Aviation graduates in demand

Recently I featured a local high school aeronautical class is getting students ready for aviation career now after that story the national aviation academy in Clearwater contacted me. -- we know the careers in aviation are in actual high demand despite the nearly 9% unemployment across the country. So I want to the national aviation academy Clearwater during a career fair to find out just why these jobs are so plentiful.

biggest problem is we have more there's more jobs and we have students -- put into. That's a good problem.

George Nelson is vice president of the national aviation academy Clearwater. At vocational school that trains students in the technical aspects of aircraft we.

Have several programs -- remember power plants. Where they actually get a license and you hear from our -- and aircraft we also have a program that's avionics technology.

Avionics is electronics of planes. Students who goes through these fourteen and 21 months programs aren't I -- the national aviation academy head and 95%. Placement rate of all those who graduated from their programs last year and this year they're on track. Four and 99%. Placement rate. So why all these jobs I asked a representative from air attack aviation and aviation staffing company who is at the career there.

There's a huge influx. It's called the business aviation world government work. Airline cargo industry certainly come back and also manufacturing is just the man has finally having -- man.

He says people are flying more and buying more planes actually more busy now there was the green and alive. Is for brand in the killer is any avionics program he has military aviation experience -- was.

Crew chief Oregon -- long long Apache helicopters. And now wants to going to the airplane died in the private sector as a crew chief like on the flight line troubles --

He has -- top companies and it's likely will take his -- and I suspect.

20s30s to really get hired today.

Now if you actually goes through the fourteen month program would know prior experience. You can start at sixteen dollars an hour in these technical aviation jobs now with a little more experience if you get to the 21 month avionics program. You get started 25 dollars an --