Brian Neff, assistant dean of flight and operations at Ƶ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, was recently featured on Spectrum News 1 Ohio with a Ƶ Ƶ aeronautics student to shed light on the national pilot shortage and explain what Ƶ Ƶ is doing to help fix this shortage.
Specifically, Neff detailed the potential outlook student pilots will have moving forward in their industry.
“There will be a huge demand for pilots over the next 15 to 20 years,” Neff told Spectrum News 1 Ohio.
Brett Bodensteiner, a senior aeronautics student, also was featured to talk about his experience in Ƶ Ƶ’s new collaboration with Allegiant Air, which provides student pilots with an Allegiant mentor and a conditional job offer.
The program is meant to address the pilot shortage and give aeronautics students a clear path to a job.
“If I can have kind of that defined path and something that I know once I accomplish these goals that’s going to be waiting for me at the end, that’s a huge advantage for me,” Bodensteiner told Spectrum News 1 Ohio.