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This newsletter will bring you up to date regarding recent and upcoming events in the month of May and June, 2022. Click on the video to see May's culminating event.
A new class started on 9-11, and graduated in May 2022
As the nation solemnly remembered the deadly attacks of September 11, 2001 , high school students from Chaffey Joint Union High School District and Fontana Unified School District in California, were being prepared to combat the latest threat to national security - cyber attacks, aviation, space exploration and robotics. (Credit: Ian Foxx). 
Captain Daniels citeing statistics about the career prospects for aviation. “Over the next 17 years, worldwide shortages include 804,000 airline pilots, 914,000 flight attendants, 769,000 aircraft mechanics and over two million engineers,” said Daniels. “These are career paths that can earn you six figures for forty years. There aren’t a lot of jobs out there that pay six figures for one year, let alone forty.”
L- R: Bruce Atlas, COO, Ontario International Airport; Robert Barboza, CEO, Barboza Space Center; Captain Willie L. Daniels, III, founder, Shades of Blue Aviation; Robert Sausedo, president, Community Build, Inc. (Credit: Ian Foxx)
PRESENTING THE EVENT
FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
Brian Jackson has led the pilots of United Airlines as LAX base Chief Pilot since 2020. The crew members of the operation carry passengers around the globe serving locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and Latin America. He also oversees the local base operations and strategy for Flight Operations.

Joining United Airlines in 2005, Brian earned his aviation experience following graduation from college. While at United, Capt. Jackson has served in multiple roles to include Line Check Airman, B737 Instructor, Assistant Chief Pilot (ORD), Flight Operations Duty Manager (FODM), and Sr. Manager of Current and Contingency. Emergency Flight Operations. Brian is a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and volunteers in his spare time providing aerospace opportunities to aspiring aviators through the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP).
Brian holds a master’s degree in aviation management from Lynn University and a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Central Florida.

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