Wed, Jan 26, 2011
At the 2010 AOPA event in Long Beach, CA, the organization,
while attempting to reorient itself under the somewhat testy
leadership of Craig Fuller, held a symposium looking into the
current state of the flight training industry.
While such attention is always welcome, the feedback ANN heard,
over and over (and over) again, was that little info was presented
and even less was presented in terms of potential solutions.
Regardless of that, ANN spent some time with AOPA staffers (who
definitely know the topic and have worked hard on these issues), in
order to get a baseline look at the info that they presented this
year.
Meanwhile; just down the road and in separate facilities, the
folks of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators held their
own meetings... which were bit more dramatic, informative and tuned
to looking at the kind of serious change that may be necessary to
get flight training transitioned successfully into the 21st
century.
Most important, SAFE announced a major gathering, a GA Pilot
Training Reform Symposium, for this spring that has the potential
to recraft and retask much of the flight training industry.
Though, one wonders why AOPA did not do all that they could to
embrace and incorporate the SAFE personnel and agenda into the AOPA
events...
Here, in three parts, was the AOPA presentation on the flight
training biz... and while much of it is data we have heard year
after year, we do see a value in reviewing it now in order to see
if additional dialogue might develop toward problem solving for an
industry that seems in significant need of new and renewed
attention to solving problems that have imperiled it for
decades.
Let us know what YOU think...
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