Lockheed Martin recently graduated 46 Flight Service Specialists from its Flight Service Academy in Prescott Valley, Ariz. The class includes U.S. Air Force veteran John Lockheed, great grandson of company founder Allan Loughead. Together with the group, Lockheed will have experienced 10 weeks of academic classes that present “pre-requisite core knowledge, including meteorology and basic navigation.” The classes and graduation will be followed by deployment — the students will be sent to actual Flight Service Stations to receive on-the-job training with an end goal of certification as Lockheed-employed Flight Service Specialists. Presumably the move brings Lockheed Martin closer to its own stated goal for FSS. “Dramatically improving the speed of information transfer to pilots, Lockheed Martin will serve the flying community with a revitalized system consisting of three new hubs and 17 refurbished automated Flight Service Stations.”
FSS: Lockheed’s Graduating Class
Key Takeaways:
- Lockheed Martin recently graduated 46 Flight Service Specialists, including John Lockheed (great-grandson of the founder), from its Flight Service Academy.
- The 10-week program covered core knowledge like meteorology and basic navigation, followed by on-the-job training at Flight Service Stations for certification.
- This initiative supports Lockheed Martin's goal to dramatically improve information transfer speed to pilots via a revitalized system of new hubs and refurbished Flight Service Stations.
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