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NBAA’s Professional Development Program (PDP) was developed to prepare business aviation professionals for management roles within business aviation flight departments. The program encourages participation in coursework, recognizes outstanding participants and rewards those seeking careers in business aviation. Anyone who occupies or aspires to a management position in a company involved with business aviation is eligible to participate.
PDP courses teach the skills needed to be an effective manager, which are the same regardless of a person's specialty background. All members of the flight department are good candidates for management training, whether supervisory pilots, maintenance personnel, line service personnel, schedulers, dispatchers or flight attendants.
Established training organizations and educational institutions, known as approved PDP providers, offer courses year-round through a variety of convenient and flexible delivery methods, including on-site seminars, Internet courses and video instruction. NBAA recognizes educational providers by offering courses that meet defined PDP objectives, and individuals receive Association recognition for successfully completing PDP-approved courses.
The offerings listed below represent just a few of the opportunities NBAA makes available for professional development. For more information about the program and upcoming PDP courses, visit NBAA's PDP Course Directory page.
NBAA PDP Course Schedule
- January 21, 2013
- SPDP Course: Aircraft Performance
Meets Objective: FO8
San Antonio, TX - January 21–22, 2013
- SPDP and PDP Course: Aviation Human Factors
Meets Objective: HR9
San Antonio, TX - January 22, 2013
- SPDP and PDP Course: Recordkeeping and Regulatory Compliance
Meets Objective: Ops3
San Antonio, TX - February 14, 2013
- PDP Course: Human Resource Management (HRM) Law and Ethics
Meets Objective: HR8
Austin, TX - March 8, 2013
- PDP Course: Fundamentals of IS-BAO Workshop
Meets Objective: Ops4
San Diego, CA - April 8–9, 2013
- PDP Course: Emergency Response Planning Workshop
Meets Objective: Ops5
Montreal, Canada - May 3, 2013
- PDP Course: Technical Operations Manual Workshop
Meets Objective: T8
Fort Worth, TX - June 17–18, 2013
- PDP Course: Flight Operations Manual Workshop – Employing the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO)
Meets Objective: Ops1 and Ops4
Washington, DC - June 19–20, 2013
- PDP Course: Management Fundamentals for Flight Departments Workshop
Meets Objective: L2 and L3
Washington, DC - October 20, 2013
- PDP Course: Capitalize on Human Resources
Meets Objective: HR4
Las Vegas, NV - October 20–21, 2013
- PDP Course: Emergency Response and Family Assistance Planning for Business Aviation
Meets Objective: Ops5
Las Vegas, NV - October 20–21, 2013
- PDP Course: Human Factors in Corporate Aviation
Meets Objective: HR9
Las Vegas, NV - October 20–21, 2013
- PDP Course: Management Fundamentals for Flight Departments Workshop
Meets Objective: L2 and L3
Las Vegas, NV - October 21, 2013
- PDP Course: Enhancing Productivity through Business Aviation
Meets Objective: BM1
Las Vegas, NV - October 25–26, 2013
- PDP Course: Flight Operations Manual Workshop – Employing the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO)
Meets Objective: Ops1 and Ops4
Las Vegas, NV
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