Career Days
SIUC Aviation Career Days are programs designed to give future aviation students a first-hand look at both the aviation industry and at SIUC Aviation. Most career days include a free flight to the SIUC campus from either Chicago or St Louis as well as an up-close view of what a career in aviation might look like.
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United Airlines Aviation Career Day
An all day event, the United Airlines-SIUC Aviation Career Day is designed for high school and community college students in the Chicago area who are interested in Aviation. The event begins at 6 A.M. with check-in at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago for a flight to Southern Illinois Airport at Carbondale-Murphysboro, Illinois. The selected students will be flown to Carbondale to tour SIUC's aviation facilities, the main SIUC campus, the SIUC Student Center, and Recreation Center. Students will be flown back to Chicago by around 5:30 P.M. the same day.
American Airlines Aviation Career Day
An all day event typically held in October. The American Airlines-SIUC Aviation Career Day is designed for high school students in the Chicago area who are interested in Aviation. The event begins at 6 A.M. with check-in at OHare International Airport in Chicago for a flight to Southern Illinois Airport at Carbondale-Murphysboro, Illinois. The selected students will be flown to Carbondale to tour SIUC's aviation facilities, the main SIUC campus and, if time is available, the dormitories and the SIUC Student Center. Students will be flown back to Chicago by around 5 P.M. the same day.
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Corporate/General Aviation Career Day
General Aviation (GA) is all flying in the USA other than that done by the airlines or the military. GA includes corporate aviation. There are approximately 200,000 GA aircraft in the USA and about 330,000 GA jobs. The career day will be held in the afternoon after the regular SIU summer Open House and will include tours of the extensive SIUC Aviation training facilities, briefings by pilots and mechanics currently working in corporate and general aviation, as well as tours of corporate and general aviation aircraft being flown in just for this day. Participants can attend the SIU Open House in the morning, come to the airport for a complimentary lunch in the main terminal, and stay for the afternoon event at the SIU Airport Campus!
A free T-Shirt to the first 75 student participants to sign up and attend the aviation portion of the day. In addition, students will be able to go on a free “Introductory Flight” in an SIUC Aviation Flight aircraft.
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