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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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David Davenport, Co-CEO and president, Commercial, FlightSafety International has been elected president of the Wings Club Foundation. The Board of Governors voted to elect David during the Wings Club Annual Meeting held on March 27, 2019. He will serve a one-year term. As president, Davenport will set the strategic... 4 April 2019
Eyedot (Europe) Ltd has launched a newly designed website, which features a streamlined design and improved functionality, as well as gives a smoother, more intuitive visitor experience to help customers make well-informed decisions about their electronic service provider. 4 April 2019
Resource Group started the year with an inspection of its EASA Part-147 technical training business by the U.K.’s Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) with a successful outcome. A key quote form the report stated: “Directors have a very clear and long-term strategy to provide high-quality engineering apprenticeships to... 4 April 2019
Simloc, in collaboration with everis ADS, will supply a flight training device type FBS (Fixed Base Trainer) of the Airbus A320, with certification level FTD1 + MCC, to the company Aerodynamics Málaga. The simulator will be used to improve the training of students of its commercial pilot school, within... 4 April 2019
L3 Commercial Aviation has selected Piper Aircraft to supply as many as 240 new aircraft options to expand and modernize the airline fleet across its Airline Academy pilot training sites. The fleet will support growing demand for its cadet pilot programs in light of the global shortage of pilots. 4 April 2019
Solent Freight Services LTD has chosen Alsim for the installation of their first South American-based ALX simulator. The acquisition of an ALX marks the first partnership between both companies. Solent Freight Services bought the simulator for its Ecuador-based flight training facilities. The ALX will receive both FAA and EASA... 3 April 2019
FlightSafety International and TRU Simulation + Training, a Textron Inc. company, have formed a new company called FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training. This new joint venture will provide training services for Textron Aviation‘s broad product line of business and general aviation aircraft. “Our main goal in establishing FlightSafety Textron Aviation... 2 April 2019
Global Training Aviation's new A320 Level D Full Flight Simulator (FFS), provided by Indra, has received the Aerocivil certification and is ready for training. The FFS is located on the new premises of GTA, in Bogotá, Colombia. The Indra simulator has level D certification, the maximum certification available. This... 2 April 2019
LOT Polish Airlines has selected Flame Aviation’s V9000 Commander Next-Generation fire trainer for installation at its headquarters near Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland. The V9000 Commander will be the first next-generation fire trainer in Poland. The fire trainer offers extended possibilities for training lithium-ion battery fires and has the... 2 April 2019
Through a donor who wishes to be anonymous, Women in Aviation International is offering five training scholarships available for application now through May 31, 2019. These scholarships include: WAI Instrument or CFII Rating Scholarship: WAI will award a $5,000 scholarship to an individual pursuing an instrument rating or a... 2 April 2019
US Aviation Academy became the first flight school in the United States to be approved by the State Secretariat Civil Aviation of Cambodia (SSCA) as an Approved Training Organization (ATO). A growing cohort of Cambodian students have already begun training and the first is anticipated to graduate in May. 2 April 2019
VA Airline Training is to become the launch customer for Multi Pilot Simulations’ (MPS) forthcoming Airbus A320neo. The agreement was made on the same day that VA officially took ownership of its first MPS-built Airbus simulator – an A320ceo – at its Cambridge Airport Training Centre, following a nine-day... 2 April 2019
Simloc has achieved it’s quality certification under the seal ISO 9001 2015. The certification obtained, based on the International policy ISO 9001, consists of developing, starting up and improving the efficiency of a quality management system to increase client satisfaction by means of fulfilment of it’s requirements. With that... 1 April 2019
Helicentre Aviation Academy will be hosting Bristow Helicopters’ Careers Days from 16-17 April 2019, at its Midlands-based training facility in Leicester. The joint initiative will bring together experienced and newly qualified industry professionals seeking a career path into Oil and Gas or Search and Rescue, with those responsible for... 29 March 2019
UFA Inc. (UFA) opened new offices in Canada and Singapore. Answering the demand of its fast-growing customer base, UFA’s expansion will allow it to provide onsite services locally to its regional customers. UFA Technologies, Inc, the company’s wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, is located in Cornwall, Canada. The office will... 29 March 2019
North Star Air, a charter, passenger and cargo airline based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and serving the First Nation communities in High Arctic locations in the Northern Territories, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for its pilot training. North Star Air is using Avsoft’s ATR 72-500 aircraft... 29 March 2019
CAE signed a new five-year training agreement for AirAsia’s long-haul pilots. The agreement extends the use of the CAE Rise training system to AirAsia’s long-haul affiliate, AirAsia X, on the Airbus A330 platform. CAE is providing initial training for the airline’s pilots and will soon undertake recurrent training at... 28 March 2019
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary, KLM UK Engineering has signed a line maintenance contract with BA CityFlyer. KLM UK Engineering will commence this line maintenance contract with BA CityFlyer at Glasgow on their Embraer fleet from April 2019. 28 March 2019
Coptersafety has announced a new appointment of a full-time flight instructor, Gerardo Donatelli, to support its mission in helping operators to enhance safety in their operations. Gerardo brings with him 27 years of professional aviation experience. After joining the Air Force Academy in 1992, he served the military for... 27 March 2019
Tulmar Safety Systems Inc. (Tulmar) has launched two new cabin crew training products. They include a classroom Portable Girt Trainer and an Air Liquide-Style training PBE. The Portable Girt Trainer’s design and concept will provide the user with the realistic physical motion and pull force required to “pull to... 27 March 2019