Delta Air Lines Bankruptcy Emergence, Part 9: Technical Operations Center Tour

Note: Nine years ago today, Delta Air Lines formally emerged from bankruptcy protection; and this article is the ninth of a series of articles which I first wrote nine years ago today.

I  was eagerly anticipating taking a tour of the Delta Air Lines Technical Operations Center. There have been many times when a flight on which I was a passenger would be number three or four for take-off and I would be staring out the window wondering exactly what they did in there.

At 1400 hours, I was able to find out. Granted, we were told that three hours of a typical tour of the facility was being condensed into one hour, but I did not mind. It was an opportunity to get a glimpse of the technical operations behind the scenes at Delta Air Lines.

Did you know that approximately 53% of its engine business is for other customers, with the remaining 47% devoted exclusively for Delta Air Lines?

Not Included in the Original Article

Apparently, I let the photographs do the talking when the original article of what was to be only my first visit to the Technical Operations Center of Delta Air Lines was first posted nine years ago today. I have plenty of photographs from my multiple visits to the Technical Operations Center and may post them in a future series of articles — and you are more than welcome to ask questions.

Another view of the tail of Ship 638 sporting its new livery — but from a different, more dramatic angle. All photographs ©2007 by Brian Cohen.