Sun, Nov 27, 2011
Local Albuquerque Charter School Students Get First-Hand View
Of Careers In The Aerospace Industry
Members of the Southwest Secondary Learning Center (SSLC)
visited Aspen Avionics last week, and received a tour of the
facility and an introduction to available career paths in the
aerospace industry.
"The SSLC currently has 280 students enrolled and 40 of them are
participating in the AERO AV8R (Aeronautical Education &
Research Opportunities) program,” says Lee Truitt,
SSLC’s Flight School Coordinator. “The students who are
participating in this program all have the eventual goal of
becoming private pilots. Exposing the students to real-world,
aviation related companies like Aspen Avionics allows them to see
what career paths are available in the field of
aerospace.”
The students who visited Aspen last Friday toured the testing
and manufacturing areas of the company. They were also given the
opportunity to meet and speak with employees from the intern level
all the way up to executive level staff. For the students, the most
popular part of the visit was the hands-on experience of flying the
Aspen Evolution Flight Display system on a simulator.
"We enjoy the opportunity to not only support a local
Albuquerque program, but we also appreciate the opportunity to
inspire and encourage young people to pursue their passion for
aviation,” says John Uczekaj, Aspen’s President and
CEO. “At Aspen, the students can see that there are many
roles that need to be filled in a technology company, not only
being an engineer or a pilot, but also marketing, customer service,
and operational leadership roles.”
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