| This study explored the lack of consistency among academic safety programs, which has prevented aviation professionals from having a dependable pool of reliably trained and prepared safety professionals to select from. Given the challenges in preparing graduates as career ready, along with the dynamic nature of the aviation and aerospace industry, this case study was designed to examine postsecondary academic program graduates readiness in meeting the needs and requirements of safety program management within the aviation and aerospace industry. Fifteen participants were purposefully selected for interviews from safety professionals currently working at airports to help examine the needs and requirements of the aviation and aerospace industry safety programs. Academic safety programs documents were reviewed for the relevance and consistency. This qualitative research utilized predetermined typologies and review for any possible relationships. Additionally, as patterns through individual observations emerged, considerations through inductive analysis were used to find any possible connections of the information being reviewed. |
