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The leading region for growth in commercial aviation is Asia, and here more and more women are involved in the industry over a variety of disciplines, involving roles as senior management, flight crew, engineering, ATC, flight dispatch etc. Chris Long continues CAT’s Women in Aviation series. 7 August 2018
Cobham Aviation Services, a scheduled and charter airline and aviation services provider, and Flight Training Adelaide, a pilot training provider, launched the Cobham Cadet Pilot program to help with the pilot shortage and prepare cadets to be hired as First Officers in Cobham's fleet of Dash 8 aircraft that Cobham... 6 August 2018
Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators, is opening a U.S. office near Los Angeles, California to support its client base and expansion plans. The new office will be Spatial’s first permanent presence in the U.S. and, the company says, will help alleviate the issue of a 12-hour time... 6 August 2018
How can maintenance training be used as a strategy for profitability? Dr. William Cox examines how airlines can make this work. 6 August 2018
Mundus Group Inc., a provider of advanced aerospace technology, won a $1.5-million contract from the U.S Army for its Telescoping Wing Locking System that enables reliable wing extension and retraction of a telescoping wing in flight. Mundus will provide the Army with its patent and technology. The Telescoping Wing Locking... 6 August 2018
The U.S. Air Force Air Education & Training Command graduated the first 13 students to participate in its new Pilot Training Next program (PTN). In what the (AETC) says is a paradigm shift in education, training and the capitalization of experiences, PTN is the embodiment of student-centric learning, the PTN... 6 August 2018
It was with the development of multi-crew pilot licensing (MPL) that the change from hour-based training in ATPL to competence-based training in MPL came into effect. Mario Pierobon finds out more. 6 August 2018
While extended reality (XR) technologies – the new catch-all designation for VR, AR, MR and other such emerging “realities” – are seeing widespread commercial applications to entertainment, education and manufacturing, the aviation industry has also started to adopt them as well. Chuck Weirauch explores what is available. 6 August 2018
Bernie Baldwin catches up on some of the latest cabin technologies being developed by manufacturers and employed by training organisations. 6 August 2018
Group Editor Marty Kauchak asked four community subject matter experts to reflect on the continued evolution of flight training devices and respond to the question: Is the technology in non-motion devices sufficiently advanced to permit compelling price/performance ratios? 6 August 2018
Despite Level D requirements already being well satisfied, visual systems for civil flight simulators continue to improve incrementally, driven by new capabilities developed primarily for consumer markets. Rick Adams looks at trends in projectors and image generators. 6 August 2018
The EDM Group has acquired RP Aero Systems of Littlehampton, UK. As part of a larger organisation, operating in the same market sector, this collaboration will allow RP Aero Systems access to larger geographical markets with additional customers and greater resources. In addition, it will give RP Aero Systems access... 6 August 2018
