Less than one year after the first AOPA Flight Training Summit, the AOPA Flight Training Student Retention Initiative presented its findings at a gathering of nearly 100 participants in Hartford, Conn., prior to AOPA Aviation Summit. According to a report at AOPA.org, AOPA Director of Flight Training Initiatives Jennifer Storm has spearheaded the initiative. She and her team canvased the country in the past 10 months, conducting meetings in six different cities. The information and input from the hundreds of attendees at these meetings have resulted in several key initiatives, most notably including flight training scholarships, the relaunch of the Flight School Business newsletter, and the development of “My Flight Training,” a personalized online student support system       Continue Reading »

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