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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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Surf Life Saving Queensland has purchased the first entrol H14 FTD Level 5 simulator in Australia. entrol will install the device, based on the Bell 429, by mid-2023 in Surf Life Saving Queensland's base in Archerfield Airport, on the eastern coast of Australia. 26 January 2023
The inaugural graduating class includes 51 students – with nearly 80% being women or people of color – marking the next step towards the airline's goal to train about 5,000 new pilots at the school by 2030, with the added goal of at least half women or people of color. 25 January 2023
The Upset Prevention and Recovery Training additional capability on Simaero’s ATR 42/72 Full-Flight Simulator, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, has received the EASA certification. 25 January 2023
The 48 airBaltic Pilot Academy students have now joined the company as First Officers after graduating in 2022; four new study groups will be formed in 2023 – in February, May, September and November. 25 January 2023
Built by industry professionals and powered by the Aircraft Electronics Association, the new website offers a spotlight on career paths in aviation and includes links to jobs, scholarships, aviation schools, veterans’ resources, information for educators, salary data and more. 25 January 2023
A new partnership between Boeing and the Kelly Heritage Foundation – an educational nonprofit organization affiliated with Port San Antonio – will expand STEM learning and workforce development across South Texas. 25 January 2023
Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia launched Malta’s first civil aviation policy, titled “A Civil Aviation Policy for Malta 2023-2030”, at the National Aviation Conference which took place 18 January 2023. 25 January 2023
The Federal Executive Council of the Government of Nigeria has approved funds for the production of Hungarian Magnus Sentinel training and surveillance aircraft. 23 January 2023
Captain Helen Heenan, MSc FRAeS, sits down with Captain Jacques Drappier to discuss mental health in aviation. Helen explains why conversations about mental health in aviation need to go further, with some pilots afraid to disclose issues for fear of losing their jobs. 23 January 2023
CPaT Global has been awarded a new contract with PLAY Airlines to provide its full pilot training portfolio for the Airbus A320NEO, including A320NEO initial and recurrent training, general subject library, A320NEO interactive diagrams, and aircraft procedure suite. 19 January 2023
FLAIM Systems has released the latest edition to FLAIM Extinguisher, including new scenarios – workplace fire warden scenario, air ambulance scenario, corrections facility scenarios – and more. 19 January 2023
ALSIM is strengthening its presence in Australia as Flight One, based in Archerfield, has acquired an ALSIM ALSR20 simulator. 19 January 2023
Vietnam Airlines and Viet Flight Training have opened the first civil pilot training school in Kiên Giang, Vietnam, located at Rạch Giá airport. 19 January 2023
The MPL (Multi-Crew Pilot Licence) program of Bamboo Airways and BAA Training has been officially approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), becoming the first and only program of such type in Vietnam. 17 January 2023
Aviomar Flight Academy is launching its new Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) to provide training to commercial airlines and independent pilots. 17 January 2023
The $32 million expansion project more than doubles the available training space and supports the airline's plan to hire and train a total of 15,000 people in 2023, including 4,000 flight attendants. 17 January 2023
2FLY Airborne has partnered with Avelo Airlines to assist graduates in achieving a career as a First Officer sooner than imagined. 16 January 2023
The Airways Aviation Group is in the midst of a significant reorganization as it gears up to substantially grow and further scale its network of aviation education & training facilities. 16 January 2023
Flight training and aircraft maintenance business, ACS Aviation, has invested £550,000 to purchase two additional aircraft to service the continued growth of its pilot training programme. 16 January 2023
Sustainability is more than a buzzword, it is essential to the future of aviation. Therefore, future pilots must be equipped with environmental awareness during their initial training. This is why Halldale and the Aircrew Training Policy Group (ATPG) is kicking off 2023 with our Environmental Awareness Airline Pilot Standard (APS) Multi Crew Coordination Course (MCC) eAPS MCC webinar. 16 January 2023