Airbus Helping To Build Aerospace Futures In Alabama

Alabama News Center | June 29, 2017 @ 5:03 am

By Jerry Underwood
Made in Alabama

Global aerospace giant Airbus is doing more than designing and manufacturing planes in Alabama.

The France-based company also is helping to shape education and workforce trends in its corner of the state and beyond, particularly the prospects and pipeline for aerospace engineers.

The Airbus Engineering Center, which was the forerunner to the company’s aircraft manufacturing plant in Mobile, has a workforce of about 220 engineers and support staff, recruited from across the nation. They work on nearly all of the commercial aircraft products in the Airbus fleet family.“Our initial cadre was mostly not from this region. We needed to have a more experienced workforce than the folks who were in the region allowed us to have,” said David Trent, site director of the facility.

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