Delta donates $350K to maintenance training programs

The airline’s foundation awarded nine grants totaling $350,000 to enhance maintenance training, support, and awareness, the airline noted on its website Aug. 1.

The airline is boosting resources close to its Georgia home with $50,000 grants to five of the state’s colleges: Augusta Technical College, Central Georgia Technical College, Georgia Northwestern Technical College, Savannah Technical College, and South Georgia Technical College.

Four other schools in the United States were selected for $25,000 grants based on “a variety of factors such as student population and promotion of diversity and inclusion.” Pennsylvania’s Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, New York’s Aviation High School, Washington’s South Seattle College, and California’s San Diego Miramar College were tapped for inclusion in the program to bolster maintenance training and resources.

San Diego Miramar College has placed several aviation maintenance students into Delta’s internship program since their affiliation began three years ago. The school is one of 38 in the country chosen to “assist the air carrier in providing qualified aircraft maintenance technicians,” the school previously reported.