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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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Hub’Air Aviation Academy, an Approved Training Organisation headquartered in Luxembourg has awarded Avsoft International a contract for online pilot training. 10 March 2021
Southwest Airlines has launched a The Southwest Airlines Scholarship Awards Program this year, which opens from 1 April – 13 May. 10 March 2021
To prepare air traffic controllers and aeronautical information staff for the new ICAO Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Conditions, which goes into effect on 4 November 2021, CANSO, IATA and ICAO have reached a collaboration agreement to develop a virtual training course. 9 March 2021
The long-delayed electronic Pilot Records Database (PRD), required by US legislation more than 10 years ago, is “in final review,” according to FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, speaking to a virtual Town Hall of the National Business Aviation Association. Dickson, however, did not specify exact timing for the new rule. 9 March 2021
The ICAO Council, ICAO’s 36-State governing body, has appointed Juan Carlos Salazar of Colombia as the organization’s new Secretary General for a three-year term, beginning 1 August 2021. 8 March 2021
Many airlines have a history of a re-birth and making the changes that move to a new reality, and no more so than during the present challenging times. Chris Long examines a re-emerging phoenix. 8 March 2021
iMeasure has launched online psychometric assessment tool iPrism, which brings together all the components of a role-specific job description in a single, combined output. 8 March 2021
Skyborne Aviation Group Limited has acquired its first pilot training base in the United States in Vero Beach, Florida. 8 March 2021
CPaT Global has been awarded a new contract by Asiana Airlines for the provision of aircraft systems courses, interactive diagrams, and general subjects courses. 5 March 2021
PHI Aviation has struck a five-year deal with Ideagen for it’s Coruson enterprise risk and safety management software. 5 March 2021
Women in Aviation International is offering 47 new scholarships in a variety of aviation career pursuits thanks to a generous $250,000 grant. 4 March 2021
Alsim has sold an ALSR20 to IFR-Flugschule, based in Germany. Their ongoing cooperation with a Cirrus Training Center has led the ATO to choose the new Alsim simulator. 4 March 2021
Adacel Technologies Limited has been awarded a contract from the Saint Lucia Air and Seaports Authority for an air traffic management system. 3 March 2021
Frasca International is expanding its manufacturing facility in response to strong simulator sales. 3 March 2021
FlightLogger has secured Herning Helicopters as its the 13th organization in Denmark, and the 117th worldwide to use the FlightLogger flight school management platform. 2 March 2021
BAA Training is one of the first aviation training centers in Europe to start Ab Initio pilot training with integrated Area 100 Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes. 2 March 2021
Flyschool Air Academy in Spain has acquired a second Alsim AL250 simulator for its new base in Mallorca, Spain. 1 March 2021
High-risk pilots generally perceive much less risk on unstable approaches and do not feel they will be reprimanded. US Affairs Editor Chuck Weirauch looks at the on-going dilemma of go-around decision-making. 1 March 2021
With a £1.2-million grant from the UK Research and Innovation’s Future Flight Challenge, the first “urban air port” for electric aircraft is to be built in the heartland. 1 March 2021
Letter to EU Council seeks to “save what remains of the tourism and air transport sectors by applying a coordinated approach.” 1 March 2021