How AIDT’s Aviation Training Center is powering Alabama’s aerospace workforce

When Airbus chose Mobile as the home for its first U.S.-based commercial aircraft assembly plant, it marked a transformative moment for the state’s aerospace industry. But behind the headlines and ribbon cuttings was another critical development: the establishment of the AIDT Aviation Training Center, a state-of-the-art facility designed to build the skilled workforce Airbus needed to succeed in Alabama. The training center opened in 2014, one year before Airbus launched aircraft production in Mobile. Today, the facility stands as a national model for how targeted workforce training can power