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12 December 2024 The aviation training industry continues to face complex challenges and opportunities, as highlighted in the Heads of Training (HoT) meetings at APATS in Singapore and EATS in Cascais earlier this year.
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Col Don "Stryker" Haley and Dr. Kent Halverson will join us at WATS 2023 to discuss the training challenges that will play a crucial role in the success of eVTOL, as the new market gathers momentum and money. 28 February 2023
Eight years on from the Germanwings tragedy, the need for aviation mental health programs has taken on global importance. Robert Moorman examines the issue. 28 February 2023
Introducing Matthew McNeil, a former airline pilot with human factors experience. Matthew is the Founder, President and Clinical Director of Denver-based LiftAffect, which provides mental health services to pilots, such as psychotherapy and mental skills counseling. 28 February 2023
Paragon Flight Training, based at Page Field in Fort Myers, Florida, has been recognized by The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world’s largest aviation association, as a Distinguished Flight School. 27 February 2023
URBE AERO FLIGHT ACADEMY has purchased two flight simulators: B737 MAX and A320 NEO, from FTD.AERO, which will be located inside the headquarters of the school in Rome Urbe Airport. 27 February 2023
GreyBird Pilot Academy has chosen VRpilot’s VRflow procedure training platform to supplement their APS MCC (airline pilot standard multi-crew cooperation) course. 24 February 2023
American Airlines has partnered with AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings to deliver virtual reality (VR) training to its apprentice painters, as well as upskill its employees. 23 February 2023
Luxembourg Flight Training Academy has acquired two advanced simulators from ALSIM: the AIRLINER, and the AL250. 23 February 2023
CPaT Global has launched its Cabin Crew Training Suite, which expands CPaT’s distance learning portfolio to cabin crew members. 23 February 2023
The Florida Flyers Flight Academy has scheduled a world tour to educate international flight students about airline flight training. 22 February 2023
Emirates will soon build an advanced training facility to accommodate six Full Flight Simulator Bays (FFS) for its future Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X aircraft. The new, 63,318-square foot facility is slated to open in March 2024. 21 February 2023
Spartan Education Group is now accepting cadets into the Altitude Pilot Pathway, a training program developed in partnership with Allegiant Travel Company. 21 February 2023
The European Union Aviation Safety Authority and Japan Civil Aviation Bureau have accepted Volocopter’s application process for concurrent type certification (TC) of the fully electric VoloCity aircraft to fly commercially in Japan. 21 February 2023
Simaero is strengthening its presence in the A350 pilot training segment by purchasing a new CAE 7000XR A350-900 Full Flight Simulator with the latest Airbus training standards. 21 February 2023
The slow and reactive regulatory paradigm has probably outlived its usefulness in terms of industry safety. Captain John Bent, FRAeS, argues that we need to establish new primary pilot training standards. 21 February 2023
Sevenair Academy has selected a highly experienced airline Captain and ab initio instructor, Captain Salvador Costa Pereira, to join the board of directors as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Training. 21 February 2023
CAE has signed a 10-year agreement to equip Frontier Airlines with CAE’s next generation of flight operations solutions. Implementation will be scheduled to begin later this year for CAE’s cloud-based Operations Control, Crew Management and Flight Management solutions. 20 February 2023
Eight students graduated from the Latvian national airline’s airBaltic Pilot Academy, receiving a commercial pilot license upon completion of the full-time airline transport pilot program. 20 February 2023
The Cathay Pacific Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong to jointly nurture a new generation of talent. This collaboration comes as the aviation industry’s growth picks up in the lead-up to the completion of the Three-Runway System in Hong Kong. 20 February 2023
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is joining Delta’s Propel Collegiate Pilot Career Path Program, following Hampton University as the second historically Black university to join the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) program. 20 February 2023