{"id":19670,"date":"2021-10-11T17:49:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19670"},"modified":"2021-10-11T17:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:49:42","slug":"walston-awards-ncap-credentials-to-14-public-airport-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/walston-awards-ncap-credentials-to-14-public-airport-managers\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Walston Awards NCAP Credentials to 14 Public Airport Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bobby Walston<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bobby Walston, Aviation Director for the North Carolina\nDepartment of Transportation recently had the honor of awarding North Carolina\nAirport Professional (NCAP) credentials to 14 managers of public airports who\ndemonstrated their knowledge and expertise by completing requirements of the\nNCDOT Division of Aviation\u2019s Airport Leadership and Management Program\n(ALMP).  Airport managers praised the\nprogram for providing valuable knowledge and information they can apply\ndirectly at their airports.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walston said that effectively developing and operating North\nCarolina\u2019s 72 public airports requires more than solid organizational\nmanagement skills and expertise. \u201cIt also requires knowledge of the complex\nsystem of state and federal regulatory requirements, as well as best practices\nin aviation construction management, to ensure that public airport facilities\nmeet the highest standards of safety, serve local communities and support a\nstrong state air transportation system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ALMP was launched in 2018 as a 12-course signature program\nof the Division\u2019s N.C. Airport Technical Assistance Program (NC AirTAP), which\nis managed by North Carolina State University. It is open to officials,\nmanagers and operations staff at the state\u2019s publicly owned airports and covers\nevery aspect of airport management and operations. Participants who complete\nrequired modules earn the NCAP credential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI came into my position with little experience and few\nskills to run an airport aside from a passion for the airport and a huge desire\nto try to make it better,\u201d said Stanly County Airport Manager Ken Swaringen,\none of the 14 NCAP credential recipients. \u201cThe ALMP program has introduced me\nto avenues to address the business of running our airport in the correct ways\nthrough expertise from subject matter experts, a huge library of reference\nmaterials and just good old-fashioned networking peer to peer. I am a huge\nbeliever in continuous improvement, which by default means evaluating what and\nhow you do things. ALMP is a great tool to help get that accomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Heuts, airport director at Raleigh Executive Jetport in\nSanford, agreed. \u201cEvery class offered opportunities to come back to the airport\nand tweak or add guidelines, safety and other improvements,\u201d Heuts said. The\nsafety and security course was offered at the same time Raleigh Exec began\nplanning for its new terminal. Airport staff were able to draw on information\npresented in the course to build their new security system for the terminal, as\nwell as the rest of the airport, Heuts said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilmington International Airport Facilities Director\nGranseur Dick said the program \u201chelped me understand the work and needs of\ncoworkers and colleagues so that we can work together more efficiently, which\nbenefits the airport by building a more cohesive staff and improving safety and\nefficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NCAP recipients receive the above coin to represent the work completed on the modules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first 14 credential holders are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick Barkes, Kinston Regional Jetport at Stallings\nField <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barry Blevins, Harnett Regional Jetport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Cevallos, Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Danieley, Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granseur Dick, Wilmington International Airport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heidi H. Fisher, Burlington-Alamance Airport Authority <\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Futrelle, Duplin County Airport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Heuts, Raleigh Executive Jetport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Janssen, Albert J. Ellis Airport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gage King, Henderson Field <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil Lanier, Johnston Regional Airport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karel Van Der Linden, Davidson County Airport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken E. Swaringen, Stanly County Airport <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris White, Albert J. Ellis Airport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Walston, Aviation Director for the North Carolina Department of Transportation recently had the honor of awarding North Carolina Airport Professional (NCAP) credentials to 14 managers of public airports who demonstrated their knowledge and expertise by completing requirements of the NCDOT Division of Aviation\u2019s Airport Leadership and Management Program (ALMP).  Airport managers praised the program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19676,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19670\/revisions\/19676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}