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*Multiple Languages in the Work Place

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A little bit about me:

A bit about my barber:

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Languages Spoken at Falcon Jet

• French• Spanish

• Portuguese• Mandarin Chinese

• Vietnamese• German• Pilipino

• Lebanese• Jordanian• Japanese

• Swahili• Hindi• Israeli

• Laotian

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DFJC’s Customer Base (was 80% American)

Asia

17 Aircraft

52%

Europe / Africa / Middle East / India

6 Aircraft19%

Latin America4 Aircraft

13%

USA / Canada

5 Aircraft

16%

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Sales Breakdown by RegionSales Breakdown by Region

North America (43)

North America (43)

Middle East/Africa (29)

Middle East/Africa (29)

Europe (100)Europe (100) South AmericaAsia (36)

South AmericaAsia (36)

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B.R.I.C.

•Brazil

•Russia

•India

•China

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Importance of DFJC to Arkansas

DFJC partners with various colleges & universities to share its training knowledge to provide a competent future employee pipeline.

DFJC’s financial contribution to the State of Arkansas annually is approximately:

– $1,000,000 in taxes and

– $129,000,000 in gross wages

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Arkansas’ Future

• Regardless of the motivation: to stay competitive in a world market, Arkansas’ youth MUST extend their skills beyond: – Reading– Writing– Arithmetic

• Without foreign language skills our graduates are at a distinct DISADVANTAGE in today’s global market.

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Foreign Language Tours

Resources permitting, DFJC Training Department will

support the development of Foreign Language tours to

compliment the foreign language courses of our various

school systems.

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Q & A