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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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World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) Chair and CAT/MS&T Editor Rick Adams discusses the pace of change in aviation training after the conclusion of our CAT Leader Forum workshop/webinar series. 5 August 2021
A CAT team report with Andy Smith, Marty Kauchak, Dr. Bill Johnson and Amanda Towner. 5 August 2021
The CAT Leader Forum emerged from an annual Heads of Training (HoT) meeting which Halldale typically conducts with EASA at the European Airline Training Symposium. 5 August 2021
L3Harris Technologies’ Pilot Pathway Scholarship program is open again to help ensure training is accessible to more aspiring pilots. 4 August 2021
Helicentre Aviation Academy has announced its 2022 scholarship initiative of £250,000 - the largest since the programme began in 2012 to assist helicopter pilots to fast-track their careers. 4 August 2021
Avion Group unveiled Athens, Greece, as a new flight training centre location beginning early next year and featuring an A320 Level D full-flight simulator. 4 August 2021
Metro Aviation is equipping pilots with Instrument Conditions Awareness Recognition and Understanding System view-limiting devices for additional safety and training measures. 3 August 2021
The Experimental Aircraft Association is partnering with Siemens Digital Industries Software to grow youth engagement and education in the aviation industry. 3 August 2021
Read what our expert presenting panel discussed during the fifth installment of our CAT Leader Forum Series. 2 August 2021
Airbus has launched the Mobile Airbus Training experience Suite, a subscription-based service platform with a 3D interactive virtual cockpit environment for pilot recurrent and initial type training. 2 August 2021
CAT magazine has been closely monitoring developments in the electric aircraft and electric vertical take off and landing sectors since our coverage of the 2019 FAA-EASA Safety Conference. 2 August 2021
The Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, in partnership with Latitude Aviation English Services, has won an Accelerating Business Collaboration award to research spoken English for successful flight training. 30 July 2021
United Aviate Academy has selected Boeing to provide a suite of training tools, materials and digital solutions to develop and provide early career training to United Airlines’ next generation of pilots. 29 July 2021
Alsim has sold the first AL250 Flight Simulation Training Device in Italy for Aero Club Milano. 29 July 2021
Skyborne Airline Academy has received approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority for its Cabin Crew Attestation training course, with the first intake commencing training in August. 28 July 2021
Together with the University of Geneva, Switzerland, the International Air Transport Association has launched an environmental sustainability training program. 28 July 2021
Padpilot has released a series of digital theory books for pilots studying for the 2021 Competency Based Instrument Rating syllabus. 28 July 2021
CPaT Global has been awarded a contract by the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil for the provision of distance learning. 28 July 2021
A virtual Airways Knowledge Online course in Air Traffic Services is in full swing for a group of 14 students from the Pacific and Middle East since global border and travel restrictions continue to disrupt face-to-face training. 27 July 2021
FlightSafety International has extended its 15-year training partnership with Porter Airlines through 2029. 27 July 2021