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Stobart Air, based in Dublin, Ireland, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for its ATR 72-600 pilot training. The ATR 72-600 eLearning course is currently in training and uses selected modules and tailored exams from the initial course. The course content is rotated every year and covers the...   25 January 2019
Avsoft has released the Dash 8 Q300 with Q200 Differences Course for pilots. Featuring 25 modules filled with highly detailed technical illustrations, this course explores all the major aircraft systems, including all the components, operations, controls and indications involved with each system. Each module concludes with a test, and...   25 January 2019
Etihad Airways is hosting a recruitment drive globally, seeking individuals with outstanding hospitality experience to join the airline’s cabin crew. The international recruitment days will take place in 19 different cities across Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa including the United Kingdom, France, Slovakia, Tunisia and South Africa. Etihad...   24 January 2019
Fidelity Flight Simulation Inc. (F2Si) delivered its Modular Aviation Training Equipment (MATE), a Diamond DA40/DA20 Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD), to the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This effort was delivered on time and ready to train for CCBC’s 2019 spring semester. The device...   23 January 2019
To constantly strengthen flight safety, Kalitta Air chose CEFA Aviation’s flight data animation software. The CEFA FAS (Flight Animation System) software was used to animate the data from the flight data recorders placed in the airline’s all-freighter fleet of 24 B747-400s and five B767-300ERs.    ...   23 January 2019
Pacific Sky Aviation Inc. (Pacific Sky) has purchased the Fox Training Management System by Britannica Knowledge Systems as its new cloud-based training management platform. Pacific Sky is a Transport Canada and EASA -approved provider of new pilot initial licensing and ratings as well as Multi-Engine, IFR and Twin Otter pilot...   22 January 2019
CPaT Global has been selected by Air Peace to provide tailored E-learning solutions for its pilot training needs including distance learning, interactive classroom diagrams and learning management systems. Air Peace will employ CPaT’s E-learning solutions to provide classroom and mobile training for its Boeing 777, Boeing 737 and ERJ 145...   22 January 2019
Students in the Andrews University Department of Aviation can now save 500 hours of flight training and related costs as they meet the requirements to become an airline pilot. The school received a Letter of Authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stating that Andrews is authorized to “certify graduates…for...   21 January 2019
Oklahoma State University (OSU) selected the Cirrus Aircraft SR20 as an addition to its existing Aviation Program fleet. This is the first partnership between Cirrus and OSU, resulting in five new aircraft for the aviation program. The aircraft features an integrated Cirrus Perspective by Garmin flight deck that includes two...   18 January 2019
Aviation Skills Partnership (ASP) and Cranfield University have agreed to launch an International Aviation Academy on the school’s airport site, part of the growing campus. The collaboration between ASP and Cranfield will help inspire people to develop their careers in the sector and connect them with job opportunities in this...   18 January 2019
Skyborne Airline Academy is launching a funding solution for its cadet pilots in partnership with Optimum Credit. The funding solution will enable cadets to borrow money, subject to status, to cover their course fees, secured against a residential property, which may assist them in paying for their training course. Ian...   18 January 2019
CAE announced that its president and Chief Executive Officer, Marc Parent, was named CEO of the Year in the Large Corporation category by business journal Les Affaires. The jury, composed mainly of members of the business community as well as university professors, was asked to assess the vision, innovation, capacity...   18 January 2019
Chris Reed and Adrian Sawyers take their turn acting as customers. Here they replicate a real incident on another airline where customers didn’t put their oxygen masks on properly.   Virgin Atlantic airlines received a new cabin evacuation-training rig. It is based in Crawley, U.K., where the company’s cabin crews...   17 January 2019
The civil aviation training industry continues its inexorable evolution, embracing new technology. Just not as fast as anyone likes, including many regulators. Rick Adams looks at some topics on the regulatory table.   17 January 2019
The inaugural Simulation and Training for Resilience and Safety Symposium 2019 (STRS) will take place 26-27 March 2019 at No. 4 Hamilton Place, London, U.K. Through the sharing of information and ideas, this brand new event aims to encourage innovation and build partnerships in training and simulation across safety-critical...   16 January 2019
As part of the introduction of its new professional pilot training course, C3P Polynesian Center of Piloting Improvement signed a new contract with Alsim for a full-option FNPT II MCC ALX. This device will be delivered within the first half of 2019. Stéphane Chantre, C3P’s manager said, “We needed a...   15 January 2019
Global Training Aviation (GTA) announced that their new Training Centre located in Bogotá, Colombia, has received the Aerocivil Colombia training centre certification and is ready for training.   14 January 2019
Spatial launched its new company website to help further support its expanding global client base and its position. The new website delivers an improved user experience through a simple, clean design with enhanced features, functionality and navigation. It will enable visitors to easily and quickly experience Spatial’s product line, previous...   14 January 2019
Skyborne Airline Academy is partnering with Castellón Airport in Spain to establish a fair-weather training base, providing cadet pilots with year-round, optimal flying conditions. The general director of Aerocas, Joan Serafi Bernat, and the director of Castellón Airport, Ivana Guinot, agree on the importance of the partnership with Skyborne, stating:...   14 January 2019
Boeing Flight Services Training Center in Shanghai received Level D qualification for the TRU Simulation + Training 737 MAX full flight simulator (FFS) in October from the Civil Aviation Administration of China. This is the first 737 MAX FFS in China. TRU delivered the second 737 MAX FFS to the...   11 January 2019