Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 2

8 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 manufacturing and maintenance industry to develop student opportunities and workforce pipelines throughout the region. The AMT program complements other Marshall programs in aviation, including a commercial pilot program through Marshall’s Bill Noe Flight School as well as upcoming programs in aviation management and aerospace engineering. For further information, contact Jim Smith, director of the AMT program for Marshall at jsmith@ marshall.edu or by phone at 304-696-4832. This program will provide well-paying jobs for our graduates and extend our commitment to developing the aviation industry in West Virginia and the region paying jobs for our graduates and extend our commitment to developing the aviation industry in West Virginia and the region.” The program will offer rigorous, specialized, hands-on instruction that prepares students to enter the general and commercial aviation maintenance technology industry. With a central location at the Huntington Tri-State Airport, this program will provide training to communities in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. The AMT program is partnered with Delta Airlines Technical Operations, Embraer Aircraft (the 3rd largest aircraft manufacturer in the world), as well as other companies in the aircraft