{"id":26758,"date":"2023-09-25T20:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T20:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=26758"},"modified":"2023-09-25T20:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T20:35:26","slug":"aar-recommends-collaborative-approaches-to-solving-aviation-mechanic-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/aar-recommends-collaborative-approaches-to-solving-aviation-mechanic-shortage\/%20","title":{"rendered":"AAR Recommends Collaborative Approaches to Solving Aviation Mechanic Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AAR CORP. has launched its 2023 mid skills gap report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mid skills\u201d describes careers that require industry certifications\nbut not a college degree, including aviation mechanics. Recognizing the\nimportance of gathering information on the state of mid skills talent\ndevelopment efforts and providing tangible recommendations for collaboration,\nAAR launched its first mid skills gap report in 2011. AAR has become a trusted\nsource for this information and thought leadership on innovative solutions,\nlaunching subsequent editions of the report in 2018 and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AAR\u2019s 2023 report warns that the aircraft mechanic shortage has\nreached a critical point and urges employers to break down silos and\ncollaborate with high schools, colleges, nonprofits, and elected officials to\nexpand early access to aviation maintenance curriculum and training. It\nincludes case studies and opportunities to attract talent under the updated FAA\nPart 147, which removes a seat time requirement that measures competency based\non hours and paves the way for more collaboration and additional training\nlocations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Company partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chooseaerospace.org\/curriculum.html\">Choose Aerospace<\/a>, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to release a general aviation curriculum based upon the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s Airman Certification Standards into high schools and colleges. Choose Aerospace is aligned with the FAA\u2019s Part 147 certification standards that went into effect last year. AAR recommends the FAA further update regulations to allow AMT candidates who complete a general aviation curriculum in high school, like Choose Aerospace, to take the FAA general exam to become certified. It also calls on lawmakers to pass immigration policies that allow aviation companies to recruit talent from abroad to meet demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorkforce development is a team effort across industry,\neducation, and government,\u201d said John M. Holmes, AAR\u2019s Chairman, President and\nCEO. \u201cGiven the forecasted demand for aviation maintenance technicians, these\nefforts could not come at a better time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have the facilities to grow. We just need the talent,\u201d\nsaid Ryan Goertzen, AAR\u2019s Vice President of Workforce Development. \u201cCompanies that\ninvest in training must look to solve the issue not only for themselves but for\nthe industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AAR\u2019s 2023 mid skills gap report is available here on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarcorp.com\/en\/careers\/students\/\">Company\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAR CORP. has launched its 2023 mid skills gap report. &#8220;Mid skills\u201d describes careers that require industry certifications but not a college degree, including aviation mechanics. Recognizing the importance of gathering information on the state of mid skills talent development efforts and providing tangible recommendations for collaboration, AAR launched its first mid skills gap report [&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":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26758","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\/26758","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=26758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26759,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26758\/revisions\/26759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}