The first cohort of students is moving through Columbia Gorge Community College’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program. CGCC Director of Technology and Trades Robert Clark says those students have jobs waiting for them when they are done, with industry partners committing to hiring all of their graduates. The program is currently based in a former warehouse, but plans to move to Columbia Gorge Regional Airport in Dallesport. Clark says they are awaiting a bill in the Oregon Legislature authored by 26th District Senator Daniel Bonham that will allow the move across the river, where the program’s industry partners are located.