Business View Magazine March 2023

241 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 3 Institute of Technology, Penn Tech, EMU, and Embry-Riddle. It was very successful and we are planning on doing it again next October. The airport also does an aviation internship program, along with Quest Diagnostics, to allow high school students to have an early entry into the industry.” Tempesco elaborates. Tempesco attended the Florida Institute of Technology for Aviation Management – coming out with the intent of being a commercial pilot. That was a downturn in the industry, READING REGIONAL AI RPORT however, and he found himself working on the ground, but still in the industry – making his way from the director of operations at Reading to Airport Director. The experience he has here, and in other airports, along with his experience as a pilot, makes him qualified when it comes to navigating a modern airport. “I think being a pilot definitely helps,” he agrees, “I have a good understanding of all the needs of the different businesses that are on the field. With our internship program, I am