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Delta Air Lines has launched a new 50,000-square-foot pilot training center near its hub at Salt Lake City Airport (SLC). This development marks Delta's first major training facility investment outside its Atlanta headquarters, where the initial pilot training facility was established in 1968.
The new facility aims to enhance "pilot training capacity and provide a closer, more convenient location for pilots in Delta's western hubs," while also benefiting the local economy. John Laughter, E.V.P. and Chief of Operations at Delta, stated: "This 50,000-square-foot training center is really about the future. There's a great opportunity to improve not only great quality of training, but quality of life, too, and have our pilots have a really great training center to come to here."
Designed to host over 1,000 monthly training events, the facility includes four high-ceiling bays for full-motion simulators, four procedure trainers for qualification training, seven classrooms, ten briefing rooms, and an emergency equipment training area. Additionally, Delta maintains facilities for flight attendant training at SLC.
