12 December 2024 The aviation training industry continues to face complex challenges and opportunities, as highlighted in the Heads of Training (HoT) meetings at APATS in Singapore and EATS in Cascais earlier this year.
A soldier with the Virginia National Guard, U.S. Army Sgt. Courtney Yerger is using her civilian expertise to save soldiers hundreds of dollars by providing a free aviation curriculum during her downtime while deployed to Kosovo. 14 June 2022
The airline industry has been more severely damaged by the pandemic than any event since WW2, and most surviving airlines have few resources to spare. 14 June 2022
The Big Data in Aviation Training working group expects to release a preliminary summary of its analysis this summer, following academic and peer review. 13 June 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration is opening a window of opportunity for people interested in applying for a job as an air traffic controller from June 24-27. 10 June 2022
Representing dozens of locations all over the world, Presagis’ new global library of environments includes multiple levels of detail, base imagery, elevation, ground lightmaps, geo-specific taxiways, and more. 9 June 2022
CPaT Global has been awarded a new contract with SIMAERO’s approved Training Organization. CPaT will be providing Aircraft Systems courses for their Airbus, ATR, and Boeing fleets. 9 June 2022
Birds of Paragon, a three-person female flight team from Paragon Flight Training, will take to the skies to compete in the 45th annual Air Race Classic June 21–24. 9 June 2022
Oman Aviation Academy has recently received FTD-1 including FNPT-II/MCC qualification. EASA performed the qualification on the MPS Boeing 737 MAX FTD. 8 June 2022
European Union Aviation Safety Agency has launched a new mental health research project, MESAFE, that will update the current EU standards for mental health assessment in aviation. 8 June 2022
After a two-year break due to the pandemic, the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association is hosting its 11th edition of the ALTA Pan American Aviation Safety Summit and welcomes new affiliate member ProSim Training Solutions. 7 June 2022
Urban air mobility company Volocopter has achieved another milestone to bring UAM to life: its fixed-winged passenger aircraft, the VoloConnect, completed its first flight in May 2022. 7 June 2022
Mountainflyers Ltd. has completed its simulation center in Bern, Switzerland, with an Airbus H125 Virtual Reality Training Device produced by VRM Switzerland. 6 June 2022
United Airlines has unveiled plans to invest $100 million to expand its sole training center, located in Denver, Colorado, near Denver’s Central Park. 3 June 2022
CPaT Global has been awarded a new contract with Skytrans, where the company will be providing Aircraft Systems courses for the DHC-8 100/300 and its library of General Subjects. 3 June 2022
George’s Aviation Services in Honolulu, Hawaii, has selected ALSIM and purchased an AL172 simulator. It will come with the latest ALSIM visual system with laser projectors. 2 June 2022
infoWERK has developed around 50 learning modules, covering the required competencies of a Flight Dispatcher / Flight Operations Officer, which go in to affect this September. 1 June 2022