• Brad McDonald founded the Federal Aerospace Institute in response to the need for aircraft maintenance technicians.
    Brad McDonald founded the Federal Aerospace Institute in response to the need for aircraft maintenance technicians.
  • Toledo Public Schools science teacher Mandy Mager is in FAI’s first class. “I heard the radio ads for FAI and was prompted to check it out.”
    Toledo Public Schools science teacher Mandy Mager is in FAI’s first class. “I heard the radio ads for FAI and was prompted to check it out.”
  • FAI graduates will be qualified to work for commercial airlines, charter services, freight operations (such as UPS, FedEx, Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service), aircraft manufacturers, medical helicopters, corporate aviation, repair stations and flight schools.
    FAI graduates will be qualified to work for commercial airlines, charter services, freight operations (such as UPS, FedEx, Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service), aircraft manufacturers, medical helicopters, corporate aviation, repair stations and flight schools.
    When Brad McDonald taught for Toledo Public Schools’ aircraft technician program, companies often sent human resource teams to hire graduates on the spot. “There’s a desperate need for people with airframe and powerplant certification,” he said. “Boeing and Airbus have nearly 100,000 new jet airliners on order to be built by 2023. Right now, about 30 percent of the airframe ...

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