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7 April 2025 Rick Adams Tanja Schmidt began her role with the International Air Transport Association in September 2024, inheriting a department which manages hundreds of training courses across dozens of airline-related categories. She sat down with Rick Adams to discuss how the role is going and what training changes are coming.
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More than 300 young people have reached their dream of earning their pilot certificate with support from the Experimental Aircraft Association Ray Aviation Scholarship program. 7 February 2023
In honor of Black History Month, CAT pays tribute to Bessie Coleman, the first Black person to obtain an official Federation Aeronautique Internationale pilot license and first African American woman to obtain a pilot license. 7 February 2023
Halldale and the Aircrew Training Policy Group (ATPG) kicked off 2023 with our Environmental Awareness Airline Pilot Standard (APS) Multi Crew Coordination Course (MCC) eAPS MCC webinar. Watch the full webinar here. 7 February 2023
Skyborne is opening applications for up to five full-time Ground School Instructors at Vero Beach, Florida, to support the airline academy’s continued growth. 6 February 2023
Applications are now open until 28 February for the 2023 Southwest Airlines Scholarship to students across the country with a career interest in the airline industry — whether that interest is in frontline operations, maintenance, corporate roles, or the many roles in between. 6 February 2023
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest aviation group in Africa, has inaugurated a new aviation training center in the city of Hawassa. 6 February 2023
SG Aéro, based at the Troyes LFQB airfield, France, has bought an ALSIM AL250 simulator. 3 February 2023
Our first webinar of 2023, on Environmental APS MCC which was hosted in conjunction with the ATPG, was an hour of insightful learnings and practical advice for all. Catch up here with the key takeaways from the session. 3 February 2023
Hawaiian Airlines has become the newest industry partner of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) SkillBridge program, which has successfully transitioned more than 380 servicemen and women into civilian careers since its inception in 2019. 2 February 2023
CPaT Global has been awarded a new contract with Egyptian Airline, Nile Air, providing Airbus A320 Enhanced and Airbus A320neo aircraft systems courseware and more. 2 February 2023
CPaT Global has been awarded a new contract with Linhas Aereas de Mozambique (LAM) to provide aircraft system courses and its general subject library for LAM’s pilot training for the Boeing B737NG, including aircraft procedures, and bombardier Q400 planes. 1 February 2023
FAA Acting Administrator, Billy Nolen, and Director of Certification, Lirio Liu, along with others from the FAA visited Archer Headquarters recently as the company seeks to certify its Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. 1 February 2023
Women in Aviation International (WAI) has received a $100,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation Special Gifts Program to support the organization’s work to increase the number of women involved in all aspects of aviation. 31 January 2023
House Republicans continue to elect chairmen of that chamber’s committees of special interest to readers of CAT and MS&T: Transportation and Infrastructure and Armed Services. 30 January 2023
Redbird Flight and Avemco Insurance Company have entered into a new agreement to support the ongoing proficiency training of pilots in 2023 and beyond. 27 January 2023
A new professional development course, Women in Leadership: A Program for Emerging Leaders, has been added exclusively for Women in Aviation members. 27 January 2023
The investment will be used to support and expand workforce training, pipeline development, and apprenticeships at AAR's Rockford MRO facility at the Rockford International Airport. 27 January 2023
A new Washington, D.C.-based aviation trade association, the National Flight Training Association (NFTA), is now actively representing a network of United States-based professional flight training providers seeking a unified voice on aviation industry matters that impact flight academies. 26 January 2023
To support its commercial aircraft ramp-up, meet challenges in defence, space and helicopters, Airbus intends to recruit more than 13,000 people globally in 2023. 26 January 2023
Auburn University’s School of Aviation is the latest university partner to join the Southwest Airlines Destination 225° pilot recruitment program. 26 January 2023