In my academic pursuit, I have desired to pursue aviation management as my life-time career. To achieve my dreams I have studied academic courses that are relevant in the career and I have interacted with several professionals to make myself acquainted with all the activities and requirements. Aviation management deals with running the activities in the aviation industry such as hiring workers to perform various activities in the airports, ensuring that security regulations imposed by the government are met, and other general management activities. Legal studies are required when pursuing aviation management because the career involves dealing with different legal entities. International legal studies are among the course learned in the course 1 . The knowledge skills and abilities (KSA) necessary to do aviation management To work as an aviation manager a person is required to know general management skills. Hands-on-experience is required to provide people in this career with a blend of theory and practical experience in aviation management. Students in this course are required to join a student’s association to acquire skills as well as become linked to other professionals in the industry. It is also encouraged that students should have internship courses with major aviation companies to know about working in the industry. Aviation management professionals are required to have the ability to work on a tight schedule with minimum supervision 2 . My current knowledge skills and abilities Aviation management requires that students should have excellent computer skills and this is a major challenge because I have acquired a few computer courses 3 . Therefore, I require a lot of training in the areas of computing so that I can perform well in the job. Leadership skills are required in the career because aviation management deals with working with and through people to achieve goals. In my life, I have had many leadership positions and this will not be a major challenge to me. There is a need to interact with senior management people in the industry to learn the managerial skills and share their experiences in the career. I have not been able to know somebody at a senior managerial position in the industry to share my ideas with. To bridge this gap I will establish a friendship with people who can link me to senior managers in the industry and am perfectly sure that this will be a good opportunity to sell my ideas. There is a great need for these professionals to be good managers of time so that they can get things done within the scheduled time. Self-discipline is an important skill that people working in this industry are supposed to have and I will endeavor to learn to keep time and meet deadlines 4 . How to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are needed To acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are required to work in the industry I will register for part-time classes while working so that I can achieve all the knowledge required working as an aviation manager. This strategy will improve my skills because I will have both theoretical and practical skills 5 . Also, I have planned to interact with successful people in the career so that we can