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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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As part of Women in Aviation International’s (WAI) 30th annual conference in Long Beach, California, held March 14-16, 2019, local girls from ages 8 to 17 are invited to learn about the career and lifestyle possibilities available in aviation and aerospace. Girls in Aviation Day Long Beach will be... 25 February 2019
ACS Aviation has seen a significant increase in flight training enquiries and forecasts that over 200 future pilots will enrol on its Airline Pilot Transport Licence program over the next three years. The expansion of the business has resulted in an increase in the ACS workforce from 13 to... 25 February 2019
Fidelity Flight Simulation Incorporated (F2Si) won a contract from Guardian Flight to build a Beechcraft King Air C90 Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) for their Hawaii location and upgrade their Beechcraft Super King Air B200 AATD for their Alaska location. Both devices are scheduled to be completed by end... 22 February 2019
Alsim sold an ALX flight simulator to the National Flight Centre Pilot Academy, located in Leixlip, near Dublin, Ireland. The Alsim ALX simulator offers up to four classes of aircraft – from single engine piston, twin engine piston, twin turbine up to medium category twin jets (generic B737/A320). Designed... 22 February 2019
L3 Commercial Aviation won a contract with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to provide a B787-9 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for the airline’s training center at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The simulator, an L3 RealitySeven model, is scheduled for delivery in mid-2020. The device will enable additional training capability... 21 February 2019
FlightSafety International promoted Clinton Strong to manager of the company’s new Unmanned Systems Training Centers in Wichita, Kansas, and Las Vegas, Nevada. His responsibilities also include the development and integration of innovative solutions for Unmanned Systems Training programs for drones. The FlightSafety UAS Learning Center will have operations in... 21 February 2019
The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) helped establish the first apprenticeship standard for commercial airline pilots in the U.K., which is now on the shelf for any airline to pick up and use. Put together by the Aviation Industry Skills Board specialist sub-group, the apprenticeship standard for first pilot... 21 February 2019
Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) has contracted Micro Nav Limited (Micro Nav) to design, deliver and commission a 360-degree 3D Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower simulator for Hamad International Airport, as well as a technical refresh of the existing BEST simulators. This includes civil works, hardware, software, consoles, training... 21 February 2019
The fallout from the GermanWings tragedy has resulted in a recognition that mental health is a key aspect of the safe and efficient operation of the global aviation industry. Initiatives such as Peer Support programmes and recent EASA regulations have cemented the concept in the aviation community. The RAeS... 21 February 2019
Indra will equip the new pilot training center that GTA will open in Bogota, Colombia, with a state-of-the-art simulator of the A320 passenger plane prepared to offer 7,000 hours of training and teach 350 pilots each year. The demand for training in these simulators is so great that they... 20 February 2019
Sponsored Content The 3rd International Conference on Unruly Airline Passenger Behaviour, DISPAX World 2019, will take place from 11-12 June, 2019 at the Riverside Venue, Heathrow, U.K. Disruptive passenger incidents are a daily occurrence on board commercial flights around the world. Seemingly trivial issues can quickly escalate into explosive... 19 February 2019
The European Flyers’ en-1000 simulator has achieved the FNPT II certification granted by EASA. The en-1000 FNPT II is a fixed-wing simulator reconfigurable between SEP and MEP, equipped with a GTN 650 and a cabin interchangeable between analogue and glass cockpit. This simulator is located in Mutxamel, Spain, and... 19 February 2019
Alpha Aviation Group (AAG) has purchased an additional four Cessna 172 (Nav II) aircraft as the demand for commercial pilot training continues to grow. The purchase of the four Cessna 172 aircraft from the U.S. takes AAG’s Cessna fleet to 24 planes, and comes in response to unprecedented demand... 19 February 2019
Bert Buyle, CEO of Euramec, and the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries (SIATI) revealed plans for Euramec’s new Regional Sales and Technology Centre in India. The new centre is expected to open in 2020. Once open, the combined R&D and sales facility will include collaborative space for... 19 February 2019
Helisim broke ground on a new 23,000-square foot helicopter pilot and maintenance crew training center in Grand Prairie, Texas. The new center, at the Airbus Helicopters Inc. campus, represents a major international expansion of Helisim. The company will oversee operations at the new simulation center, and the first stage... 19 February 2019
Euramec chose Canada as a future sales and maintenance site for North America. Euramec NV will continue to develop advanced flight training devices for the global markets from the head office in Belgium. The company structure, however, is being adjusted to reflect the needs of customers. Euramec will have... 19 February 2019
There are just three weeks to go before the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) closes the defence simulation and training focus areas of its Open Call for Innovation, having already funded a number of successful proposals. The closing date to submit an innovation idea to these focus areas is... 18 February 2019
Cockpit4u Aviation Service and Airways Aviation Academy (AAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), whereby AAA and Cockpit4u will be providing a framework for the development of a constructive and successful joint working arrangement. AAA will be offering its full-time pilot training students the opportunity and resources to... 15 February 2019
Pacific Simulators (PacSim) just installed two FSTDs at FlyBest Flight Academy headquarters in BSD City Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia. One is the all new EuroJet FJ2000 Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT), an open cockpit systems and procedures device that is ideal for pilots heading to airlines with Airbus A320 fleets,... 15 February 2019
Avsoft is pleased to announce the release of the Dash 8 Q100 Aircraft Systems Course for pilots, owing to strong demand from its extensive Dash 8 customer base. Featuring 24 modules filled with highly-detailed technical illustrations, this course explores all the major aircraft systems, including all the components, operations,... 15 February 2019