Gain an optimal understanding of the Air Transportation System.

Develop technical competence (the knowledge of the aviation industry and managerial leadership principles and practices), people skills (the capacity to motivate and inspire their employees), conceptual skills (their ability to put things together), judgment (the ability to reach wise decisions) and the ability to "walk the talk".

Students will develop:

• Technical competence (knowledge of the aviation industry and managerial leadership principles and practices)
• People skills (the capacity to motivate and inspire their employees)
• Conceptual skills (the ability to put things together)
• Results (performance track record)
• Purpose (the ability to recruit, select, teach and maintain great people)
• Judgment (the ability to reach wise decisions).
• Character (the integrity to "walk the talk")

• Employees working within the aviation industry who have been promoted to a first-level managerial position
• New or experienced managers coming into aviation from outside the industry

• Overview of the Air Transportation System and Environment
• Critical Roles of The Air Transportation Manager
• Air Transportation Manager as Communicator
• Role and Functions of Airlines and Airports
• Air Transportation Manager as Change Architect
• Role and Functions of Civil Aviation Authority
• Air Transportation Manager as Facilitator
• Introduction to Air Transportation Law
• Introduction to Civil Aviation Security
• Air Transportation Manager as Leader
• Impact of Technology on Air Transportation
• The future on Air transportation Management
• Presentations of Team Action Plans