Designed for airport leadership, HR, and policy coordinators, the Staff Training & Policy Sync brings together airport professionals to align best practices, discuss personnel development, and tackle common workforce challenges. This event is separate from the Ops Rodeo and focuses on long-term improvement and consistency across the region’s airports.

Sample Topics May Include:

• Developing minimum training standards for ops and admin staff

• Aligning SOPs and certification pathways

• Recruitment, retention, and succession planning

• Shared templates for onboarding, evaluations, and HR policies

• Cross-airport credentialing or training reciprocity discussions

• Promoting a safety-first and growth-oriented workplace culture

The Airport Training Rodeo is a spirited, skill-based competition designed to celebrate and sharpen the hands-on talents of airport operations and maintenance crews across the region. Participants showcase their abilities in real-world challenges like precision mowing, cone navigation, snow plow control, and equipment handling—all judged on accuracy, safety, and efficiency. It’s part competition, part cross-airport training, and all community.

• Test and celebrate practical ops skills

• Events include: cone-driving, mowing overlap control, equipment readiness

• Lunch included with small registration fee

• Great opportunity for peer-to-peer learning and camaraderie