February 2023 Group Watch: Aviation Training Jobs Coming to Selma
Resicum International LLC, which provides flight training and maintenance support to government, commercial and general aviation customers, plans to open an aviation training academy at Craig Field in Selma that will prepare the next generation of industry professionals from around the world. The company plans to invest $1.3 million and create 70 jobs over a three-year period at this new operational hub located on the former U.S. Air Force base in Dallas County. The jobs will pay an average of $30 an hour, plus benefits. The Craig Field Airport and Industrial Authority and the Selma and Dallas County Economic Development Authority said Resicum has signed a 10-year lease for a 50,000-square-foot hangar on the Craig Field flight line. The Virginia-based company’s new aviation training academy is aimed at future industry professionals from around the world. The company is immediately bringing avionics training, flight training (fixed and rotor wing) and certificate courses for aviation maintenance skill-building.
