Delta Air Lines unveiled its new pilot training facility in Salt Lake City, the company's first outside its headquarters in Atlanta.
Delta Air Lines unveiled its new pilot training facility in Salt Lake City, the company's first outside its headquarters in Atlanta.Salt Lake City has a long history with Delta as a hub for the airline, but the $50 million facility is different.It's the home of Airbus A320 and A350 simulators, with a Boeing 737 simulator scheduled to be added in the spring. But there is room in the 50,000-square-foot facility for six more simulators in the future.
In all, Delta expects 350 pilots per month to train at the new facility, bringing in $100,000 a month to local hotels.Before pilots can step into the cockpit of an A350, though, they start in something a little smaller. Scott Olsen is the director of flight training for Cornerstone Aviation, a Salt Lake City-based flight school.'You know, I could go to school to learn to work, or I could play by flying airplanes all the time, so I chose flying airplanes!' Olsen joked.
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