affiliates offer Airline Career Programs in Europe and\nthe USA, tailored to a strong academic backbone with the goal of developing\nexecutive skills early on during training. The program combines the very latest\ntechnology, pre-course Psychological \/ Psychotechnical Assessments (PELICAN\nTest) and advanced ground school training methods combined with strong student\ndiscipline, use of ultra-modern Simulator technology and State of the Art\nTextron Aviation Glass Cockpit Airplanes. SoCal Pilot Center\u2019s graduation rate\nwas 96% in 2022.  One of the major goals\nof this program is to identify opportunities to invest in the success of all\nstudents, especially those with economic barriers. This screening process\nconsists of five steps: Math \/ Physics Refresher Course, the aforementioned\nPELICAN Test, Simulator Assessment, FAA Medical Test, and financial evaluation.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With help from the local Air & Space Forces Association\nchapter, PSAM will provide at least 50 prospective Airline Career Candidates\nper year to the SoCal Pilot Center for screening. The program will also track\nstudents\u2019 progress and eventual hiring by the aviation industry. This is only\nthe first leg of a five-year program with measurable goals and outcomes. SoCal\nPilot Center is the only FAA Part 141 certified Cessna Pilot training center\nwithin 60 miles of the Jacqueline Cochran Airport in Thermal. Participation in\nthis project aligns with the Palm Springs Air Museum\u2019s mission of educating\nfuture generations, especially about Air Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Palm Springs Air Museum contains over 73 vintage\nairframes from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the new F-117\nStealth Fighter inside The Jim Houston Pavilion.  Aircraft are contained inside 91,000 square\nfeet of open hangars and on the tarmac. Additional displays and memorabilia are\nlocated throughout the hangars. The Museum is open daily from 10 am until 5 PM.\nFor more information, visit PalmSpringsAirMuseum.org or call 760-778-6262\nduring business hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SoCal Pilot Center is part of the International Pilot Center\nAlliance (IPCA), is an FAA and EASA Approved Training Organization with\ntraining locations in the Coachella Valley and Europe.  Offering a complete series of high-level\npilot training courses, ranging from All-Inclusive Airline Career Programs to\nprivate Pilot programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school is staffed with full-time Flight Instructors and\nguarantees the highest quality standards in flight training. All facilities,\nincluding new student housing, are an integral part of the organization. SoCal\nPilot Center is also part of the Textron Aviation, Cessna Pilot Center Network\nsince 2016 and has been approved by CATS\/PSI as an FAA Testing Center. SoCal\nPilot Center is approved by the USCIS to provide M1 Visas to foreign students\nfor Flight Training under the SEVIS program. For more information, visit\nwww.flyspc.com or call 760-989-4525 during business hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The educational non-profit Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM) is initiating a new program to address the ongoing shortage of qualified airline pilots.\u00c2\u00a0 According to Oliver Wyman\u2019s Global Fleet & Maintenance-Repair-Overhaul Market Forecast for 2022-20232, \u201cthe most vexing challenges for aviation were widespread labor shortages across every sector of aviation and in most regions. In North […]<\/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":[98,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-california"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25976","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=25976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25979,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25976\/revisions\/25979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}