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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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Cubic Global Defense has been selected by Emirates Airlines to develop virtual, immersive, game-based aviation training for the airline's cabin crew. Emirates is the first commercial airline in the industry to utilize game-based instruction, which incorporates high-fidelity visuals with engaging, synthetic environment technologies. 3D classroom stations with touchscreen interaction are... 21 September 2015
Epic Flight Academy, based in Florida, has taken delivery of two Frasca flight training devices. The FTDs include a TruFlite™ PA44 Seminole and upgrades to their TruFlite™ Cessna 172 FTD. Frasca has also received an order for two Cessna 172S Level 5 flight training devices from China-based Shandong Hairuio General... 21 September 2015
Lufthansa pilots can now train on a new B777-300ER simulator, provided by Lockheed Martin Commercial Flight Training (LMCFT), under a contract with Lufthansa Flight Training. The Level D-certified full flight simulator was qualified by the German Luftfahrt-Bundesamt to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards and is now ready for training. 21 September 2015
The careers of six pilots are about to go sky-high after they joined the ranks of Loganair's flight crew division from Tayside Aviation. Each graduate has been recruited by Loganair through the airline's partnership with the Dundee Airport-based Tayside Aviation. This latest intake from the partnership will see the recruits... 21 September 2015
Cathay Pacific has awarded EDM a major contract to provide a broad range of cabin crew training simulators. The simulators will be specifically designed and manufactured by EDM to enable the cabin crew of the Hong Kong based airline to maintain and enhance the training of their highly proficient crew... 21 September 2015
CTC Aviation has re-opened applications for their fully sponsored Advanced Flight Instructor Programme. Successful applicants will be sponsored by CTC Aviation to become multi-engine Instrument Rating and Class Rating Instructors (IRI and CRI), receiving a salary from the commencement of training. They will join CTC Aviation's team of highly qualified... 21 September 2015
For some time there has been general recognition that the centre of gravity of civil aviation has been moving eastwards. A prime indicator has been the huge numbers of new aircraft on order as the Gulf and Asia plan the future. In support of these orders some manufacturing, too, has... 21 September 2015
Many students are gravitating toward a career in aviation management. Robert W. Moorman examines this phenomenon and what schools are doing to meet the demand. Career stability, higher starting salaries and better quality of life are reasons students give when asked why they are choosing aviation management over piloting as... 21 September 2015
Chuck Weirauch looks at the challenge of procuring high value training equipment such as full flight simulators. With more full flight simulator suppliers now in the marketplace, customers have more choice than they have had in the recent past. While that's good news for buyers, suppliers are seeing more competition... 21 September 2015
Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides insights from Spirit Airlines and LATAM Airlines Group on a well-trained organization supporting a passenger’s journey – from ticket purchase through destination arrival. A number of airlines around the globe find themselves flush with record profits and committing billions of dollars to improve their own... 21 September 2015
Jules Kneepkens asks if Europe has Performance based Regulation and Performance based Oversight in place in relation to Approved Training Organizations? The simple answer to this question is “no”. We therefore need to ask ourselves, “Why not?” There are likely to be a number of answers to this question, including... 21 September 2015
As 2015 draws towards a close it is time firstly to look back and then to look forward – certainly 2015 has been an eventful year and the future looks set to continue the trend. Peter Moxham FRAeS provides an update on regulatory changes within the European training industry. Delegates... 21 September 2015
Chris Long takes a close look at the training expertise of UK flag carrier, British Airways. Over recent years the arrival of new major players in the airline world has led to great interest in what new training systems they would adopt. What sometimes gets missed is that the legacy... 21 September 2015
HELICOPTER Precision Flight Controls, Inc. has entered an agreement with Ryan Aerospace Pty Ltd of Southport, Australia, to develop and produce helicopter aviation training devices. Systems simulating the Robinson R22, R44, R66 and Bell Jet Ranger 206 and 407 model helicopters will be the first systems to be developed. PFC... 21 September 2015
CrewDox TMS (training management system) and Flyco LMS (learning management system) have agreed to connect the two systems in order to automate e-learning administration. "This cooperation will greatly reduce the administrative workload for CrewDox customers that use Flyco as their e-learning provider," said Flyco's head of sales, Captain Ergin Erdin. 20 September 2015
MOMook, an intelligent aviation training management software company, signed an agreement with Flyco Global Group to collaborate on its e-training solutions' integration to MOMook's software. Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, the parties will explore and develop strategic opportunities by implementing Flyco's CBT into MOMook's software. All MOMook's customers... 20 September 2015
CrewFactors has developed a dedicated communication skills analytics solution for instructors at airlines and ATOs. Following the successful development of their smartphone based communications training tool for crew, CrewFactors is extending this technology to provide instructors with a fast and efficient means of assessing communication, teamwork and leadership skills. “Technology... 20 September 2015
Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) has signed a five-year business aviation training agreement with Arab Wings to expand its training program with ECFT from three to 11 aircraft types. ECFT will be providing training services on 11 different aircraft types including models for Bombardier, Gulfstream, Cessna, Hawker and Embraer. It will... 20 September 2015
TRU Simulation + Training announced that Pan Am International Flight Academy has received Level D qualification from the FAA for its A320 FFS X™ full flight simulator installed in Miami, Florida. The TRU A320-200 FFS is configured to meet Airbus A320 standard 1.8.1 and features electric control loading, a six... 20 September 2015
Avsoft International has signed a service agreement with AeroStar Training Services LLC, to provide eLearning systems courses for the Airbus A320, B737 Classic, and B737NG. The solution is being implemented through Avsoft's Software as a Service (SaaS). Avsoft's courses explore all the major aircraft systems of the A320 and B737,... 20 September 2015