LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HOSTS 62 STUDENTS AT ANNUAL JOB SHADOW DAY EVENT
(Los Angeles, California – February 23, 2012) Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) hosted its annual Job Shadow Day on Thursday, February 23, a day dedicated to giving young people real-life “job shadowing” experiences in aviation at a major airport.
Job shadowing provides students the opportunity to “work” side-by-side with a workplace mentor as they go through a normal day on the job. It provides an up-close look at how the skills learned in school are put into action in the workplace.
Students from Orville Wright Aerospace Magnet Middle School and the Albert Monroe Middle School Honor Society attended with students from Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets High School. Orville Wright and Westchester offer aviation and aerospace magnet curriculums and are part of the airport’s Adopt A School Program.
This year, students participated in job shadow experiences in the fields of Airfield Operations, Aviation Services, Cargo Aviation, Aviation Law Enforcement, Accounting and Business Administration, Engineering, Environmental Management, and Information Technology.
In addition, students also experienced flight simulator training; demonstrations and Q&A sessions with Airport Operations personnel, Firefighters, Police K-9 patrols and motorcycle officers and Information Technology professionals.
In addition to Los Angeles World Airports, United Airlines, Landmark Aviation, AeroUnion Cargo, and the Los Angeles Fire Department participated in the event,
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering more than 600 daily flights to 91 domestic cities and more than 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 56 cities in 32 countries on nearly 75 air carriers. It ranks 13th in the world in air cargo tonnage processed. In 2011 (the latest full-year statistics available), LAX served more than 61 million passengers, processed over 1.8 million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $80 billion, and handled 603,912 aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs). LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.
