Delta, Western Michigan University announce initial eight scholarship.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 June 2001-DELTA AIR LINES: Delta, Western Michigan University announce initial eight scholarship (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06062001 ATLANTA -- One is a senior account executive for a regional phone company. Another is a music teacher in a small Midwest city and yet another is a biostatistician from Alaska.

What these eight young adults all have in common is a unique aptitude for flight training and a scholarship from Delta Air Lines that could land them in the co-pilot's seat of a commercial aircraft some 18 months from now. Eight prospective pilots from around the nation were named today as the first recipients of scholarship funds designed to put increasing numbers of women and minorities in the cockpits of the...