Lufthansa Gears Up Redesigned Ab Initio Training

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Lufthansa and United are using Goodyear Airport for their ab initio pilot training.

Credit: Dietmar Plath
It is 6:30 a.m. on a Thursday, and the apron at Phoenix Goodyear Airport is getting busy. This is not everyone’s favorite time to begin a long day at work, but out here in the desert it is quite popular to start early. The heat of the day has not yet arrived, and the air above and around the Arizona...
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