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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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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
Dento Aviation has purchased an A32 FNPT II MCC from Entrol Simulators to be installed in their base in Larnaca, Cyprus. 10 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
Varjo Aero has won the Auggie Award 2022 for Best Headworn Device by the Augmented World Expo event in Santa Clara, California. 8 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
PlaneEnglish has released a new update which includes the addition of Primary Flight Displays in the ARSim Aviation Radio Simulator. 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
Skyborne Airline Academy is hosting its first Cabin Crew Futures event on 9 June at its Gloucestershire Airport training academy, joined by leading airlines including British Airways and easyJet. 31 May 2022
Joby Aviation, Inc. has received a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing Joby to begin on-demand commercial air taxi operations. 27 May 2022
VRM Switzerland and Helitrans of Norway have qualifed under EASA regulation the first VR FTD3. Helitrans will use the simulator for pilot training and checking. 27 May 2022