Originally Posted by
simuflite
As I said, all of these recent changes are due to the facility consolidation currently underway; 12 months from now, the space vacated by these simulators will be filled with those from MSP (e.g. A320s, A330s, and additional 757s).
Presumably also the 747 sims will be moving to ATL as well.
Do you know the logic behind moving the sims from MSP to ATL? I know that after the merger DL spent some money to refurbish/reconfigure Building N in MSP (where the sims were located), and moving sims, transplanting the sim instructors, etc. is not a cheap or fast proposition. Was there really that much savings in pulling out of MSP like that? It's not like Building N was the old NW HQ or any other building; all they did there was sim training. Wouldn't there also be some benefit in having two training locations in case there are backlogs (esp. on a common fleet type like the 757s)?
Just curious. With the announcement earlier this year that DL was moving all the sims and much of the maintenance from MSP to ATL, well after the merger was pretty much complete, makes you wonder about the whole "committed to MSP" thing they had always been talking about.