- an article by Ms. Vineeta Thomas - a senior team member at Mantra4Change
“If birds can glide for long
periods of time, then… why can't I?” rightly said by Mr. Orville Wright. Travelling by a “flight” is now a matter of
convenience more than luxury. Over the next few years, a
step-change in (i) the affordability of air travel and (ii) the access to air
travel are expected to result in 270 million air passengers by 2020, making India the
third largest aviation market globally.
On
27th February 2016, approximately 50 students of one of our partner schools visited Airworks Pvt Ltd. at
Hosur to interact with the aircraft maintenance engineers as well as to see the
aircrafts at their hangar.
It
was quite an intriguing experience for the
students and the teachers of the school to visit the maintenance unit and watch the aircrafts so
closely. The students were divided into batches of two and each group was led by a senior maintenance engineer. The students were thrilled to board the
Spicejet Aircraft and see the different sections so closely. The students
coming from a low income background have only heard of an aircraft, seen it in
movies and photographs, but with the help of Airworks , the dream of witnessing
and experiencing an aircraft so closely came true.
The students walked away carrying confidence and admiration ,for
the young engineers working on the aircraft; it helped the students learn about
a new avenue for their careers.
A
special mention of Mr Unni Kuttan of Airworks, without whose support this visit might not
have been possible.