{"id":181419,"date":"2023-08-04T18:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T04:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=181419"},"modified":"2023-08-23T10:28:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:28:39","slug":"hawaiian-airlines-honolulu-cc-aero-more-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/04\/hawaiian-airlines-honolulu-cc-aero-more-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> aviation maintenance technician program producing more workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_92093\"  width=\"620\" height=\"465\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nXZXH8uBESE?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu CC aviation maintenance technician program producing more workers\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianairlines.com\/\">Hawaiian Airlines<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/\">Honolulu Community College<\/a> are celebrating the success of their partnership to graduate more local students as aviation maintenance technicians.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, Hawaiian Airlines hired eight students who graduated from Honolulu <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Aeronautics Maintenance Technology Program, or AERO, on top of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/05\/hawaiian-air-honolulu-cc-partnership-aviation-mechanics\/\">the 36 the airline had already hired since 2016<\/a>. Last fall, two of Hawaiian Airlines\u2019 aviation maintenance technicians began teaching classes at Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> to help boost enrollment at the campus and meet growing demand for the jobs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/honolulu-aero-hawaiian-air-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Two people sitting in a training control console\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-181423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/honolulu-aero-hawaiian-air-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/honolulu-aero-hawaiian-air-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/honolulu-aero-hawaiian-air-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It\u2019s very rewarding to see our students find living wage jobs in their field immediately after graduating from our program,&rdquo; said Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Chancellor Karen Lee. &ldquo;We appreciate Hawaiian\u2019s interest and strong investment in our aviation maintenance technician program, and we look forward to growing our partnership.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Under the two-year program, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> students graduate prepared with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to obtain the <abbr>FAA<\/abbr> Airframe and Power Plant Maintenance certification and pursue high-paying aviation jobs. It is estimated that 610,000 aviation maintenance technicians will be needed over the next two decades to support growth in the global aviation industry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the hometown airline, it is invaluable for us to have access to students who are graduating from Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> with the skills we are looking for and the desire to begin an exciting career here in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>,&rdquo; said Jim Landers, senior vice president for technical operations at Hawaiian Airlines. &ldquo;We are adding a new fleet of aircraft starting next year and we will be looking for many more aviation maintenance technicians to join our \u2018ohana and support our company\u2019s growth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&#8217;s a hidden gem for sure. It takes a lot of hard work,&rdquo; said Hawaiian Airlines Aviation Maintenance Technician Joshua Awai, who graduated from Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s AERO program in May. &ldquo;It definitely pays off, because you can go into a big industry like Hawaiian Airlines.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> said demand for its AERO program remains strong, with three cohorts of 25 students preparing to begin classes in the coming school year, and a waiting list of more than 100 prospective students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181421\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/honolulu-aero-hawaiian-air-1.jpg\" alt=\"Three people sitting in a training control console\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/honolulu-aero-hawaiian-air-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/honolulu-aero-hawaiian-air-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/honolulu-aero-hawaiian-air-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hawaiian Airlines instructor Don Garabedian and recent Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> graduates Hunter Kaleopaa and Joshua Awai on a 717 virtual position trainer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaiian Airlines hired eight more Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Aeronautics Maintenance Technology Program graduates over the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[876,62,71,56],"class_list":["post-181419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-aeronautical-maintenance","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181419"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181514,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181419\/revisions\/181514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}