Civil Aviation
13 January 2025 Penny McGrigor The aviation training industry stands at the forefront of innovation, however, alongside these opportunities come significant challenges that must be carefully managed to ensure long-term success.
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SOFTWARE Britannica Knowledge Systems, the developer of the Fox Training Management System, has revealed powerful advances in the area of aviation training operations management. The new release, specialized for the aviation sector, contains multiple developments and refinements in the areas of cloud computing; mobile applications for field examinations and other... 7 July 2014
MAINTENANCE The University of Limerick (UL), Ireland, has recently launched its Bachelor of Technology in Aircraft Maintenance and Operations aimed initially at the international student undergraduate market. The Bachelor of Technology is a four-year honours degree programme offering a unique blend of academic and on-aircraft, industry-focused content, designed to equip students for... 7 July 2014
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) will be adding a new ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) to the Asian Aviation Training Centre (AATC) in Bangkok, Thailand. The FFS, in addition to an ATR 72-600 flat panel trainer (FPT), will be ready for training before the end of the... 7 July 2014
PILOT TRAINING Airbus and Indonesia’s Lion Group have committed to partner on a Training Centre Services Agreement to develop flight training programmes for Lion Group carriers in accordance with Airbus and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards. Under the terms of the agreement, Airbus will be providing syllabi, training documentation, tools and... 7 July 2014
ICAO Secretary General Raymond Benjamin takes a detailed look at the creation of the ICAO Global Aviation Training Office. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) works with its 191 Member States, the industry and other regional and international aviation organizations to develop international Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) which... 7 July 2014
Marty Kauchak and Chris Long learn more about Link Simulation & Training UK’s modular training device concept. Link Simulation & Training UK is going beyond advancing the state-of-the-art in full flight simulators (FFS) with its RealitySeven device. With a proven platform that can replicate a wide range of aircraft... 7 July 2014
The Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) returns to Bangkok this year. From September 23-24, the show will explore aviation flight training and simulation from the Asia Pacific region. The Call for Papers for 2014 has been very successful in eliciting responses to all the topics that were proposed, so... 7 July 2014
The 17th annual World Aviation Training Conference & Tradeshow (WATS) took place at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, in Orlando, April 1-3. Conference Chair Chris Lehman files this report. With over 1,000 attendees hailing from 48 countries and 80 airlines, WATS lived up to its status as the world’s largest gathering of aviation training professionals. The five conference tracks - pilot training,... 7 July 2014
Learning management systems are increasingly capable platforms. Technology enhancements allow LMSs to better manage and create, and track and report learning throughout a professional’s continuum of learning, reports Group Editor Marty Kauchak. New and enhanced learning management systems (LMSs) are entering service throughout civil aviation training organizations. These systems are... 7 July 2014
Chuck Weirauch investigates the issues of an aging pilot population and aeromedical concerns associated with it. With more than half of US airline pilots now over the age of 50, and the average age trending higher each year (American Airlines reports that the average age of its pilots is 53),... 7 July 2014
Flight simulation training device qualification is one of those common processes that every regulator does a bit differently … and separately. Global harmonization would save the training industry millions, but few seem to be in a rush to make it happen. Rick Adams reports on the status quo. If it’s... 7 July 2014
Chris Long visited Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, to investigate its training expertise. Captain Martin Mahoney, SVP Flight Training at Emirates, is very well aware that the ideal model for training pilots is constantly changing as it embraces new technology and, importantly, new understanding of human performance. 7 July 2014
MAINTENANCE The Bell Helicopter Training Academy (BTA) has received Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) approval to conduct Bell 412EP/Bell 412EPI B1.3 and B2 Part 147 technical training at the Bell Helicopter Singapore Service Center. This approval expands the BTA’s ability to provide regulated maintenance courses in the Asia Pacific... 7 June 2014
HELICOPTER Heli Protection Europe has purchased an entrol H21 FNPT II MCC helicopter simulator based on the Bell 412. The simulator will be installed in Italy and will be used for a fully new and advanced pilot training process, including studies related to human performance and limitation, crew resource management... 7 June 2014
MAINTENANCE Pelesys Aviation Maintenance Training (PAMT), a subsidiary of Pelesys Inc., has received EASA certification as an approved Maintenance Training Organization (MTO) under Part 147 of the EASA regulations. Pelesys will initially be able to provide EASA approved type endorsement courses for the Embraer 170/175 airframes. The company will also... 7 June 2014
TRAINING DEVICES ARINC Industry Activities has published a new Project Paper entitled "Guidance on Simulated Air Traffic Control Environments for Flight Simulation Training Devices". The paper clarifies requirements for introducing a higher fidelity of Simulated Air Traffic Control Environment (SATCE) into flight simulation training devices (FSTDs), providing flight crews in... 7 June 2014
COMPANY NEWS FlightSafety International has merged its Visual Systems in St. Louis, Missouri and Displays in Austin, Texas. Jon Hester assumes overall responsibility as general manager, Visual Systems. "Combining FlightSafety's Visual Systems and Displays under Jon Hester will ensure that our customers received the best overall solution to their visual... 7 June 2014
MAINTENANCE Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) has become the first Approved Training Organisation (ATO) to offer its customers the latest version of the virtual maintenance trainer (VMT) for Airbus A320 technical training. This upgraded computer tool provides extremely realistic simulations of all the maintenance work required on the A320. The latest VMT... 7 June 2014
SIMULATORS CAE has established an industry record of 48 Level D full flight simulators (FFS) sold during its fiscal year 2014 which ended on March 31, 2014. The latest contracts, valued at a total of approximately C$75 million, include the sales of five simulators to customers in North America, Europe... 7 June 2014
CONFERENCE IIAC (Incheon International Airport Corporation) and the Halldale Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at WATS 2014 to launch a major new event for the international aviation training industry which will take place next year in Incheon, Korea. IIAC will host the event, called the APATS Aviation Education... 7 June 2014