Myrtle Beach Students Earn Prestigious Honors at International Aerospace Competition
Congratulations to Angel Vasquez and Zack Smith from Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics Team Myrtle Beach, sponsored by Myrtle Air Services, for coming in with the fastest time in the school category for the Barfield Pitot-Static Event at the 2018 Aerospace Maintenance Competition. This event was designed to test the skills of each participating team in their understanding of and ability to troubleshoot an aircraft Pitot-Static system.
In addition to getting the fastest time in the school category, the team has earned the Myrtle Beach Campus a new Barfield Pitot-Static Tester with training, valued at over $11,000.
The Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) is a venue for teams of certificated Aircraft Maintenance Technicians, Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and students enrolled in either FAA, EASA, CASA or equivalently authorized schools as well as personnel of any country’s Armed Forces that are involved in the aircraft maintenance and spacecraft maintenance field. Uncertificated Aircraft Technicians and Aircraft Engineers employed with a MRO/OEM company are also eligible to compete.
“AMC is an opportunity for students to test their combined abilities against those of their peers,” said Peg Skalican, Campus Director of PIA Myrtle Beach. “It’s an exciting competition that’s focused on continuously raising the standards for today’s aviation maintenance professionals to provide safe, airworthy aircraft,” said Skalican.
For more about the AMC: https://www.aerospacemaintenancecompetition.com/
ABOUT PIA’S MYRTLE BEACH CAMPUS
98% of eligible graduates from the Myrtle Beach Campus started working in the aviation industry or in a field utilizing their PIA education for the time period of July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2017. The average PIA graduate salary exceeds $37,797. While PIA cannot guarantee employment, graduates do receive one-on-one and ongoing placement assistance. Recent graduate’s employment includes HAECO America, Piedmont, Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, Mountain Air Cargo, and Myrtle Air Services, Inc. to name some of the employers. PIA’s Myrtle Beach Campus, located at 1038 Shine Avenue Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
ABOUT PITTSBURGH INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS
The school was opened by Glenn Curtiss and Orville Wright in 1927 as Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, and became PIA in 1929. Today, PIA is a non-profit, career-focused family of schools offering programs in Aviation Maintenance and Aviation Electronics.
The instructional staff combine real-world experience with classroom instruction, and a wide range of student and graduate services. PIA’s Career Services team works individually with each student to reach their employment goals. PIA is often the first stop for many employers looking for quality employees. PIA offers an Associate in Specialized Technology Degree at its West Mifflin, PA, location and Diploma programs in Youngstown, OH, Hagerstown, MD, and Myrtle Beach, SC.
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics was recognized among the top schools fighting the nation’s skills gap in a list published in 2017 by Forbes. The Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics lands as the No. 11 Two-Year Trade School in the U.S. and is the top school on the list for technical trades.
Niche rankings place Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics in the #8 position among 619 trade schools in the United States for 2017 and #2 of 23 in Pennsylvania. Niche rankings are based on rigorous analysis of data and reviews. Additionally, in 2017, Zippia placed PIA among the top 10 best U.S. junior colleges for jobs based on a variety of score card data including emphasis on job placement results.
PIA’s campuses in Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Hagerstown and Myrtle Beach have been selected as four of approximately 40 aircraft maintenance schools to partner with Delta Air Lines in an effort to find the schools whose graduates are able to meet or exceed their high expectations. There is open enrollment through the year accompanied with admissions requirements. For more information, call 1-800-444-1440, or visit www.pia.edu.
