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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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PILOT TRAINING Etihad Airways is establishing the Etihad Flight College, a flight training facility in the United Arab Emirates for Emirati and international cadet pilots. As a first step in establishing this college, Etihad Airways is in the process of acquiring the fixed wing training division from Horizon International Flight... 8 September 2014
PILOT TRAINING Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. has announced that Vision Technologies Aerospace Incorporated (VT Aerospace) has acquired 100% equity interest in Aviation Academy of America, Inc. Following the acquisition, Aviation Academy of America, Inc. will become a wholly owned subsidiary of VT Aerospace. The acquisition is part of the Group's... 8 September 2014
MAINTENANCE FL Technics Training has received an Aviation Technical Training Organization Certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of El Salvador. The certificate makes the company eligible to provide EASA Part-147-certified Base, Type and Specialized technical training courses for carriers, MROs and other players of the Salvadoran aviation... 8 September 2014
ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES CTC Aviation has appointed Anthony Petteford FRAES as Group Chief Commercial Officer effective 1 July 2014. Anthony leads the Group marketing team, product innovation and services development, customer experience, information and media systems and also heads the development and implementation of key Group strategic growth projects. Anthony... 8 September 2014
HELICOPTER The first Level D full flight simulator for Airbus Helicopters' EC175 rotorcraft has received airworthiness certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), enabling launch pilots to be trained with this high-fidelity system. Located at the Helisim Training Academy adjacent to Airbus Helicopters' headquarters and production facility at Marignane,... 8 September 2014
ATC TRAINING The Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority, BULATSA has completed factory acceptance testing of its Micro Nav 3D tower and radar simulator. The simulator is due to be installed in the Sofia control centre during July of this year. The contract includes: 16 dual-role radar and tower controller workstations;... 8 September 2014
PILOT TRAINING Florida Institute of Technology is launching a new online graduate degree program in Fall 2014 that is designed for adult working professionals in public, private or military aviation-related professions where advanced, graduate-level knowledge of aviation management concepts is a key to success. The new degree, Master of Science... 8 September 2014
HELICOPTER The Thales Training Academy has received its final EASA FSTD Operator qualification by the French Aviation Safety Agency (DGAC), and is now operational to deliver training for civil helicopter operators. The academy is the first European training centre to operate the AS350 full flight simulator. Located in Albertville, the... 8 September 2014
FlightSafety International has promoted Brian Moore to assistant manager of the company's Cessna Learning Center in Wichita, Kansas. He succeeds Randy Annett who has been promoted to manager of FlightSafety's Learning Center in Tucson, Arizona. John Cameron has joined the company as Regional Director, Business Development, Commercial Simulation. He will... 8 September 2014
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL Airways New Zealand has announced an exclusive partnership with the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) for the delivery of air traffic control short courses in China. Madam Xiaomei Sun, president of CAMIC, said the partnership will expand business opportunities in the Chinese market for both organisations. 8 September 2014
PILOT TRAINING CTC Aviation has opened its first 2014 application window for the new CTC WINGS MPL Route in partnership with easyJet. The programme will see 36 successful applicants commence their training with CTC Aviation from July 2014 and begin operating as A320 First Officers for easyJet within two years. For the first... 8 September 2014
SIMULATOR L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has announced that its Crawley, UK-based operation has been awarded a contract from British Airways (BA) to build and deliver an Airbus A320 RealitySeven™ full flight simulator (FFS). BA also has the option to purchase an A350 aircraft module, which could replace... 8 September 2014
TRAINING CENTRES L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) is expanding its Asian Aviation Training Centre (AATC) in Bangkok, Thailand, with the installation of another Level D RealitySeven™ full flight simulator (FFS). The currently undisclosed aircraft-type FFS will be installed in the fourth quarter of 2014 and will be ready... 8 September 2014
HELICOPTER CAE and Líder Aviação, the largest helicopter operator in Brazil, have launched a new helicopter pilot training program in São Paulo for operators of the S-92 Sikorsky aircraft. The S-92 training program is an extension of the joint venture between CAE and Lider. Training will also be provided to other helicopter... 8 September 2014
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL The Fujairah Aviation Academy has selected Micro Nav to supply a 270 degree tower simulator featuring a cutting edge curved front projection system. Located within the Academy, the simulator will join the two existing pilot training simulators to further enhance their capability for aviation related training. The new... 8 September 2014
TRAINING CENTRE FlightSafety International is to build a new Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio. Construction of the new facility will be completed in two phases. Phase one will be 55,000 square feet and house six full flight simulators. It will also feature 13 advanced technology pilot and maintenance training classrooms, 12... 8 September 2014
COMPANY NEWS Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) has been granted ATO status (Approved Training Organisation). SAT has hitherto operated with FTO status (Flying Training Organisation) in accordance with the provisions of JAR FCL1, JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities). The newly granted ATO certificate confirms that the company fulfils the requirements of an ATO as defined... 8 September 2014
TRAINING DEVICES Nanshan International Flight Academy has completed factory acceptance on their CAAC Level D Cessna CJ1+ full flight simulator (FFS) from Frasca International, Inc. The simulator will soon be installed at Nanshan's flight academy located in Longkou, China. The Frasca FFS simulates the Cessna CJ1+ business jet and includes Frasca's... 8 September 2014
CONFERENCE FlightSafety International is to host the 2014 Flight Simulation Engineering and Maintenance Conference. It will be held September 15 to 18, at the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The conference is expected to be attended by more than 300 flight simulation experts from around the... 8 September 2014
Conference Chair Chris Lehman files a preview. The European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) will land at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin, Germany this autumn. Taking place from October 28-29, there will be an additional meeting for Heads of Training on the evening of 27 October. EATS 2014 will continue our annual tradition of exploring European expertise in aviation training and simulation, and once again... 7 September 2014