How the Richmond airport is helping students take off toward future goals
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High school students from Henrico County went from classroom to cockpit during a hands-on academic experience at the Richmond International Airport.
The day-long field trip was in partnership with the airport's ARC program.
The program aims to educate students on the various job options available to them after they graduate.
From seeing firsthand how planes operate, to learning how they’re engineered, students spoke with airport employees that help the 'small city' operate.
"We have a fire department, we have a police department, we have plumbers, we have electricians, we have maintenance people," Capital Airport Commission CEO Perry Miller said. "We have people who make sure the place is clean and hygienically safe for people to navigate, so every discipline that you can think of to manage a city, it takes place here."
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