West Michigan Aviation Academy provides high-quality academic education with specialized aviation training to address the pilot shortage in North America.
The average American annual salary is under $60,000, whereas the average annual salary of pilots is over $188,000 — $128,000 higher. Yet according to the Oliver Wyman consulting firm, there were 14,300 unfilled pilot positions among airlines in North America as of last fall. These positions do not require a college degree but instead specialized training, and the training need not wait until students complete high school. At West Michigan Aviation Academy adjacent to Gerald R.
Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, students receive a high-quality academic education with specialized training in aviation, along with science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and robotics. As a tuition-free public charter school, the school is open to any student in the state and serves 620 students each year — from various demographics and backgrounds — spanning grades nine through 12. Some students travel more than an hour each way to receive this world-class high school educatio
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