Friday, April 28, 1989 / University Daily Kansas
Flight-training plans International program may come to Kansas
by Candy Niemann Kansan staff writer
It's not, Top Gun, but the International Pilot Training Program that may be coming to Salina would be the first of its kind in the world.
The Kansas College of Technology in Salina has negotiated with Bristow Helicopters in London and Air Service Training in Perth, Scotland, to develop the first flight training program the British Civil Aviation Authority has allowed outside the United Kingdom.
Under the program, airlines from all over the world will contract with Bristol to send pilots to Salem for a commercial pilot training program.
A total of 238 pilots would be put through the program during the three-year contract period, generate $760 million in payment by the participating airlines.
Pending legislative approval. a
$600,000 structure will be built to house a flight operations center, planning center, simulator, wind tunnel, classrooms, laboratories and office space.
The Senate approved the construction bill yesterday, with debate on the bill expected on the House floor today.
If the bill passes, final construction plans will be presented to the Board of Regents at its June 22 meeting.
The college of technology, located at the airport in Salina, is one of seven Regen Institutes. About 800 students are enrolled in 13 fields of engineering technology.
"It will have a significant economic impact," said Dave Kamp, director of college relations at the college of technology in Manhattan. "We sales and give us the cultural benefits of having a diverse student population."
Tim Rogers, executive director of
the Salina Airport Authority, said construction of the project was scheduled to begin in July, with the training program beginning May 13, 1990.
Construction will be financed through revenue bonds issued by the airport authority, with 20 jobs being created through the project.
"There are about 320 days a year of flying weather in Kansas. The country in the United Kingdom get a lot of fog and gray weather, so here flying weather is more günstige. Kampfland is pretty cool and that helps too. Most of these plots will have had little — if any — light time before they come here."
State Sen. Ben Vidricksen, R-Salina, said there was an acute need for pilots in the international market.
"I think that the project will be continued after the three-year contract," Vidricksen said.
.7 percent of University Senate meets to discuss the fall agenda
by Thom Clark Kansan staff writer
Fourteen members of University Senate met yesterday to discuss potential issues for next University Governance agenda.
addressed.
"A core curriculum would determine whether the University should have a standard requirement of hours and prerequisites at the undergraduate level for all its
Bob Jerry, chairman of University Senate Executive Committee, addressed faculty members in the Kansas Union, encouraging the governing body to pursue various issues next fall.
Jerry said that core curriculum, the academic report on the average student, and the impact of the federal mandatory retirement act for faculty in 1994 should be addressed.
students," Jerry said.
Jerry said that it could be a problem getting the different schools to agree on a set curriculum.
Jerry said that another issue the current executive body of governance did not have time to address is the lack of opportunities for the average student.
William Scott, professor of English, will take over as SenExchairman the day after commencement. He said the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was becoming the only academic opportunity for Citizenship in professional schools had implemented increasing entry requirements, including grade point average.
Scott said one solution would be to subdivide the college and add requirements for a student seeking
junior status.
Jerry also suggested that governance consider addressing the uncapping of the mandatory retirement act. In 1994, under the act, faculty could retain the option of continuing employment if they desired although they were eligible to retire.
Scott said it was hard to predict how the federal issue would affect the University.
Scofft said SenEx was open to all suggestions and would meet in June to discuss potential agenda issues. Scofft said the committee of University Council.
Jerry said that meetings of the University Senate, with a membership in excess of 1,900, or the entire faculty and Student Senate, had never been well attended, as far as he could remember.
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