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Marty Kauchak looks at current customer requirements for learning management systems and the evolving technology baseline of these systems. 19 December 2019
ATP Flight School's newest training center is now open at the Tucson International Airport. The Tucson facility marks ATP's third location in Arizona, complementing operations in Mesa and Scottsdale. Image credit: ATP Flight School The strategic location of the new Arizona location makes airline-oriented flight training more accessible in... 19 December 2019
Switzerland's Aero Locarno and UK-based Euro Flight Training have both signed up with FlightLogger to digitalize their operations. Euro Flight Training is a new training school based in Fareham, England, next to Solent Airport. The school has invested in new FNPT II Diamond simulators, one DA40 and one DA42. 19 December 2019
DRF Crew Dortmund Airport StationImage credit: DRF Luftrettung Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) and the Academy of the HEMS operator DRF Luftrettung are to present its new pilot training and further training program at the HAI Heli-Expo in California next month. From August 2020, a full flight simulator level D... 19 December 2019
Cooperation and partnerships have long proven to be the keys to solving most of society’s major problems. Since these tools have also resolved a considerable number of issues for the aviation industry as well, several aviation organizations are refocusing them to help mitigate perhaps the industry’s most critical problem, the shortage of qualified aviation maintenance technicians. Chuck Weirauch reports. 19 December 2019
Chris Long travelled to Prague to visit the Czech Airlines Training Centre. 19 December 2019
Entrol has installed an A32 FNPT II MCC simulator for Al Essa Medical & Scientific Equipment in Kuwait. The A32 FNPT II MCC is based on an A320. It features dual MCDU, TCAS II, ECAM and weather radar which is all simulated with Entrol technology. It has a 180°... 19 December 2019
It is always challenging to move a flag-carrying legacy airline into a more modern and commercial world. That is even more the case when that airline is mainly government-owned, and subject to the almost inevitable bureaucratic mindset. Chris Long visits Air Malta to learn more about the changing face of the airline. 18 December 2019
Editorial Comment This is the first issue of CAT Magazine after another World Aviation Training Symposium (WATS), and as such it always poses what I call “the abundance of riches challenge.” With the enormous volume of information and insight that is shared at WATS, it falls upon this issue... 18 December 2019
TAP Air Portugal have purchased a V9000 Commander™ Next-Generation fire trainer from Flame Aviation. The simulator, which will be located outside at the TAP headquarters near Lisbon Airport, will be equipped with a large observation area to allow up to 25 trainees to follow proceedings. "TAP Air Portugal has... 18 December 2019
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives issued bipartisan, bicameral legislation that, if signed into law, would modernize long-outdated maintenance training regulations and better aid the education community in supporting America’s growing aviation industry. The Promoting Aviation Regulations for Technical Training (PARTT) 147 Act would direct the... 17 December 2019
Royal-Star Aero has purchased two Alsim simulators: an Alsim AL250 and an Alsim ALX. Anna Lezoray, Sales Account Manager for Alsim, explains, “Addition of the AL250 and the ALX to Royal Star’s training fleet will perfectly complete their training syllabus, enabling them to train airline ready pilots.” Krzysztof Pawełek,... 17 December 2019
ViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc., won a Gold Award for Best Advance in Mobile Learning Technology from the Brandon Hall Group. The focal point of ViaTech’s application was Active Reader – developed to ensure that businesses have access to their mission-critical documents at all times. Active Reader enables secure electronic... 17 December 2019
Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea, was the venue for the recent Asian Aviation and Education Training Symposium (AAETS) 2018. Over 600 industry professionals attended the two days of conference and exhibition. Chris Long reports. 17 December 2019
Pilot trainers Simaero have bought two ATR 42/72 Full Flight Simulators (FFS) to support its existing fleet in Paris and Johannesburg. The first FFS will be ready for training at the Simaero Paris CDG training center on January 1. It will address training requirements for the ATR72-500 type. The... 17 December 2019
Boeing 737 MAX Boeing are to temporarily pause production of the grounded 737 Max airliner in January. The company said it would focus on selling stored aircraft which have been built over the nine months since the airline was grounded following two fatal crashes. "Throughout the grounding of the... 17 December 2019
Inlusion demonstrated its de-icing/anti-icing virtual reality training program last week at I/ITSEC in Orlando, Florida. The simulation program was created for Baltic Ground Services. Image credit: Inlusion The program simulates the aircraft de-Icing procedures in VR, including liquid spray, lifting platform control and communication with other staff. Students can... 16 December 2019
The Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Platform is the first 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform. It unites Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) innovations with its XR technology for a new era of mobile computing. This platform unveils custom features and multiple firsts that can be scaled across augmented... 12 December 2019
Mario Pierobon investigates the nature and effectiveness of crew resource management training for air medical staff. 12 December 2019
ACS Aviation has won an award for delivering advanced flight training at Perth Airport in Scotland. The success came in the Excellence in Business Innovation category at the Perthshire Chamber of Commerce 2019 Business Star Awards. The judges acknowledged that ACS Aviation have demonstrated impressive innovation, excellent customer service... 11 December 2019