Training and Workforce
WACS Awards $53k to Women for Aviation Career Training
Event has awarded $215,700 to women since 2018
WACS Team (L to R): Emily Cemazar, Mary Poirier, Helen Hagg, Pam Catlin
WACS Team (L to R): Emily Cemazar, Mary Poirier, Helen Hagg, Pam Catlin © Image courtesy WACS

The Women’s Aviation Career Symposium awarded more than $53,000 in scholarships to women pursuing maintenance and flight training at its eighth annual conference last Friday, bringing the event’s total scholarship awards to more than $215,000 since 2018.

The conference awarded $53,700 to the recipients at Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation in Battle Creek, Michigan. FlightSafety International awarded a corporate cabin attendant scholarship and a Bombardier Learjet 40/45 maintenance initial training scholarship.