the most, because we are in what we call South flow. We have winds from the south blowing north, and aircraft land into the wind.” The plan is to wait until after the FIFA World Cup activity concludes before beginning construction. “We’re going to make sure we are open and operating for anything that comes during FIFA,” Marcy assures. “And the first day FIFA is over in Seattle, we are going to start our project.” A LIFELONG PASSION FOR AVIATION For Marcy, leading Paine Field is much more than a job, it is a calling.“I just love aviation,” he states.“My first job, I was a janitor in an aviation maintenance hangar, and I was 15. Then in high school, I worked at a naval base that was getting decommissioned into a municipal airport, fueling airplanes and things like that.” From there, Marcy built a career spanning operations roles in Austin and at SEA before coming to Paine Field. “I’ve done the whole thing, walked 208 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 11
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