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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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CAE have inaugurated two new UK training centres at London Gatwick and Manchester to support the start of its 10-year exclusive pilot training agreement with easyJet. A third training centre in Milan, Italy, will be inaugurated on October 10. CAE also recently expanded its Barcelonatraining centre. Airline customers, governments... 2 October 2019
Airways Aviation have launched a new scholarship to encourage more students to consider a career as a pilot. The scholarship was launched at the company's Airline Pilot Careers Day at London Oxford Airport. The careers day allowed prospective pilots to tour the facilities and experience first-hand what it would... 2 October 2019
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) has selected L3Harris Technologies to provide two level 5 compliant Flight Training Devices (FTDs) and a Virtual Flight Deck to help prepare students for professional pilot careers. The devices, based on the CRJ700 aircraft type, will feature an aircraft-specific flight deck that offers the... 2 October 2019
Quadrant Group has begun delivering pilot training courses for individuals and airlines after achieving Approved Training Organisation (ATO) certification. UK CAA/EASA accredited Quadrant Pilot delivers courses in its B737 NG and A320 Level D full flight simulators. “With our purpose-built training centre housing full flight simulators for the B737... 2 October 2019
Participation in Girls in Aviation Day has spread far beyond the vision of the event five years ago as airports, FBOs, museums, universities and corporate members have joined Women in Aviation International (WAI) Chapters and Corporate Members to help spread the word that aviation and aerospace offer a rich... 1 October 2019
Australia's Ballarat Aero Club have signed up to use FlightLogger software. The aeroclub, based at GA airport outside of Ballarat City, support recreation flying and have a training organization. It supports RPL, IR, FI and all the way up to a commercial pilot license. As part of the installation,... 1 October 2019
Jazz Aviation LP, a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc. announced the launch of a new program which provides a direct career path to flight attendant positions at Jazz for qualified candidates. The new program, called the Jazz Aviation Pathways Program for Flight Attendants, follows in the footsteps of Jazz's... 30 September 2019
The latest L3Harris Full Flight Simulator (FFS) at Airbus’ Miami Training Center has just received certification and is ready for training. The A320 RealitySeven simulator has the capability to cover A320 Current Engine Option (CEO) and New Engine Option (NEO) versions with four engine types. It also comes complete... 30 September 2019
PICO d.o.o., an EASA Certified ATO based in Loce, Slovenia, has awarded a pilot training contract to Avsoft International. PICO is using Avsoft’s A320 initial aircraft systems eLearning course for ground school theory pilot training. All modules and tailored exams from the initial course satisfy requirements for its A320... 27 September 2019
KLM has taken delivery of a V7000 Brigade VIEW fire trainer from Flame Aviation. The model is an upgrade on Flame Aviation's V9000 Commander that KLM used temporarily while building a new training centre. With the new centre open, training will start immediately on the V7000. "The realistic training scenario’s... 26 September 2019
French simulation specialists ALSIM have agreed the sale of an AL 250 SEP MEP to Aviation Career Center; its first sale in Slovenia. The ALSIM AL250 is a compact simulator for single & multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfigurable) PPL, CPL & IR training. It meets all regulatory standards and... 26 September 2019
Hong Kong Airlines has opened its new HKA Training Academy (HKATA) at the airport island of Chek Lap Kok. The facility has 12 aircraft simulator bays, an eight-metre-high multi-function training hall and 24 training classrooms. It also has a 25-metre swimming pool for evacuation, safety and service training. HKATA... 26 September 2019
Spatial's ATR Emergency Evacuation Trainer for Cebu Pacific has passed its Factory Acceptance Test. This is the third device the cabin crew training simulator experts has manufactured for Cebu Pacific. It covers all of the cabin exits in the aircraft. 26 September 2019
Cirrus Aircraft announced the TRAC Series, a purpose-built configuration of the SR Series line of aircraft developed specifically for flight training institutions. Combining the Perspective+ by Garmin flight deck along with the performance and safety found in the SR Series, the TRAC Series includes tailored features such as rear... 26 September 2019
Airbus Services has launched a new Structure Training offer focusing on composite materials. It said its tailored approach was in reaction to next-generation aircraft with advanced materials requiring new skills for damage assessment, inspection procedures and repair activities. The modular approach and learning path per job profile will begin... 25 September 2019
FlyPeople and Italy's Aviomar Flight Academy have agreed a training partnership to provide cabin crew courses in Rome. The courses include four and six-day attestation as well as the beVIP cabin crew training course dedicated to corporate VIP flight attendants. The first course is schedule for October at Aviomar’s... 25 September 2019
Sponsored Content Last week we opened up on how the Avion Phantom A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) can support your training needs and can add additional training value. We mentioned that the Avion Phantom A320 touchdown and motion cues are next level compared to legacy machines. Avion believes in... 25 September 2019
ALSIM has installed an AL42 simulator to Leading Edge Aviation, an aviation academy in Oxford, England. The ALSIM AL42 is an exact replica of the Diamond DA42. Built using aircraft parts and fitted with the latest Garmin G1000 avionics suite, it comes with latest visual system, GFC 700 autopilot... 25 September 2019
Spanish flight academy FLYBYSCHOOL has been awarded FNPT II MCC certification for its Entrol en-4000 simulator. FLYBYSCHOOL is the launching customer for Entrol's new en-4000 simulator, which features SEP, MEP and JET configurations. The simulator's SEP and MEP configurations have dual GTN 650 for PBN and LPV courses which... 25 September 2019
Greek airline Orange2fly has obtained an EASA Approved Training Organization (ATO) certification. This initial certification from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (EL-ATO-017) contains approvals for AIRBUS A320 Initial Type Rating training, Revalidation and Renewal, MCC, CCQ to A320. It also includes Type Rating Instructor and Synthetic Flight Instructor training. ... 25 September 2019