Airline, uni offer a springboard for poor students
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As China aims to eradicate absolute poverty by the end of this year, a local airline and university are pitching in to help.
High school graduates from impoverished mountainous regions of southwest China can now apply to study at Shanghai Open University, where they can gain college degrees and become flight attendants with Spring Airlines.
Their average monthly salary can reach 8,500 yuan (US$1,218), triple the average income in their hometowns.
Spring Airlines, China鈥檚 biggest budget carrier, launched its Blue Sky Dream Building campaign with the air transport school at the university yesterday.
Over 30 students will enrol from Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, with the city government also offering support.
The students, between 18 and 22, will study for two and a half years at the university鈥檚 flight attendant program. After passing an assessment and receiving further training, they can become flight attendants with the airline around 2022, said Xiao Fei, a human resources official with the carrier.
Those from poor families or ethnic minorities will have priority.
The university promises to offer scholarships worth more than 9,000 yuan to each student along with meals and accommodation during their studies and free flights from the provincial capital, Kunming. It will also cover the 15,000 yuan training charge for each student.
This is the first time that the airline, along with the university, is offering both degrees and job opportunities to young people in the impoverished counties, said Wang Yu, chairman of the airline.
鈥淭he goal is to help the families get rid of poverty completely through the education and employment of their children,鈥 Wang said.
Previously, the airline recruited 32 flight attendants from Honghe, Luchun and Jinping counties in the prefecture. They have been serving passengers in the air for over half a year, earning an average salary of 8,500 yuan per month.
According to an enrollment notice, an intern flight attendant can receive 7,000 to 13,000 yuan per month, while official crew can earn up to 1,000 yuan more per month. A chief attendant with the airline can make up to 25,000 yuan each month.
Li Guomin, Party secretary of Luchun County, said the campaign has helped to transform the labor structure of the county 鈥渇rom a low-end labor force to high-quality talent.鈥
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