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Albany airport, HVCC team up to train future aircraft mechanics, technicians
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COLONIE With more than half the nation s commercial pilots over 55 years old, airlines will be scrambling to fill those jobs in coming years. But it s not only pilots that will be in short supply. That same demographic holds true for the mechanics who keep those airliners aloft, said Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin.
And filling those jobs will also be a challenge.
On Thursday, McLaughlin and other officials gathered to announce a new Aeronautical Technology Institute that will occupy a 12,000-square-foot hangar at Albany International Airport. The institute, a joint effort with Hudson Valley Community College that was first proposed by airport CEO Phil Calderone, will train aircraft technicians in a two-year program that will qualify them for jobs that can pay as much as $40 to $65 an hour.
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Albany International Airport is collaborating with Hudson Valley Community College to launch the area s first aviation maintenance technician school.
Months of planning and partnership went into the new school, located in Hangar 1. It’s part of HVCC’s new Aeronautical Technology Institute. Airport CEO Phil Calderone says it will be an educational facility certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration to train aircraft mechanics for careers in the airline industry.
“With over 4.5 million industry jobs lost during the pandemic, it s crucial at this post pandemic moment, that airports, airlines and the entire aviation ecosystem work in hand with our community to ensure a coordinated, swift and sustainable recovery. Toward that effort, this Aviation Institute could not be more timely.”
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With much of the country in pandemic recovery mode, the Transportation Security Administration expects thousands to travel over the Memorial Day weekend. Albany International Airport officials say they’re ready for the holiday surge.
Albany Airport and TSA personnel speak to reporters May 29, 2021.
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As Americans by the thousands take to the air, the TSA wants to educate passengers about its COVID-19 safety policies. All passengers will be required to wear a mask per the federal mask mandate regardless of vaccination status.
TSA s Federal security Director for Upstate New York Bart Johnson says the agency s officers will hand you a mask at the checkpoint should you forget yours. He adds the officers are ready to handle the influx of holiday travelers.
Albany airport terminal expansion in the works
Move would allow more space for security, health screening
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Albany International Airport CEO Phil Calderone has announced plans to expand the pre-checkpoint area, expanding the second level of the terminal out of the main level roadway, to accommodate an expanded checkpoint and maintain social distancing in the wake of the coronavirus.Albany International AirportShow MoreShow Less
A view of the Albany International Airport on Monday, March 8, 2021, in Colonie, N.Y. The planned expansion of the second level of the terminal would bump out the area on both sides of the existing pedestrian walkway between the terminal and the parking garage, providing more space for expanded health and security screening. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less