Alaska Airlines executives visited Bethel recently and gave $15,000 to Yuut Yaqungviat Flight School to help local residents get aviation licenses.
To read about an emergency landing that turned out fine thanks to a former Yuut Yaqungviat flight instructor, click here.
Yuut Yaqungviat Flight School was Founded in 2000 and has a high placement rate for students who complete the two-year private pilot certificate program, said John Amik, co-director of the school, in a press release put out by Alaska Airlines today. Of 25 students who finished the program, 16 are actively working as pilots for Yute Air, Grant Aviation, Frontier Alaska, Hageland Aviation and other airlines, he said in the release.
The flight school also recently received state grants enabling it to start an airframe and power plant training program. Amik said that there as much demand for aviation mechanics in Alaska as there is for pilots.
To read the release, click here.