MONEY! Fantastic wages for A&Ps!
	A Variety of Work and Career Paths!
	Portability of Skills!
	A Growing Industry!
	Career Growth!
	Great Benefits!

Money: Airframe and Powerplant Technicians enjoy some of the highest wages in the aviation industry.
	Starting wages for Airframe & Powerplant Mechanics fresh out of school is typically $30-$36,000 per year with great earnings growth with 1-2 years of experience!
Variety: Maintain Corporate jets for some of the largest companies in the U.S.! OR...
	Work on turbine helicopters serving oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico for the oil industry!
	Travel the world as a field service representative for turbine engine manufacturers
	Join the team of thousands of professional Aviation Technicians that keep fleets of airliners safe and fit to fly for major, national or regional airlines!
	Specialize in jet engines, aircraft structures, systems or become an avionics (aircraft electronics) technician for communications and navigation systems!

Portability of Skills: National Aviation Academy graduates work for companies all over the United States and the world, in Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East and more!

As a professional Aircraft Technician, your skills are needed anywhere in the world that aircraft are flown!

Industry Growth: Airline travel is forecast to grow at an increasing rate every year!

	History has shown that air miles traveled have increased every year since the Wright Brothers took off the first time in 1903 at Kitty Hawk!
	In just the U.S. alone, there is an average of 26,000 commercial flights every day! And airplanes do not fly without maintenance! All aircraft used commercially are under an intense and constant cycle of inspection and maintenance!

Career Growth: NAA graduates enjoy great starting wages and go up from there!

Just as the demand continues to grow for experienced Aviation Technicians, demand also grows for those who wish to enter management in thousands of companies nationwide!

Great benefits: Hundreds of companies offer fantastic benefit packages including holidays, vacations, health insurance and retirement plans for you! AND

	Airline employees enjoy the benefit of free or nearly free flight! These flight benefits typically extend to the employee's spouse, children and parents as well!
	Travel the world and see places you've always dreamed of!

All of these aviation career paths and benefits plus many more can begin for you with the world class Airframe and Powerplant training you receive at National Aviation Academy! World Leader in Aviation Maintenance Training since 1969

More than 17,300 new passenger and freight aircraft with a value of US$1.9 trillion will be required by aircraft operators between 2004 and 2023, according to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast. Airbus forecasts that 16,600 new passenger aircraft of more than 100 seats will be needed in the coming 20-year period, creating an average delivery of 830 passenger aircraft per year. This requirement results from a three-fold growth in passenger traffic, or an average annual traffic growth in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) of 5.3 percent, and the replacement of 9,200 less fuel-efficient passenger aircraft through to 2023. Air freight is forecast to grow even faster, with freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) increasing annually by 5.9 percent over the same period, generating the need for more than 700 new and 2,400 converted freighters. Overall this period includes the strongest traffic-growth recovery seen since 1980 and highlights the resilience of the industry to the effects of recent world events.To accommodate this three-fold growth in passenger traffic, the number of flights offered on passenger routes and the number of passenger aircraft in service will more than double in twenty years, accompanied by the use of larger aircraft. Airbus therefore forecasts that the average number of seats per passenger aircraft will increase by 20 percent from 181 to 215 over this period. Demand for air travel will result in the expansion of international traffic through the development of new routes as well as through consolidation of the major hubs. The bulk of the traffic growth will be driven by the concentration of population, wealth and industrial activities as well as the desire for low fares. Portions Copyright (c) 1999-2005 by Aero-News Network, Inc. All rights reserved.