Helping solve a global pilot shortage: Tennessee Flight Training expands to Millington
Chris Erlanson is president of Tennessee Flight Training. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
When Chris Erlanson first started a flight-training company about 16 years ago, he saw his company as a chance to help people statewide learn how to fly.
Now, as the program recently expanded to Millington-Memphis Airport, Erlanson sees the mission as even more important.
“Experts between Boeing and Airbus, it depends on who you ask, (say) there’s a shortage of about 640,000 pilots over the next 20 years,” he said. “And so for us as a company, our goal is to be part of solving the pilot shortage.”
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Steve Bohnel
Steve Bohnel is a Temple University graduate, originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He’s worked at news organizations in Iowa, Maryland and Pittsburgh, covering local and state politics. He covers health care, transportation and logistics, public companies, banking and finance and technology. He is an avid traveler, an Everton F.C. and Philadelphia sports fan, and likes collecting records and biking around town.
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