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23 January 2026 Dr Mizuki Urano, a cabin safety specialist, brings her frontline experience to this analysis of the JL516 evacuation. In this piece, she explores how the crew’s actions that day, two years ago, continue to shape cabin safety training and decision‑making in Japan.
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In a new partnership agreement, AeroStar will now offer charter services on a fleet of twin-engine Learjet31A aircraft through AirBrock Charter Company at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport. The aforementioned jets can carry up to eight passengers and two crew members, reach speeds of Mach 0.81 and have a range... 13 October 2017
FlightSafety International has expanded its eLearning programme with three new online courses: Performance Based Navigation, Human Factors-Crew Resource Management and Single Pilot Resource Management. The Human Factors-Crew Resource Management recurrent training can be taken online or at a FlightSafety Learning Center. Course modules include General Concepts, Fatigue Management, Decision... 12 October 2017
Embraer is to establish a new training centre for pilots, maintenance technicians and cabin crew at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport during the first half of 2018. The Johannesburg location was chosen to address the underdevelopment of the aerospace industry in the region. The centre will complement the OEM's... 12 October 2017
Aspiring pilots in Italy could win €40,000 towards their training once Airways Aviation announces a new scholarship programme at Pilot Careers Live in Rome. Online applications are open until 31 January 2018. If candidates confirm they have had an EASA medical, they could be invited to Airways Aviation’s UK... 11 October 2017
CAE has renewed a long-term contract to provide exclusive pilot training programmes for Flexjet and Flight Options for an additional six years. Training will continue to be conducted at CAE's US training centres in Dallas, Texas and Morristown, New Jersey. The training programmes will cover multiple business aircraft platforms,... 11 October 2017
Flyco Group has released a Route Competence course list covering various areas around the globe. The full package covers NAT MNPS (North Atlantic High Level Airspace), North America, Central & South America Procedures, Polar Operation, Russian Procedures, Africa & Middle East Procedures, China Procedures and Oceanic Procedures (which covers... 11 October 2017
FlightSafety International’s third Gulfstream G280 full flight simulator (FFS) will be installed at its Savannah, Georgia Learning Center before entering service in March 2018. The simulator will be equipped with a FlightSafety CrewView collimated glass mirror display, which provides distortion-free optical performance with greater clarity, sharpness and brightness. It... 11 October 2017
CAE has unveiled its CAE Master Pilot Training Program, a career advancement tool for business aviation pilots, at NBAA-BACE 2017. The program’s core and elective courses aim to raise pilot levels of platform knowledge, safety awareness and situational response capabilities. They follow the principles of the Wingman Standard, the... 11 October 2017
TAG Farnborough Airport has awarded 26-year-old Leo Tang the 2017 TAG Flying Scholarship, which will provide training towards a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL). The TAG Flying Scholarship is part of the airport’s ‘Aviation to Education’ programme. Now in its 10th year, the programme engages schools and colleges within the... 11 October 2017
Pictured (left to right): Captain Reinhard Kraxner, Managing Director of OEAMTC; Dr. Roman Sperl, CEO of Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH; and Marco Trefanitz, Managing Director of OEAMTC At Helitech 2017 in London, OEAMTC Air Rescue signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the provision of Reiser Simulation and... 11 October 2017
Flight Research has introduced a new upset recognition and recovery training (URRT) course to help pilots understand early onset icing and its impact on aircraft performance. “Our most safety-conscious customers requested we build a program for this specific safety concern,” CEO Bill Korner said during course development. During the... 9 October 2017
On 7 October, Ethiopian Aviation Academy held a graduation ceremony for 262 aviation professionals at its Commercial and Cabin Crew Training centre. The academy graduated 50 pilots, 66 aviation maintenance technicians, 120 cabin crew and 26 Equipment and Facility Maintenance technicians (10 majoring in Industrial Mechanics and 16 in... 9 October 2017
London Biggin Hill Airport has hosted students from London South East Colleges’ first Aerospace and Engineering courses which launched last week. As part of ongoing efforts to encourage more young people to pursue careers in the sector, Biggin Hill is also working in partnership with the college, the London... 9 October 2017
Pictured (left to right): ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu; Director of France’s ENAC, Marc Houalla; and Permanent Representative of France on the ICAO Council, Ambassador Philippe Bertoux. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and France’s École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering... 5 October 2017
Simhawk Inc., global flight simulator marketplace that matches buyers and sellers of flight simulator time and training, has launched a new search tool. “We’ve heard repeatedly from our users that they want to be able to quickly search across all potential providers and determine who has availability that matches... 5 October 2017
entrol has received an order from Helikorea for an H19 / AW109 FTD Level 5 simulator, which will become its first to be installed in South Korea. The FTD is equipped with a cylindrical visual system, a South Korean database with satellite imagery and entrol mission with SAR and... 5 October 2017
328 Support Services GmbH (328) aided Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH (RST) as it carried out a flight test programme to gather flight envelope and handling quality data to generate a Level D flight model of Airbus Helicopters' H125. RST´s flight simulators are built on data collection they gather,... 5 October 2017
Pictured: ST Electronics and Sky Seven previewing the VAL, first-of-its-kind simulation-based learning system Oman's Sky Seven has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) regarding a Virtual Aerodrome Laboratory (VAL). The VAL will provide a simulation-based learning system for the aviation industry and... 5 October 2017
CPaT Global has released its enhanced General Subjects Library, including upgraded graphics, interactive user interfaces and in-depth current content compliant to FAA and EASA standards and ICAO regulations. Kris Wadenpfuhl, the company’s Director of Curriculum Development, stated, “As airlines embrace eLearning, it is imperative to utilise advanced methods that... 4 October 2017
Alsim has sold an ALX (SEP/MEP/MJ) to Ben Air Flight Academy (BAFA), a flight school located in Antwerp, Belgium. The new simulator will be equipped with LPV/PBN and replace two of the company’s previous simulators. Xavier de Rom, BAFA’s Safety/FSTD Manager, stated, “We had the opportunity to fly the... 4 October 2017