A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate last week would provide $5 million each year from 2019 through 2023 to expand programs and apprenticeships that would train workers for careers in aviation maintenance. "Our aviation industry needs skilled workers, and the aviation-maintenance industry provides high-paying, high-skilled jobs across the country,"said Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., one of the sponsors of the bill. Seventeen aviation advocacy groups signed a letter in support of the bill, including AOPA, GAMA and NATA."An analysis by Boeing suggests that 118,000 new technicians will be needed in North America over the next two decades," the letter states. "The consulting firm Oliver Wyman has forecast that demand for aviation maintenance technicians will outstrip supply by 2022."
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/ownership/ga-advocates-support-ap-training-bill