My Day: Flights to Success
About four years ago, I attended a flight school for four(4)years old at Love Field Airport sponsored by the Frontiers of Flight Museum. Inez Clark (my “Aviation Mom”, invited me). A year earlier I stood in awe as her then 16 year old son, Nathan, landed a single engine, open cockpit plane on the runway at Dallas Executive Airport. This is my fifth article on aviation. I received so many calls on the “10 Year Old Pilots”. Back to these four(4)year olds, I was most intrigued at the enthusiasm of these babies sitting in toy airplanes with cartoon computers on board. Parents and grandparents were standing around with glee and promise in their eyes. The class and waiting list was full. The instructors were amazing.
Now in its third year at Dallas Executive Airport, loads of gratitude goes to numerous people in the community that carved out a portion of this program for a fit at Dallas Executive Airport for children in the Southern Sector. My hat is off to Dr. T. L. Brown, Senior Pastor, New Mount Zion for being the first to get flatfootedly on deck with children, no questions asked, deacon board and buses. Dwaine Caraway sent over pallets of water. Adam Medrano had food delivered. No questions asked. Just ready-to-go. Now, the corporate community is leading the way with such brands as NBC and The Burrell Group, Martin Burrell, Principal. Dallas is an awesome place to live. Love this town!!
America has been the leader in aviation since the Wright Brothers. Whatever quotes we can use of jobs going overseas and down below, that statistic does not apply to aviation. Boeing Aircraft, Chicago and Seattle based, remains the largest global aircraft in the world. Boeing remains the world’s largest defense contractor in the world. Their latest prediction for pilots needed in the industry has risen from 400,000 to 533,000 through the year 2033. Essentially, that is a mandate for 27,000 new pilots each year to 2033, a label of 533,000 pilots. Keep in mind this figure does not include ground crew, mechanics. (Note: It takes eight(8)people to get an airplane in the air.)
Boeing, singlehandedly, dominates the STEM studies. (STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Math).
Which means, all American children should be excelling in these subjects, especially math, at any and all cost. Combine these subjects with all “A’s” and three fluent languages, and you have a child that will be marketable in the 21st Century, a respectable lifetime salary.
There is still time to get your young one engaged. There are vacancies for the August classes. Get the information. Call Inez Clark for all the details, i.e., 214.942.7372. Children are our greatest asset.
Ester Davis
www.esterday.com
