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Chicago Nonprofit Developing Youth MRO Workforce Pipeline

Lindsay Bjerregaard April 02, 2019
Credit: AeroStar
Chicago-based youth aviation education nonprofit AeroStar Avion Institute has announced a partnership with AAR and Olive-Harvey College to provide pathways to aviation maintenance careers for students from underserved communities. Under the partnership, AeroStar program alumni—now in the 18-25 age...
Lindsay Bjerregaard

Lindsay Bjerregaard is managing editor for Aviation Week’s MRO portfolio. Her coverage focuses on MRO technology, workforce, and product and service news for MRO Digest, Inside MRO and Aviation Week Marketplace.

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