(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) "For the West Coast pilots, it's a game changer," said Delta Captain T.J. Bates, center, of Delta's new pilot training center in Salt Lake City on June 29, 2023. The new 47,000-square-foot facility, slated to open in 2025, will have the ability to host up to 10 flight simulators.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.