Flightplan

The Flightplan

The Aviation Technician Education Council (ATEC) was founded in 1961. Its mission is to promote and support aviation maintenance technician education.

To that end, the Board of Directors maintains a three-year strategic plan to support the organization's mission, and guide its activities and delegation of resources. It is regularly reviewed and revised, members are encouraged to provide feedback.

The Flightplan is a visionary product, providing a pathway to enable the aviation maintenance technician education community to meet the aerospace industry’s workforce needs.

An overview is below, more detailed information is available here.

Strengthen the Organization

Serve the Membership

Strengthen the brand

Create new logo
Releases new website
Create catalog of propoganda

Improve infrastructure

Enhance e-commerce
Simplify subscriptions
Implement CMS
Support automatic renewals
Support online profile updates
Create mobile applications

Promote

Increase speaking presence
Hold regional outreach meetings
Facilitate congressional visits
Introduce ATEC to U.S. Congress
Increase readership
Create social media presence

Advocate

Participate in ACS development
Implement the new part 147
Increase DME availability
Engage Dept. of Ed
Draft FAA guidance on high school partnerships

Ensure stability

Increase non-dues revenue 60%
Build nine months of reserves
Fund majority of operations with member dues

Grow contact base

Increase contact base by 30%
Add FAA field office contacts
Add airline and MRO contacts
Initiate exchange memberships
Obtain multiple contacts for each member company

Provide Resources

Create model curriculum
Built graduate portal
Create model operations manual
Hold educational webinars
Create model pipeline program
Create FAA co-authored content
Create three new preferred providers

Network

Increase Fly-in registrations 30%
Increase annual conference registrations 15%
Hold successful employer expo
Increase exhibitors 60%