Iva Dahl, Ed.D
Manager/Consultant
Bahamas Technical & Vocational Institute (BTVI) AND Mr. Kenneth Romer
Chief Operating Officer
SkyBahamas Airlines
Nassau, Bahamas
- SkyBahamas Airlines is proud to announce an historic partnership
between
Sky University and the Bahamas Technical Vocational Institute (BTVI),
through the signing of a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
SkyUniversity is the technical and
academic training support institute of SkyBahamas Airlines. It
is the first all-inclusive Aviation Training Institute of its kind in
the Bahamas. Through its innovative partnership with BTVI and
its affiliate colleges, Sky University intends to provide a platform
dynamic enough to allow real interaction and collaboration amongst
Educators,
Ground Instructors, Flight Instructors, Training Instructors and
students/participants.
According the SkyBahamas’ C.O.O.,
Mr. Kenneth Romer C.M., “Sky University through its partnership with
BTVI is ambitious in its quest to change the domestic travel industry
for the better, and build the absolute best Aviation Training and
Retraining
Program in the Region”.
SkyBahamas, like BTVI are innovators
in their respective fields, and share common core values such as
honesty,
integrity and having the best interest of patrons, students and the
travel and academic industries as the primary goal.
Iva Dahl, Ed.D
Manager/Consultant
Bahamas Technical & Vocational Institute (BTVI) AND Mr. Kenneth Romer
Chief Operating Officer
SkyBahamas Airlines
In September 2008, SkyBahamas came
under new management and ownership, with Captain Randy Butler leading
the team as President. Since then, the company has vigorously
pursued new routes and initiatives to now include travel out of Nassau
into Exuma, Freeport, Abaco, Cat Island, Bimini, Provo. Turks and Caicos
and Haiti. The Company also offers on-demand charter services
into the United States and the Caribbean. The company intends
to further expand its routes in the near future.
SkyBahamas has become synonymous for
its careful attention to Superior Customer Service and having a culture
of Safety.
According to COO Romer, the partnership
with Sky University and BTVI will only seek to further produce the best
educated pilots, trained technical employees and superior
customer-focused
agents.
The programs which will be offered
in alignment with BTVI’s academic calendar will be inclusive and provide
options to address each individual’s particular learning style,
recognize
their strengths and weaknesses, and provide them the resources necessary
to attain their individual goals.
“The Future of Aviation is here”
Aviation
Training Institute
The Mission Statement
and Solution
We are
going to change the domestic travel industry for the better and build the
absolute best Aviation Training and retraining Program in the region by meeting
the following mission objectives:
1. SU
will produce the best educated and safest pilots, trained technical employees
and superior customer-focused agents.
2. The
program will be easily accessible to students everywhere – so that EVERY
candidate has the opportunity to get an
extraordinary education in aviation,
and exposure to the best practices in aviation.
3. The
platform will be dynamic enough to allow real interaction and collaboration
amongst Educators, Ground instructors, Flight instructors, Training Instructors
and Students/participants.
4. The
solution will provide coordination between education in the classroom and on-site
practical training.
5. The
company foundation is built on Honesty, Integrity and with the best interest of
the student and the industry as the primary goal.
6. The
technology will be robust enough to allow students, employees and instructors
everywhere multiple avenues to share, implement, and test knowledge.
7. The
curriculum will be diverse enough in life skill fundamentals and the necessary
tools to carry the student through their career and future life choices.
8. The
team will be committed to learning new skills in order to provide redundancy
and alternatives in tools, processes, and methods to accommodate each learning
model.
9.
Programs will be inclusive and provide options to address each individual’s
particular learning style, recognize their strengths and weaknesses, and
provide them the resources necessary to attain their individual goals.
10. The
Courses will be affordable, attainable and dynamic to remove the entry barriers
of Time and Money, and allow existing employees the opportunity to grow their
knowledge
and skills levels.
