Atlanta, GA
Atlanta airport offering new training opportunities for local teens
Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport hiring teenagers to assist fill empty positions The kids will be capable of make some actual money whereas getting actual life expertise.
From the time he was a bit of boy, highschool junior Devon Willis knew he wished to be a business airline pilot. He’s about to start the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport’s summer time youth program, to get one step nearer to his dream.
“Flight was all the time fascinating to me, … about how flight operation works. How the airport works,” Willis mentioned.
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This system is part of Mayor Andre Dickens’ plan to make use of 3,000 younger folks this summer time. When this program begins, the scholars shall be within the discipline studying all the things from customer support to advertising.
College students 16 years or older who attend Atlanta public faculties, Clayton County faculties or Fulton County faculties, which are all districts inside the airport space, can apply for this system.
As soon as accepted, college students will work alongside and observe customer support representatives, the advertising division, operations, transportation and parking.
Channel 2′s Audrey Washington spoke with Hartsfield-Jackson Airport’s Chief Industrial Officer, Jai Ferrell, about what advantages teenagers can anticipate from this system.
“$15 an hour, we’re offering lunch every day, we’re giving them uniforms and we’re additionally offering commuting choices by MARTA playing cards for them to get to the airport.” Ferrell mentioned.
The airport isn’t the one place working to supply well-paying jobs for youngsters in metro Atlanta. In February, we advised you the way the proprietor of a Buckhead automobile detailing service employed a variety of Atlanta waterboys who wished to get off the streets and right into a safer money-earning state of affairs.
Willis believes the airport program will finally assist his future profession in aviation take flight.
“I all the time cherished making paper airplanes,” Willis mentioned. “I’m interested by majoring in airport administration … main for turning into a pilot.”
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There are nonetheless some spots open in this system. The deadline to use is Could 17.
This system begins the primary week in June.
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