Recruiting Future Airline Mechanics

DOT ORG, VOCATIONAL STUDENTS THAT THE LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN NAPLES HAVE A CHANCE FOR HANDS-ON TRAINING. THANKS TO THE SCHOOL'S NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH A PULSE AIRPORT. WGCU REPORTER YOUN-JOO PARK TAKES US OUT TO TH AIRFIELD AND THE HANGARS TO SEE THESE NEW OPPORTUNITIES. >> THE GOAL OF THE STUDENTS TO MAKE FLIGHTS SAFER. THE SENTIMENT. EXCITEMENT. >> IN CLASS WE HAVE IT. IT'S REAL FINE. AND WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF EVERYBODY AND AND CAMARADERIE, WE MOTIVATE EACH OF THE TO DO BETTER YET WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE IN A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR AVIATION MECHANICS AT THE RENTAL WALKER TECHNICAL COLLEGE. >> AND THANKS TO THE COLLEGE'S NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NAPLES AIRPORT AUTHORITY. SOME OTHER TRAINING WILL TAKE PLACE HERE AT THE AIRPORT. THE TIMING IS RIGHT FOR THIS COLLABORATION. ACCORDING TO DIRECTOR OF LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL COLLEGE, JOHN MONDA. FLORIDA'S JUST GOING THROUGH A MAJOR INCREASE IN SERVING THE AVIATION INDUSTRY. WE HAVE A LOT OF PILOTS AND MECHANICS >> WHO ARE RETIRING. SO THERE'S JUST GREAT NOW. A HUGE DEMAND OF AVIATION AIRFRAME APARTMENT MECHANICS. GREAT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THAT LOCAL WORKFORCE. THE NAPLES AIRPORT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. >> CRISPR ZELENSKYY. >> SAYS NAPLES AIRPORT IS OPENING ITS AIR GROUND FACILITIES TO HELP WITH STUDENTS TRAINING. >> 9.11, SECURITY PROTOCOLS ARE ACTUALLY IN AN INHIBITOR TO DATE GAINING ACCESS AND EXPOSURE TO ALL THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES. AVIATION IMPORTS. >> AFTER STUDENTS RECEIVED HANDS-ON TRAINING AT THE COLLEGE FOR 2 AND A HALF YEARS. THEY WILL BE PREPARED TO PASS THE CERTIFICATE AND START THEIR CAREER. STUDENT. EDWIN LOPEZ IS FAMILIAR WITH THE TOOLS. >> THIS USED A RATING OF ITS LIKE IF WE GO IN, SHE LED A WORK FOR THE TEAM TO A DOOR IN A CRASH. IF THIS IS ONE OF OUR MAIN THING WAS TO REBUT IT. >> STUDENT LOGAN COOKE DEMONSTRATES COMPETENCE AND HIS WORK. >> A VOLUSIA NEWS AND TAKING TELL JUST BY LOOKING AT IT DOUBLE AS A A >> INSTRUCTOR. JOHN SWAYZE HAS TRAINED STUDENTS FOR 2 DECADES AND SAYS SUCCESS IS MEASURED, NOT BY ONE PROJECT, BUT BY THE ENTIRE PROCESS. WE CAGE. >> NOT JUST HOW TO TURN RIGHT. WE TEACHERS SAFETY FOR LOSS. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT SAFETY. WE ARE THE VANGUARD, CAN CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT. IT TAXES OUT. TAKES OFF DOZENS WHITE BACKPACK TO UNLOAD AND NOBODY GETS SCRATCHED THING EARLY. >> IT TYPICALLY ENOUGH MEN. WOMEN ARE BEGINNING TO GAIN ENTRY INTO THE AVIATION MECHANICS FIELD STUDENTS. YES, AND YEAR, LOPEZ HERNANDEZ SAYS HER COHORTS ARE WELCOMING. >> PUTTING IN AS A GIRL, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF GET NERVOUS ON HOW YOU BE TREATED AS YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE DIFFERENT. YEAH, AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE MORE GIRLS IN THE FUTURE. I HOPE THAT WE HAVE MORE GIRLS JOINED THE PROTESTS WELL, SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST COME OUT ON APPEAL, THAT IT'S JUST MORE EVEN NOW. >> IN FACT, THE AVIATION MECHANICS INDUSTRY BENEFITS BY THE PRESENTS A FEMALE WORKERS, ACCORDING TO STUDENTS FOR BEING A TESCO >> IN THE THE, U.S. AND THINK MORE IT SMALLER AND TO MAKE A HARD PLACE. >> FOR TODAY, HER SIGHTS ON A CAREER IN AVIATION. MIGHT BE ROOTED IN TAKING ROUTINE WEEKEND FLIGHTS DURING HER TEENAGE YEARS. >> OTHERS TRYING TO AND THEY TAKING. >> ANOTHER STUDENT NEARY FOR IS TRYING TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CALL. >> I GOT INTO THE PROGRAM BECAUSE MY WHEN MY RELATIVES WAS AIRCRAFT MECHANIC. >> AND HE ACTUALLY WORKED HERE AT THE NAPLES AIRPORT FOR A WHILE. >> AND I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY INSPIRED BY HIM. AND YET THE CREAR OF THE STUDENTS MIGHT TURN INTO SOMETHING THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS NEVER DREAMED DEATH. >> SWAYZE PREDICTS THAT HIS STUDENTS WILL BE POISED TO FACE RAPID ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY >> I TELL MY STUDENTS TOO LONG AGO. I COULD SEE IN THEIR COUNTY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE CALLED ON BY THEIR LAWYERS. THE ICE ROCKET SHIP A WORK IN OUTER SPACE. >> AND GIVEN THE PARTNERSHIP OF NAPLES AIRPORT AND THE RENTAL WALKER TECHNICAL COLLEGE, THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT FOR THE STUDENTS FOR WGCU NEWS. I'M YOUN-JOO PARK.