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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a new scenario to its Runway Safety Pilot Simulator, The Anatomy of Wrong Surface Event Part 1: Pilot. Image credit: Federal Aviation Administration The six-minute animation is one of three scenarios currently offered on the Runway Safety Simulator website, with others focusing on... 22 April 2020
Airways Aviation Academy continues to work and plan ahead to develop new ways of training during these unprecedented times. 22 April 2020
AeroStar Training Services, a FAA Parts 141 & 142 flight school based in Kissimmee, Florida, seeks to alleviate some of the hardship felt by pilots who’ve recently found themselves out of work due to the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry. 21 April 2020
Great Dane Airlines A/S, a charter operator based in Aalborg, Denmark, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for online pilot training. 21 April 2020
Slovenian company Pipistrel is providing open access to all online training materials during the current period of world-wide enforced isolation. Pipistrel Academy computer-based training courses are now available free-of-charge to anybody, for three months. Anybody, whether student pilot, pilot, flight instructor or aviation enthusiast, flying clubs, or flight schools... 20 April 2020
Malaysia-based low-cost carrier AirAsia is taking bookings to resume some domestic flight operations on 29 April with flights to Thailand, the Philippines, India and Indonesia to follow in early May. The airline advised that governments still need to give their approval. Initial flights are intended to serve people who... 20 April 2020
The UK's NHS (National Health Service) has enlisted easyJet and Virgin Atlantic crews to work alongside clinicians at the new Nightingale hospitals as part of the fight against coronavirus. The airlines are asking staff who have not been working since the COVID-19 pandemic grounded some planes, to consider helping... 16 April 2020
In troubling times where companies are looking for more reliable and cost-effective ways to train their personnel, Avion Group can help users set up their own flight training centers at their doorsteps, no investments required. Image credit: Avion Group “Based on our own flight training center experience, we can... 15 April 2020
Skyborne Airline Academy is marking the first anniversary of its EASA Integrated ATPL programme and one year of training for its first intake – Cadet Pilot (CP) 001. Skyborne has 38 students currently going through its EASA Integrated ATPL programme, with 11 more planned to start in 2020 to... 15 April 2020
Air Canada is reconfiguring the cabins of three of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to give them additional cargo capacity to transport vital supplies and necessary cargo amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The first aircraft conversion is complete and is now in service, with the second and third aircraft to be... 15 April 2020
Legacy Flight Training’s online ground school will now include turbine-powered PA-46 recurrent training. Students registered for their turbine PA-46 training (M600, M500, G1000 and Avidyne Meridian) will also receive a link for interactive ground training that they can complete before their in-aircraft or simulator training. Image credit: Legacy Flight... 15 April 2020
Teams at both of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, are fabricating masks and face shields to help protect healthcare workers amid the coronavirus outbreak. Image credit: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Fifty students on the Daytona Beach Campus are fabricating 5,000 face shields using... 15 April 2020
Boeing delivered the first set of reusable 3D-printed face shields to support healthcare professionals working to stop the spread of COVID-19. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accepted the initial shipment of 2,300 face shields and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will deliver the shields to... 15 April 2020
As the Covid-19 situation continues to affect all of us around the world, Halldale Group has been forced to make the decision to distribute our publications through digital channels only for the remainder of 2020. Covid 19 has imposed many dramatic changes on us all with almost all... 15 April 2020
Due to customer demand, Avsoft has created an Embraer 195 aircraft systems online pilot course. The course includes 24 modules and covers all major aircraft systems, including components, operations, controls, and indications associated with each system. Each module concludes with a test, and when all the modular tests are... 14 April 2020
American Airlines distributed more than 81,000 pounds of food to food banks across the country through its partnership with Feeding America to help restock their dwindling supplies. Volunteers helped sort food items for families in Fort Worth. All image credits: American Airlines Food banks have seen an uptick in... 14 April 2020
FlightSafety International has applied its manufacturing resources to produce medical safety products and introduced a new online learning approach to support pilot currency requirements and maintenance training during the COVID-19 crisis. All image credits: FlightSafety International “Our teammates at FlightSafety Simulation in Broken Arrow are proud to contribute to... 14 April 2020
Avia Solutions Group organised a big thank you to the world’s health care providers, medical aid and equipment suppliers, and other contributors in the battle with the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s family members from 68 countries around the globe united for one cause – to show gratitude to those... 14 April 2020
FlyRight, a FAA Part-142 Pilot Training Center based in North Carolina, is trying to help pilots and aircraft operators mitigate some of the negative COVID-19 impacts by offering it’s Landing Currency and Flight Review programs at no charge. While the FAA has relaxed certain regulations for pilots, that may... 9 April 2020
The civil aviation training community seems to again be at one of those Dickensian crossroads – “best of times, worst of times.” 9 April 2020