Corporate Aviation

When comparing careers available for current and future aviation workers in corporate aviation and at an airline you might find that jobs are very similar but may be on a smaller scale. In corporate aviation an employee is dealing directly with fellow co-workers vs. an airline where they are dealing with other co-workers and the direct public. In the corporate world someone that is going into Aviation Management may be able to find a job in some of the following categories: Aircraft sales, Consultant, Charter sales, Administration, and Marketing. Careers available within the airline industry may include the following: Business Consultant, International business consultant, Business analyst, and Marketing. As you can see jobs are very similar but are on different scales. 

Corporate aviation departments do have the ability to save a business money. In the world of business "Time is Money" meaning if you have a sales meeting to get to from Detroit, MI to San Diego, CA and flights with a major airline are booked and the sales representatives cannot leave until 5pm versus the desired time of 9am to make a meeting they ultimately will miss the meeting. If the business has an aviation department one could quickly jump on an aircraft and fly directly to the meeting with no stops in between (unless refueling is necessary). This allows the company to make the critical sale or whatever the situation may be. The initial cost may be higher to obviously purchase a aircraft that will accommodate your employees and future clients. As stated before if a flight is not available to make a sale for your company this could lose the company millions of dollars which in turn could have paid for the aircraft. 

Back in 2008 General Motors had an aviation department and with the bail out of the automotive industry they were being ridiculed for having such an "expense". People within the Government and citizens of the United States believed that if they were not able to keep "their doors open" that this should be one expense that needed to be eliminated. However, back in 2010 GM reinstated their aviation department for corporate flying. GM keeps their fleet of aircraft at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW). They had a fleet of seven aircraft including a high end Gulfstream. Currently GM has several openings in their aviation department for engineers. For the positions available they all require 5+ years of experience and a Masters
Degree. 

Works Cited

Business Aviation Jobs. (n.d.). Retrieved February 19, 2015, from http://jobs.nbaa.org/c/search_results.cfm?                     vnet=0&site_id=8102&str=26

General Motors CFD Jobs. (n.d.). Retrieved February 19, 2015, from http://www.linkup.com/b/cfd-jobs-at-                        General-Motors.html?page=1