The three-story 141,000-square-foot project will add flight simulators and briefing rooms.
DALLAS—Southwest Airlines Co. announced construction is underway on an expansion project for the carrier's Leadership and Aircrew Development/LEAD Center on its headquarters campus. It is anticipated to open in Fall 2020.
The three-story 141,000-square-foot expansion project will add space for eight additional flight simulators, up from its current 18 simulators, additional briefing rooms and space for smaller flight training devices. Between continuing qualification training, captain upgrade classes and new hire classes, the carrier trains an average of 850 pilots monthly at the LEAD center.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
