General Aviation
Kayla Franks
Air Transportation Management
General aviation is considered one of the three main segments of the aviation market. The other two being, commercial aviation and military aviation. General aviation operations is anything other than military and common carriage. Without general aviation, the aviation industry would suffer in countless ways, possibly even collapse. General aviation includes, literally, every other civilian job except for the few related to the airline sector. What I consider the most important ones are aerial firefighting, flight instructing, pipeline/patrol, corporate, bush piloting, agricultural, and test piloting, Flight instructing is one of the most important jobs that there is in the aviation industry. It is where pilots obtain the proper skills necessary to be safe and adequate, which is why I feel that the job is nigh likely the most underrated and underpaid job in the aviation industry. Without this job, all pilots would have to come from the military, which would cause a severe shortage of pilots across the country. Pipeline/patrol requires pilots to fly aircraft at very low altitudes over varying terrain to observe pipelines and check for any problems or vandalism within the lines. Another type of this job is for pilots to patrol the U.S. borders in search of illegal activities. Without either of these general aviation jobs, more resources and man hours would be required to check oil pipelines and secure our boarders. Corporate flying involves pilots flying for private companies and corporations. They tend to fly the executives on business trips and any other business related activity. Many businesses require a privately owned aircraft to operate and expand. Bush pilots are extremely well-trained and proficient pilots that fly in all types of weather from gorgeous, sunny days to blizzards that can cause whiteouts within seconds. They deliver precious cargo and people to remote places that are
Air Transportation Management
General aviation is considered one of the three main segments of the aviation market. The other two being, commercial aviation and military aviation. General aviation operations is anything other than military and common carriage. Without general aviation, the aviation industry would suffer in countless ways, possibly even collapse. General aviation includes, literally, every other civilian job except for the few related to the airline sector. What I consider the most important ones are aerial firefighting, flight instructing, pipeline/patrol, corporate, bush piloting, agricultural, and test piloting, Flight instructing is one of the most important jobs that there is in the aviation industry. It is where pilots obtain the proper skills necessary to be safe and adequate, which is why I feel that the job is nigh likely the most underrated and underpaid job in the aviation industry. Without this job, all pilots would have to come from the military, which would cause a severe shortage of pilots across the country. Pipeline/patrol requires pilots to fly aircraft at very low altitudes over varying terrain to observe pipelines and check for any problems or vandalism within the lines. Another type of this job is for pilots to patrol the U.S. borders in search of illegal activities. Without either of these general aviation jobs, more resources and man hours would be required to check oil pipelines and secure our boarders. Corporate flying involves pilots flying for private companies and corporations. They tend to fly the executives on business trips and any other business related activity. Many businesses require a privately owned aircraft to operate and expand. Bush pilots are extremely well-trained and proficient pilots that fly in all types of weather from gorgeous, sunny days to blizzards that can cause whiteouts within seconds. They deliver precious cargo and people to remote places that are
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