About David A. NewMyer Expertise Can advise people thinking about beginning and aviation career and espcially those thinking about an aviation university program. Can also help with aviation scholarship questions. I am particularly strong in questions related to starting a flight career, choosing a university flight or aviation management program, aviation internships and aviation scholarships. Also, I can assist with questions about airport management and planning careers and oveall aviation industry employment questions.
Experience
Past/Present Clients Prepared In addition to aviation education, I work at a major university, I have worked as an airport planner preparing airport system plans, airport master plan and environmental assessment reports for the Chicago area in general and for several
individual Illinois airports.
Question Hi,
I have done my graduation from Banglore under Biotechnology.After completing my graduation i switched over to aviation sector and currently i am working as an In-Flight Executive in one of the renowned airline.
It has been almost 8yrs working in this sector but now i want to do MBA simultaneously.I am worried whether it would help me or not.
Kindly help me out as I'm quite confused with my decision.
Awaiting for your reply.
Regards,
INSHA Javed
Answer Hi, Insha:
It is nice to hear from you--I will try to assist you with your question.
First of all, additional education is almost always a very good idea in terms of advancing your career options. The additional education can not only help you with your existing position, but, it can also help you begin to understand what you might be capable of in terms of advancement or change to another position (either in the same company or at a different aviation company).
Second, I would think that you should go to the human resources or employment portion of the company that you currently work for to find out what positions in the company either require applicants to have (or favor applicants who have) an MBA. This information should begin to tell you if the MBA degree will be of benefit to you within the company where you now work. Also, ask your company whether or not they will SUPPORT YOU (either with time off or financially or both) to pursue your MBA. Some companies will do this with certain employees who apply for degree completion programs within the company. Also, your supervisor may have this information for you, depending on whether or not you want to work with your supervisor on this sort of program.
Third, I would also check with other airline companies to see how they value an MBA in their hiring.....especially when the MBA is combined with 8 years of experience in the airline industry.
Fourth, you will need to investigate your educational options for an MBA--find out if there is an MBA program out there that fits your schedule AND is a program with a good reputation in the aviation industry or just with industry in general.
I wish you the very best in your work toward an advanced degree! Good luck!
Sincerely,
David A. NewMyer, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Aviation Management and Flight
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
