PITTSBURGH —- Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics will host a multi-city conversation on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 11 a.m. at its main campus in Pittsburgh located at 5 Allegheny County Airport, West Mifflin, PA as well as in Myrtle Beach, Youngstown and Hagerstown. From Katie Folmar, who’s career path from PIA has her consumed into NASA’s Space Launch System, the multibillion-dollar launcher expected to lead humans to back to the moon and beyond - to Chris Hoffman  whose PIA path now includes performing the tasks of a launch engineer at Stealth, by way of SpaceX - connect with PIA graduates and representatives, and employers to discuss unexpected, out of this world career paths.  

“August 3^rd gives both PIA and a variety of employers the opportunity to deliver critical information about career demand to potential students,” said Suzanne Markle, president and CEO of the non-profit PIA. “That we continue to host events at each of our campuses with such enthusiastic support from the employment community is a strong indicator of sustained career demand. We look forward to the opportunity to serve new students and prepare them with the entry-level mechanic skills we know our employers require.” 

PIA administration and attending employers will also be available to discuss issues trending in aviation maintenance career education, such as overcoming stigma for girls in trade careers, the merit of employer partnerships in training qualified workforce and recent comparisons benchmarking the salaries of graduates of traditional colleges and universities and the trades - revealing PIA’s ranking in the top three in Southwestern Pennsylvania and among the top 20 of all colleges and universities in the state.  Other financial experts have also noticed PIA’s impressive return on investment for its graduates, with Forbes ranking PIA the #1 two-year trade school in the entire U.S.