Five EvCC aviation maintenance students earn Horizon Air stipends, post-graduation jobs
Release Date: March 3, 2022
Contact: Timm Lovitt, Associate Vice President for Professional and Technical Education, 425-388-9520; tlovitt@everettcc.edu
EvCC Aviation Maintenance students Anthony Provart (left), Ernest Muriuki, Christian Wise, Connor Reusser and Andrew Springer.
EVERETT, Wash. – Five Everett Community College Aviation Maintenance students won’t need to job hunt after graduation. Horizon Air is offering them jobs and up to $12,300 in stipends through the company’s new maintenance development program.
Aviation Maintenance students Anthony Provart, Ernest Muriuki, Christian Wise, Connor Reusser and Andrew Springer were selected for the program, which offers a $5,000 stipend during their first year studying aviation maintenance, $5,500 their second year and up to $1,800 for Airframe & Powerplant ( A&P) testing.
“I was very excited to find out,” said Reusser, after the students were surprised with a Horizon visit to EvCC’s Aviation Maintenance Technology School in February.
After graduation and A&P certification, the students are guaranteed a job as an aircraft mechanic with Horizon Air at one of Horizon’s maintenance bases at Paine Field in Everett, Seattle, Spokane, Boise, Portland or Redmond, Oregon.
“The first seven aviation mechanics we hired at Paine Field were EvCC alumni,” Archie Vega, Director of Line/Hangar Maintenance for Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines. “We just signed a 12-year lease for a 74,000-square-foot hangar at Paine Field, and we expect maintenance staffing to triple by summer.”
Horizon’s maintenance development program is one of several ways airlines are trying to fill in-demand aviation mechanic jobs. To apply for the Horizon program, students must be enrolled in one of Horizon’s partner aviation maintenance programs like the one offered at EvCC’s Aviation Maintenance Technician School.
EvCC is enrolling now for second-shift Spring quarter classes. Classes start April 4 and are offered in-person 3 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. Future students can learn more about the program by attending an in-person or online information session. Attending an information session is required before enrolling.
EvCC's FAA-Approved Part 147 Aviation Maintenance Technician School, located at Paine Field, has been providing training for more than 50 years. EvCC’s aviation maintenance program offers certificates and associate degrees. Students learn from industry experts and get practical, hands-on experience in a shop environment.
For more information about EvCC’s aviation maintenance program, visit EverettCC.edu/Aviation, email aviation@everettcc.edu or call 425-388-9533.