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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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The Food & Drug Administration is expected to approve Pfizer s COVID vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 as early as next week. The big question is will parents sign their kids up?
A recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows only 29% of parents would get the shot for their child right away, 32% want to wait and see how the vaccine works, 15% said they ll only have their child vaccinated if the school requires it, and 19% say they definitely won t be getting their kids the shots.
Albany County says if the Pfizer vaccine gets the green light in the coming days, they re ready to hold a clinic at the Times Union Center next Thursday, May 13. Now the push is on to help boost public confidence.