Study: Tourism was the Employment Driver in 2020; Las Vegas and Orlando Top Metros

A new report by Self Financial analyzing the U.S. states and metropolitan areas that have seen the largest year-over-year percentage increase in employment this year indicates the “COVID-19 recession” lasted two months, making it the shortest downturn on record, but it was also one of the deepest.  In just...

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Clark Rucker Helps Others Engineer Careers, Guides Saturday’s STEAMposium

The fifth annual Career STEAMposium event takes place on Saturday, but the impact of the interactive technology and arts event could bring a lifetime of change for young people, said Boeing’s Clark D. Rucker. Rucker is a primary powerhouse behind the STEAMposium on March 20, a virtual interactive event which...

Starburst and UCLA Awarded $1.4 Million Grant to Support New Aerospace Accelerator

Starburst and UCLA have been awarded a 2020 Venture Challenge grant of $1.4 million by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to create a new accelerator for pre-seed and seed stage startups, it was announced. The new collaborative accelerator, called SCALE Aerospace Ventures, is an expansion of Starburst’s presence in...

El Camino College Teams with Red Rocks CC to Create Aerospace Workforce Program

El Camino College of Torrance and Red Rocks Community College in Colorado have teamed to create a major aerospace workforce collaboration of great significance to the Southern California region. The initiative, called “Space, Cyber and Supply Talent Development Center” (SCSTDC), bridges two aerospace hubs that share economic and workforce...

Van Espabohdi: Sky is No Limit for So Cal Aerospace and Starburst Accelerator

By DONNA BALANCIA Van Espahbodi, the managing partner and co-founder of Starburst Accelerator helps aerospace companies grow. Espahbodi, a 20-year aerospace strategist with an eye on the future, said fertile ground is about for creative companies on the rise. Starburst Accelerator, led by Espahbodi and founder François Chopard, help...

COO Lisa Arinwine Keeps the Legacy of F & E Aircraft Maintenance Flying High

By DONNA BALANCIA Lisa Arinwine is the COO of F and E Aircraft Maintenance, which she has piloted since the company founder, her husband Everett Arinwine, passed away in 2010. Today, business is flying high. Everett founded and built  F and E Aircraft Maintenance up from a small aircraft...

Airline Stocks Fly High on Hope for $25B Government Bailout

Airline stocks were flying high on Thursday on the news that U.S. senators are pushing for another round of payroll assistance to the tune of $25 billion. Senators talked bailout of the airlines with a second package amounting to a $25 billion payroll assistance program.  Another spike in coronavirus...