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.
Bruno Even, Airbus Helicopters CEO and Romain Trapp, President and Head of North America Region for Airbus Helicopters, provided an overview of their portfolio. 9 March 2022
JetBlue is now accepting applications for its pilot Gateways, opening the door for more people to discover and define their own career path in aviation. 9 March 2022
Entrol’s new H145 FTD simulator is a response to the training community’s continuing quest to offload more training tasks from the aircraft or full flight simulator. 9 March 2022
Merlin Flight Simulation Group will be upgrading the MP521 motion simulator at The University of Manchester, England, with the latest Diamond Visionics Genesis visual graphics, and the Merlin S’Fun Matlab interface software. 8 March 2022
Quantum3D Inc. will be exhibiting at HAI Heli-Expo 2022 from 7-10 March 2022 at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas - Booth #6223. 8 March 2022
Training organisations acknowledge they lack understanding about the variety of VR technologies, how this technology can be used with the existing pilot training infrastructure, and the costs involved in implementing such technologies. 8 March 2022
Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak is filing frequent reports from the Heli Expo 2022 show floor on safety, training and simulation developments. 8 March 2022
FlyRight Inc., an FAA-approved 142 Flight Training Center located in North Carolina, USA, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for Bombardier Dash 8 online pilot training. 7 March 2022
A joint report by the Royal Aeronautical Society and the University of the West of England shines a light on gender discrimination and the lack of gender diversity amongst pilots in the airline industry. 7 March 2022
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority have recognized the potential of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft to benefit the public. 4 March 2022
Sterling Flight Training has launched new flat-rate tuition pricing for their career pilot training program and has partnered with the Meritize platform for a new financing option. 4 March 2022
RSi has acquired the flight simulator relocation business of Quadrant Simulation Systems Inc. based in Orlando, Florida, with immediate effect. 4 March 2022
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. welcomes Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as a customer for its Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC product. 4 March 2022
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2022, Bristol Groundschool is highlighting extraordinary women pilots who have studied at the school. 3 March 2022