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In search of greener pastures
Gone are the days of obsession with the conventional graduation courses. With no decent opportunities available, especially engineering graduates, the job aspirants were having a tough time as their high hopes getting dashed. Learning from the past experiences, most of the parents are encouraging their wards to explore greener pastures in aviation, tourism and hospitality management sectors.
Visakhapatnam: Gone are the days of obsession with the conventional graduation courses. With no decent opportunities available, especially engineering graduates, the job aspirants were having a tough time as their high hopes getting dashed.Learning from the past experiences, most of the parents are encouraging their wards to explore greener pastures in aviation, tourism and hospitality management sectors.
Highlights:
- Youth are exploring new jobs in aviation, tourism and hospitality
- Opportunities are dwindling for those who opt for traditional courses
- Parents, too, are encouraging their wards to explore new avenues
This comes at a time when the country is expected to become the third largest aviation market by 2020 and eyeing to become the largest by 2030, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Foreseeing greater career mobility, some youth of Vizag chose an offbeat professional path as their parents have been a pillar of strength for them. To list out a few, 17-year-old lasses from the city’s premiere aviation institute Flying Cats have been shortlisted for Air Asia final round of interview. Interestingly, all these six teenagers are yet to cross 18 years to join the aviation firm, if they get hired.
“Students from our academy go out with flying colours as many of them got placed in Spice Jet, Indigo, Sri Lanka Airlines, Badra International Airport, Novotel, Gateway and Grand Bay,” shared Prem Pradeep Mortha, Flying Cats director.
Speaking to The Hans India, Air Travellers’ Association president D Varada Reddy, said: “In the case of country, more numbers of international airport projects are in pipeline as well as in the state too, every city and town is set to witness a domestic airport. So, there is a huge need for workforce.”
If one puts the recent development into context, Vizag airport during April to November 2016 witnessed more than 15 lakh air passenger traffic, registering a growth of nearly 37.5 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
According to sources, the city’s officials are expecting that the airport is likely to touch 20 lakh passenger footfalls this year.
“It is the need of the hour to train more personnel to cater to the needs of aviation, tourism and hotel industries. In the last 10 to 15 years, there has been a tremendous growth in these sectors. Besides air travel cost, too, came down sharply, giving a fair chance for more passengers to opt for flights,” pointed out GSN Raju, Centurion University Vice-Chancellor.
Heaping praises on Flying Cats for imparting best training to youth, both Varada Reddy and Raju exhorted the city’s aviation institute to reach out to more number of youngsters who passionately looking for professional career in this field.
By Y Abhishek Paul
