In 1995, Clayton

State received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to become

an Airway Facilities - Collegiate Training Initiative-accredited college.

Recently, eight FAA officials met with Clayton State School of Technology

acting Dean Benita Moore and assistant professor of avionics Dennis Bladine

to commend the school's efforts in the AF-CTI program.

The AF-CTI

program recruits students as potential employees and prepares selected

individuals for entry-level positions such as electronic technicians,

general engineers, environmental protection specialists, electronic engineers,

airway transportation systems specialists, and computer systems specialists,

all within the FAA.

The program

also provides training opportunities to internal FAA employees via upward

mobility and tuition assistance programs.

Airway Facilities-CTI

has recently identified six colleges and universities nationwide, including

Clayton State, that have high graduate success rates. Kirk Roller, Ph.D.,

an FAA consultant and training specialist, plans to work with Moore and

Bladine in hopes of modeling future curriculums after the success of Clayton

State's.

Wanda Reyna,

manager of the FAA's airway facilities staffing and compensation division

and an attendee of the meeting, said that soon the FAA airway facilities

area will employ only persons who have completed an approved AF-CTI program.

This gives graduates from the Clayton State electronic program an edge

in securing a career with the FAA and will give wings to their dreams

in aviation.

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