Area Student Explorers Finish Island Air Class

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Kalani Awong of Kaiser and Collin Choy Hoy and Garrett Wailani Wong III of Saint Louis School are among dozens to participate in this year’s Student Explorer Program, revived by Island Air following the closure of Aloha Airlines.

Island Air’s second class of Student Explorers includes three East Oahu teens, who trained for 10 weeks in the spring with dozens of their peers ages 14 to 20, in classes taught by the airline’s employee volunteers.

Kalani Awong of Kaiser High, and Collin Chow Hoy and Garrett Wailani Wong III of Saint Louis School are now officially Island Air Explorers. They learned about careers such as flight attendant, pilot, aircraft mechanic and airport operations through visits to various airlines, helicopter firms, food services and airport fire-fighters as well as from lectures by industry professionals.

Island Air continued the competitive Explorer program started by Aloha Airlines after the airline shut down in 2008. It’s run in partnership with the Boy Scouts.