Westchester Aviation Career Fair
There is a justifiable argument to be made that waiting until students are in college to expose them to a career option is too late.

There is a justifiable argument to be made that waiting until students are in college to expose them to a career option is too late. Jeff Lee, director of flight operations for IBM in White Plains, N.Y., agrees.

“We see definite shortages of personnel in the industry, and it’s going to get worse. We need to attract people into the industry and the earlier the better. Even high school might be a little late, because many are already committed to a career. We decided middle school was appropriate,” he told AIN. So Lee and 190 other volunteers and exhibitors put together the two-day Westchester Aviation Career Fair last September. It was held at Westchester County Airport (HPN).

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