He took a leap of faith and worked his way up the ladder, eventually being promoted to manager.
Instead, Bellingham International Airport in Washington state called, offering him a part-time position as an airport firefighter. Originally from Oregon, Leischner worked in New York and Colorado before heading back to the northwest, where he was planning to attend law school. He began flying commercially in college but he soon found his way into the engineering side. When his twin brother went into medicine, Leischner decided he would follow his passion for aviation. "I was torn between medicine or aviation," he said. In school, he was considering a more clinical route. Leischner has been with the airport since 2018, but he didn't always have his eyes to the skies. Now, Executive Director Benjamin Leischner is involving the business community to push it to the next level. The COVID-19 pandemic was particularly hard on air travel, but the airport in Moline has been slowly climbing its way back. 3-The Quad Cities International Airport has been serving the region since 1935, but there's always room for improvement, according to the executive director.
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