Mark Dransfield, co-founder of Sim Ops and independent Flight Simulation Training Device regulatory consultant, discusses what happens to long-term support of your Flight Simulation Training Device when the TDM goes out of business.
When pilots are looking to invest in an active noise cancelling headset, the Bose name comes to mind. It’s not just because Bose pioneered active noise cancelling headsets for pilots. Bose aviation headsets are born out of a rigorous research and development process that has been refined over many decades.
Training to restarting operations at an airline requires collaboration of pilots, cabin crew, trainers, regulators and others. CAT Europe Editor Chris Long, FRAeS, relates the story of how Emirates is meeting the challenges.
The world reeled at the speed and depth of the onset of Covid-19. As we all know, the aviation industry was one of the hardest-hit sectors, and the reaction to it also needed to be both rapid and profound.
Tim Clark, President of Emirates airline, made it clear that despite the challenges which the pandemic brought, the airline will not compromise on the safety of passengers or crew.
Emirates is in a unique situation as the largest operator of exclusively wide-body fleets, and in theory, could have taken the biggest hit. But, as Captain Martin Mahoney, Emirates SVP Flight Training says, whilst practically all the A380 fleet was initially grounded, the B777 fleet continued to operate.
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, concludes his conversation with Kit Darby with the pair discussing whether we could go from an oversupply of pilots to undersupply. Kit also offers opinions on MPL and the US hours-based training requirement.
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, continues his conversation with Kit Darby discussing risk factors such as recession, job cuts, mergers, fuel costs and terrorism on airline pilot hiring. Plus the unique challenges of getting a foreign flying job, corporate flying, and pay/benefit packages by airline and aircraft type.
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, talks with Kit Darby, one of the leading experts on professional pilot careers about the state of the North American aviation market - recovery, retirements, furloughs, pay packages, and advice for moving to the head of the queue when hiring restarts (perhaps sooner than you think). The third section of this five-part series is on Aircraft Utilization, Pilot Work Schedules, and Pilot Demand.
Kit addresses the effects of aircraft utilization, pilot workload, and pilots-to-aircraft ratios in determining pilot staffing requirements.
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, talks with Kit Darby, one of the leading experts on professional pilot careers about the state of the North American aviation market – recovery, retirements, furloughs, pay packages, and advice for moving to the head of the queue when hiring restarts (perhaps sooner than you think).
The first section of this five part series is on Airline Recovery Scenarios and the Impact of Pilot Retirements.
Kit Darby outlines possible airline recovery models, pilot retirements at the major US airlines, scenarios for the resumption of pilot hiring, and a comparison of airline early-retirement offers.
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, talks with Kit Darby, one of the leading experts on professional pilot careers about the state of the North American aviation market – recovery, retirements, furloughs, pay packages, and advice for moving to the head of the queue when hiring restarts (perhaps sooner than you think).
The second section of this five part series is on Furloughs, Leaves of Absence, and the US CARES Act .
Kit discusses “what scares him more” than the coronavirus. Also, furloughs, leaves of absence, and what happens when the CARES Act expires in October.