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sary flight training was too much for me to be able to afford. So, [I] changed majors from flight training to aviation management. Aviation management deals with a lot of the similar courses for a business degree ... [but] geared more toward airports.
Manager of Airport Operations and Facilities at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Michael Legere was recently promoted and recognized by the New Hampshire Emergency Dispatchers Association as the 2015 Supervisor of the Year. Explain in one sentence what your current job is. My position oversees the airport operations, which essentially deals with all the activities involving passenger-carrying aircraft operating in and out of the airport and allowing them to do so safely.
knew instantly that I wanted to do something involving aircraft and aviation. So, early on I had a part-time job as a kid at the airport in my hometown, which was up in Maine. That just involved washing and cleaning aircraft, and from there I pursued a degree in aviation management.
How long have you worked there? What kind of education or training did I’ve worked here for 19 years. It will be 20 you need for this job? years in October. I went to Daniel Webster College. … At What do you wish you’d known at the the time they had a flight training program. beginning of your career? How did you get interested in this field? I initially wanted to be a pilot, and I quickOne thing is the commitment that’s When I was young I went for a plane ride ly realized that the amount of money that was required, because airports typically operate in a small aircraft with my father and I just needed up front to complete all the neces- 24/7 and the airport is maintained by a fair-
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ly small staff of individuals. So, when we’re dealing with weather, specifically snow, it’s a requirement that basically everyone respond to help deal with snow. … So, I guess if I were to do it again, I might take that into consideration. Although I love this area and I Courtesy Photo love this airport, I might have purHow did you find your current job? sued an opportunity somewhere further south I was looking to move further north at an where the winter commitment isn’t as big as established airport. So I was actually just it is here. checking for possible positions at the human resources department here at Manchester What is your typical at-work uniform? along with a couple of other airports in the I wear business casual, currently. region. What was the first job you ever had? What’s the best piece of work-related [It] was that position at a small airport in advice anyone’s ever given you? Maine where a company owned three priBeing on an airfield, safety of the aircraft vately owned jets ... and essentially I was just is probably the most important thing because keeping those jets cleaned. I [would] remove those aircraft are carrying passengers. It’s the plates and the silverware and any leftover very, very important to report any kind of food from the flight and do the dishes, sweep discrepancy that you might find or you may the hangar floor. Whatever they needed me to observe that you feel could pose a hazard to do. — Ryan Lessard aircraft, to report it and act on it and never Five favorites wait for someone else to take care of it.
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