Whats Next For General Aviation Security?
Via competitive proposals in 2005, a $750,000 grant was awarded to Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) in Pewaukee, Wis. WCTC has a department dedicated to homeland security and is staffed by educators with extensive backgrounds in law enforcement and emergency response. WCTC proposed the development of a model which could be used to determine the training needs that address the diversity of general aviation aircraft and airports along with a methodology for implementing the training that considered the industry’s limitations in time and resources. Recently, representatives from WCTC, along with the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), presented an overview of the program which they expect to be approved by DHS sometime in August 2007 and available to the general aviation community in September 2007.
