United Airlines hosts students from six HBCUs at its flight training center [Video]

DENVER — United Airlines is showing students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) that aviation is an attainable career option.

On Wednesday, the airline hosted nearly 50 college students at its Flight Training Center in Denver for a day long event.

“It’s the place where all of our pilots come to be trained, and re-certified and gain those skills that they need to be the best in the industry. And so for these young people today to join us to really get that exposure … is really kind of that eye opening magic moment,” said Anel Ruiz, the interim chief diversity officer for United.

It’s the largest flight training facility in the world and the students got to tour it, check out a flight simulator and hear from guest speakers.

“Using the flight simulator is going to be insane,” Bryson Downing, a Delaware State University sophomore, said ahead of …