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March 11, 2021 The MTA has backed off on plans for the mid-stream elimination of an apprenticeship program that trains recent high school graduates for skilled positions at the transit agency. Subscribe THE CITY reported last month that the MTA was considering ending the program, which one Transport Workers Union Local 100 official likened to a jetpack straight into the middle class. The new move will allow 18 apprentices who were recruited into the three-year program from city public high schools to complete their training instead of losing their jobs or being offered positions as cleaners. Subscribe I m relieved, honestly, said Sandra Diaz, 19, an apprentice who maintains heating, ventilation and air conditioning at the Fresh Pond bus depot in Queens. I didn t want to be left without having any type of source of income, any source of learning or expanding my career. ....