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Joe Ping is the 4,000th aircraft maintenance technician to successfully complete FlightSafety's Master Technician training program. FlightSafety International announced that Joe Ping, manager, Aircraft Maintenance, Global Integrated Services – Aviation, Cummins Inc., is the 4,000th aircraft maintenance technician to successfully complete the Master Technician training program. Ping earned his... 7 December 2018
Airbus and the French civil aviation university, ENAC, have obtained EASA certification for the co-developed ab initio Pilot Cadet Training Programme that will be used by a worldwide network of partner flight schools, starting with the first customer, Escuela de Aviacion Mexico (EAM), in Mexico city in early 2019. Pilot... 6 December 2018
The DiSTI Corporation, a provider of 3D virtual training solutions, announced that Saab, a manufacturer of innovative airborne systems, has selected DiSTI’s VE Studio to build a virtual maintenance trainer (VMT) for the company’s Gripen E aircraft. This selection is the result of a multi-year evaluation process where Saab reviewed... 6 December 2018
Symbiotics has created an aviation-specific survey with the aim of gathering some information around the new EASA regulatory changes encompassing pilot mental wellbeing and mandatory psychological assessments. They are looking to canvas opinions and gain industry insight from pilots, flight crew, training, health and safety, selection and assessment professionals on... 6 December 2018
Center Air Pilot Academy and Air Greenland have introduced the first APS MCC (Airline Pilot Standard) in Denmark, a new and improved standard in pilot training. Chris Long reports. 6 December 2018
The regulatory oversight of aeronautical service providers has traditionally been prescriptive. Mario Pierobon investigates the performance-based training and regulatory oversight initiative, particularly the work underway by European regulatory authorities. 6 December 2018
Executive Director of Indra and Transport & Defense business Senior Vice President, Ignacio Mataix has advocated at the EU Aeronautic Conference for a strong and sustained public investment in and support for the air traffic management industry to secure Europe’s position in the civil aeronautics sector going forward. The annual... 6 December 2018
Armed forces need access to instruction and training resources based on the latest technologies. To make the right decisions at every decisive moment in the theatre of operations, they need to master ever more complex tactical situations in real time. German and French Tiger helicopter simulators are being upgraded under... 6 December 2018
The Chicago-based Society for Vascular Surgery will relocate its headquarters to Rosemont, Ill., near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, as of March 1, 2019. The SVS http://www.vascular.org/ is an international, not-for-profit professional medical society, serving specialty-trained vascular surgeons and allied professionals. The new headquarters includes access to a surgical simulation center... 6 December 2018
The 2018 Serious Games Showcase & Challenge (SGS&C) announced this year’s winners of the annual serious games competition at an awards ceremony at the conclusion of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC). Twenty-three finalists, chosen from the original entries submitted in late summer, competed for awards in several... 5 December 2018
Ryanair announced a major new training partnership with ATO SKY4u to deliver a Ryanair Airline Pilot Standard (APS MCC) programme in Berlin and Vienna. The partnership will ensure that Ryanair continues to attract highly trained professional pilots to support its continued growth across Europe. This new EASA approved enhanced MCC... 5 December 2018
After the overwhelming success of the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA) at the 2018 World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) in Orlando, Florida, SECA will be returning as part of WATS 2019 on May 2 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida. Over 170 Florida students... 5 December 2018
