NBAA Professional Development Program (PDP)

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	NBAA PDP Home Page Provider Roster & Course Listing NBAA PDP Objectives – Business Management – Leadership – Operations – Personnel Management – Technical and Facilities Services Comprehensive List of All PDP Course Objectives (322KB, PDF) PDP Approval Checklist and Guidance for Potential Providers (93KB, PDF) PDP Course Proposal Application (200KB, PDF) Upcoming PDP Courses

	2008 PDP Course Directory NBAA PDP Course Directory (PDF, 2 MB)

	Related Topics USAIG PDP Scholarship The U.S. Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG) annually awards $1,000 to an applicant enrolled full-time in a college or university offering the NBAA PDP courses Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) NBAA has developed a certification process for business aviation managers to promote the interest of flight departments and companies using business aircraft by identifying qualified individuals. A CAM is defined as an individual who has met specified qualifications and has passed the Certified Aviation Manager Exam.

PDP: Preparing Aviation Professionals for Management Roles

NBAA offers a Professional Development Program (PDP) to prepare business aviation professionals for management roles within business aviation flight departments.

NBAA recognizes educational providers by offering NBAA PDP approval for courses that meet defined PDP objectives. Flight department personal receive recognition for successfully completing PDP-approved courses. Since its launch in January 1998, there have been over 5,000 PDP course completions.

Any person who occupies or aspires to a management position in a company involved with business aviation is a potential candidate. The skills needed to be an effective manager are the same, regardless of a person's specialty background and are important business skills whatever your future goals may be. Maintenance personnel, line service personnel, schedulers and dispatchers, flight attendants, supervisory pilots – all would be good candidates for management training.

Provider Roster & Course Listing
Review the list of educational providers that offer PDP-approved courses.

NBAA PDP Course Objectives
Review the PDP curriculum objectives which guide educational providers in the development of courses relating to the management of part or all of a corporate flight department.

PDP Approval Checklist and Guidance for Potential Providers (93KB, PDF)
Guidance from the NBAA PDP Education Committee for educational providers seeking to the get their course recognized as an approved NBAA PDP course. The Committee is made up of business aviation management practitioners and experienced collegiate aviation educators.

PDP Course Proposal Application (200KB, PDF)
Educational providers must complete this form to submit course for review by the NBAA PDP Education Committee.

Upcoming PDP Courses
Review the list of NBAA courses that meet PDP objectives.

Schedulers Professional Development Program (SPDP)
Learn more about the SPDP, an offshoot of the main PDP tailored to business aviation schedulers and dispatchers.

For more information on NBAA’s Professional Development Program, contact Jay Evans or Sarah Dicke at (202) 783-9000 or e-mail pdp@nbaa.org.

NBAA Seeking Presenters for 2009 PDP and SPDP Courses
Posted March 26, 2008
NBAA has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking presenters for Professional Development Program (PDP) and Schedulers Professional Development Program (SPDP) Courses to be offered in 2009. NBAA's PDP was developed to prepare business aviation professionals for management roles within business aviation flight departments. Only providers of current PDP or SPDP courses are eligible to submit their courses for the RFP. Responses must be received by May 15, 2008. For more information, contact NBAA’s Jay Evans at jevans@nbaa.org.
Download the RFP (73KB, PDF)

2008 PDP Course Directory

NBAA PDP Course Directory (PDF, 2 MB)

PDP: Preparing Aviation Professionals for Management Roles

NBAA PDP Course Directory
(PDF, 2 MB)