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Global Training Aviation’s A320 Level D full flight simulator has been upgraded and has received the AESA UPRT High altitude stall event, full stall and icing certification according to CS-FSTD (A) issue 2. 4 September 2020
As the Covid-19 pandemic persists, and students return to campuses across the United States, there has not been a significant decline in the number of students enrolled in pilot-degree programs, according to a survey of aviation educators. Nearly 90% of schools report “little or no change.”
Only one school reported more than 15% cancellations or degree changes. About one-quarter indicated a “melt” of 5-15% in students committed to attending (though up from 10% a month ago). One-third are seeing less than 5% change, and 26.47% indicated all enrolled students plan to attend.
Surprisingly, in the wake of the devastation in the airline industry, nearly 40% of the universities will have a higher number of students than started a year ago. Only 15% expect a lower number, and 36.4% are level with 2019.
Ken Byrnes, Chair of the Flight Training Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), who moderates the ad-hoc national group’s periodic Zoom discussions, cautioned, “As the airline industry slows, interest can start to wane,” but he reminded that the process of becoming an airline pilot “is a four- to five-year journey, and the industry is going to need a significant amount of pilots in the near future.”
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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued guidelines to National Competent Authorities for enabling and monitoring virtual classroom instruction and distance learning. 3 September 2020
Cockpit4u has been approved as a training facility for apprenticeships by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK). 3 September 2020
Quantum3D, Inc. has launched a new release of MANTIS, its real-time scene management and image generation software. 2 September 2020
ALSIM has sold an AL250 to FTEJerez, the ATO based in Jerez, Spain. 2 September 2020
Watch the latest episode in our Restarting The Engines series with Capt Jacques Drappier, Capt. Philip Adrian and Mark Dransfield FRAeS discussing the use of FFS, FTD and other new technologies.
2 September 2020
JSC NordStar Airlines, based in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk, Russia, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for online pilot training. 1 September 2020
Lufthansa Aviation Training has put its own helicopter simulator into service after receiving approval from the German Federal Aviation Authority. 1 September 2020
ATP Flight School has accepted delivery of eight new Cessna Skyhawk pistons from Textron Aviation Inc. in Wichita, Kansas. 31 August 2020
Entrol has certified in the Netherlands an H135 FTD Level 3. 31 August 2020
When the FAA releases revised guidelines for pilot training for the modified Boeing 737 MAX, insiders expect a motion-based FFS will not be required. CAT Editor-In-Chief, Rick Adams, FRAeS, reports.
The anticipated training requirements for the modified Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will not likely require hardware changes to full-flight simulators or other MAX flight training devices which have already been built. “We’ve just done a large update to all the segments,” CAE’s Nick Leontidis told CAT. “The FAA and everybody else are doing their testing; there’s some required modifications, and we have just finished an update for all our sims. So things seem to be progressing in the right direction. I’m going to assume that things are quite mature at the moment.” Leontidis, Group President, Civil Aviation Training Solutions, for the Montréal-based simulator manufacturer and training services provider, confirmed that the updates are software-only.
“They’re obviously being very, very quiet about the whole thing,” he added. CAE had a representative on the FAA working group evaluating the training changes.
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Every year, thousands of FAA employees, industry members, and international students come to the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, to the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, for courses involving aviation safety, air traffic, and technical operations. These professionals ensure that the US National Airspace System remains safe and efficient. CAT Guest Commentary by Carlos Aqueda, AMA-250 Regulatory Standards, FAA Academy. 27 August 2020
The COMPASS developers' team has released Pre-COMPASS and a new fully Windows 10 compatible version of COMPASS. 27 August 2020
AAR has entered a new partnership with Corporation for Skilled Workforce to grow and diversify the talent pool of aviation maintenance technicians and reduce future labor shortages. 27 August 2020
Euramec, the European flight simulation solution provider has teamed up with Australia’s GeoSim to deliver Vulcan, an aerial firefighting simulation solution. 27 August 2020
Flights grounded, training centres locked down, simulator deliveries hampered. Yet the training device industry has proven remarkably resilient. CAT Editor Rick Adams, FRAeS, spoke with several company leaders about how the market is changing.
This is an industry that’s bounced back from terrorist attacks, volcano ash, and previous economic crises. Did anyone think a microscopic virus would dampen the make-it-happen spirit of people whose daily mission is to defy gravity?
The initial assumption was no flights, no pilots necessary. No training, no schools, no simulators. Possibly for a very long time.
But that’s not necessarily the case. As airlines restart operations, pilots need to be current, which may require more than the usual training if they’ve been idled for awhile.
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CAE is expanding its live online instructor-led maintenance training program, now available for Bombardier, Dassault, Gulfstream aircraft types and specific helicopter programs. 26 August 2020
Before the world faces another pilot shortage, the industry needs to learn how to recruit, train and retain new pools of people. Rona Gindin reports.
When the pandemic is past, or at least under control, and air traffic climbs toward and beyond 2019 levels, a pipeline of new commercial pilots will again be needed. The industry must look beyond men to fill airline cockpit seats.
The forecasts may fluctuate as the airlines recover from the Covid-19 crisis, yet in coming decades military, commercial and private staffs will be populated with hundreds of thousands of additional pilots, and they’ll look different.
Women alone can provide a virtually unlimited supply of candidates. In each region, various sub-groups of the population can also join the ranks. In the United States, for instance, that includes African-Americans, Latinx, LGBTs and Asian-Americans, among others.
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The industry-wide proposed “standardized curriculum” concept for pilots training to fly Part 135 aircraft could become the norm with momentum growing. Robert W. Moorman explores CAE's involvement in SC. 26 August 2020