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That Aha Moment
By Walker Jaroch,
Editor
I've just returned from my first day at
EAA AirVenture as I pen this. Out of all
the events I attend for AMT, AirVenture
is probably the best at showcasing the
unique appeal and excitement aviation
offers, with a crowd of industry professionals,
aviation enthusiasts and the
larger aircraft-curious general public
all coming together to celebrate. It's all
great fun.
This year, AirVenture comes off the back of the work we've been doing here at
AMT for our 40 Under 40 awards. You'll have no doubt noticed this year's winners
gracing the issue's cover. Like Oshkosh's annual event, our annual award shines
light on aspects and areas of the industry perhaps otherwise out of the general
public's mind. For me personally, it's a chance to pick the brain of some of the
industry's rising stars and not only learn their story, but how they're engaging
with and viewing the industry.
One of the through lines that kept showing up in conversations with this year's
Top 40 class was the concern many in the industry have for the future - finding
the talent to replace the retiring generation of maintenance professionals and
how to salvage the knowledge they have before they're gone.
The winners this year had a new take on how to attract that talent. They didn't
think there needed to be a greater push towards STEM subjects or trades, most
of our winners were always mechanically and scientifically minded people, but
what they needed was to know how to get into aviation. They said things like
they obviously knew somewhere in the back of their mind growing up that people
took care of aircraft, but never thought it could be them until they discovered
one way or another that it could be them.
The overwhelming consensus was we need to show people aviation is possible
for them. Some of our winners are taking that into their own hands, returning to
their schools to share what they do or running social media accounts to showcase
their work. They are doing what they can to show that anyone can do what they do.
As a movie buff, it reminded me of the epiphany that I had as kid. The directors,
actors and writers that I idolized were just regular people. Their jobs might
appear impossible for regular folks like me, but there's no mythical gatekeeper
letting some people in over others. They just picked up a camera or maybe a
clapboard or just started typing one day and kept going until they got to be
where they wanted to be.
And so I wondered, as I walked around AirVenture, how many people, young
and old, in the crowd just needed to have a similar aha moment. How many kids
watching the airshows that day knew they could be part of them in the future?
There's nothing stopping them from flying or fixing aircraft; they just need to
know that they can.
Volume 34, No. 4, July/August 2023
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