NBAA Announces 2026 Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians Scholarship Recipients
Why It MattersEmployer-funded scholarship programs like this one show how business aviation associations rely on member companies rather than institutional funding to build the specialized training pipeline for cabin crew roles.
What happened
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has announced the recipients of its 2026 Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians Scholarship. The program was established by NBAA together with its Flight Attendants Committee to support business aviation flight attendants and flight technicians in their work as crew members aboard business aircraft.
Each year, NBAA member companies donate monetary and training awards that fund the scholarship, and the Flight Attendants Committee selects the recipients. NBAA was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.
Industry impact & what to watch
Scholarship programs run through committees like this one reflect how business aviation associations lean on their own member companies to sustain specialized training paths for roles — such as flight attendants and flight technicians — that sit outside the pilot and maintenance-technician pipelines more commonly discussed in the industry.
Because the awards are donated annually by member companies rather than drawn from a fixed endowment, the program's scale depends on continued industry participation year to year. Whether NBAA expands the scholarship's scope or funding pool in future cycles will depend on member-company engagement with the Flight Attendants Committee.
