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Cabin Crew Safety has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace; and for Cabin Crew Safety this involves delivering support in busy air crew training halls where they support the representative training equipment. Gemma Archibald, director of Alcumus SafeContractor said: "Major... 11 June 2018
AXIS Flight Training Systems has completed motion testing on its latest simulator for Aviation Academy Austria (AAA). The manufacturer has used Bosch-Rexroth's eMotion 14000 platform for this ATR 72-600 simulator. Highly efficient and able to support up to 80% of the payload, the eMotion 14000 reduces energy consumption and device... 6 June 2018
ELITE Simulation Solutions has installed an iGate Series cockpit enclosed advanced aviation training device (AATD) at HP Flight School in Panama City, Panama. The school is located at Marcos Gelabert International airport in Panama City and has about 120 students operating Piper PA-28 aircraft, a PA-44 Seminole and the... 6 June 2018
Cabin crew will now have better tools to help them prevent human trafficking on commercial flights after the launch of the new ICAO-OHCHR Guidelines for Training Cabin Crew on Identifying and Responding to Trafficking in Persons. The new guidelines are seen as timely and essential given than 1-in-200 people... 5 June 2018
CAE is expanding its business aviation training footprint with the launch of the new Bombardier Global 5000/6000 full flight simulator (FFS) with Vision flight deck. The new CAE 7000XR Series FFS is equipped with CAE Tropos™ 6000XR visual system. Luxaviation, Tag Aviation Europe, along with the pilots of many other... 5 June 2018
Maintenance training of 150 or more technicians spread over 7-8 years can reduce the costs of operational disruptions such as delays and cancellations (D&C's) by 84%, according to a study by Management & Excellence (M&E) and the Pratt & Whitney Customer Training Center. Airlines training 50 technicians or fewer over... 5 June 2018
Spatial has been selected by WestJet to manufacture a B787 door trainer. Spatial will design and build the door trainer at its manufacturing facility in the UAE before shipping and installing it at WestJet's crew training centre in Calgary, Canada. Emergency scenarios include door and handle jams, power assist... 5 June 2018
Norwegian air service provider AVINOR, along with Indra and its Norwegian subsidiary, Indra Navia, as technology provider, have successfully completed the first test in a series of validations within SESAR 2020 Programme to simultaneously manage traffic in multiple airports from a single remote position. While single remote tower control... 5 June 2018
CAE has signed a new pilot training agreement with OJets, the new business aviation operator that recently acquired Elit'Avia. Under the 3-year agreement, pilots will be training on Bombardier Global Vision, Global Express ad Challenger 605/650 across CAE's training network in Europe, including CAE Amsterdam and CAE London Burgess Hill. 5 June 2018
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has installed its B737 FTD-2 simulator at Safair Operation's training center at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. The FTD-2 has been certified by the local CAA. Safair Operations CEO, Elmar Conradie commented: "The acquisition of this simulator is an exciting milestone for... 5 June 2018
The Director-General of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA), Mrs. Avomo Assoumou Paule Koki, and the Director of the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO), Mrs Paula V. de Almeida, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the primary objective of setting Cameroon CAA as a JAA TO... 5 June 2018
Republic Airways Holdings will open Leadership In Flight Training (LIFT) Academy, a U.S.-based aviation training school at the Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana. LIFT Academy, will use advanced technology and systems to train future aviators. Republic says it will leverage its history in developing advanced training and safety curriculum... 1 June 2018
Avsoft has announced the release of its SMS course for pilots. Based on customer demand, Avsoft has developed a course that explores important concepts, definitions, factors, processes, and responsibilities related to Safety Management System (SMS). Topics discussed in this course include airline safety culture before and after SMS, the... 1 June 2018
Among the several domains of the aviation industry which are under the rulemaking remittal of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) the training and licensing of air traffic controllers (ATCO) plays a significant role in the interchangeability of ATCO licenses and the free movement of air traffic management professionals within the member states of EASA. Mario Pierobon reports. 31 May 2018
An epic 21st anniversary edition of the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) took place at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, in Orlando, April 17-19, 2018. Conference Chair Chris Lehman captures some of the highlights. 31 May 2018
The use of focused training to mitigate Startle and Surprise was examined in a study by the NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre and KLM. Julie Boatman Filucci examines the study and its results. 31 May 2018
Aegean Airlines recently implemented EBT into their training programme. Nassima Hamza reports on the results. 31 May 2018
CAE and Aeromexico Formacion, the aviation training center of Grupo Aeromexico, have partnered to launched a new cadet pilot creation program. The first-of-its-kind in Mexico, this pilot creation program provides cadets with no flying experience, the opportunity to become Aeromexico pilots after completing a rigorous 18-month training program. Starting in... 31 May 2018
FlightSafety International promoted Nancy Ritter to Manager of the FlightSafety Learning Center in Orlando, Florida. She replaces Trent Corcia who joined FlightSafety’s marketing department as a Product Director. Pete Nily was named Manager of the FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, replacing Nancy Ritter. The company also named Milt Hobbs,... 31 May 2018
FlightSafety International is building a simulator for the King Air 200 aircraft equipped with a Garmin G1000 NXi Integrated Flight Deck. It will be installed at the company’s Wichita East Learning Center, and training is scheduled to begin in August 2018 following Level D qualification. The simulator will feature wireless... 31 May 2018