Having passed a compliance audit, BAA Training’s flight base in Lleida-Alguaire has received official approval from ENAC to carry out flight training for its students.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued a statement to clarify some key areas related to the Multi-Crew Pilot Licence and the impact that Covid-19 has had on cadets who are currently unable to complete the base training element of their MPL course.
ST Engineering Antycip (formerly Antycip Simulation) has been commissioned to upgrade the projection system for two Tiger attack helicopter simulators located at a Military technical centre in Europe.
The first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle occupational qualification assessment course of the Chinese PLA recently got underway at the Ordnance Sergeant School of PLA Army Engineering University.
The Royal Australian Air Force continues to maintain a presence at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, that has enabled them to continue joint training on the F-35A Lightning II, with the US Air Force.
European flight simulation solution provider Euramec has received their first Airbus A320 cockpit from aerospace upcycling specialists AeroCircular to pave a smart way forward for highly cost-efficient flight simulation programs.
More than 20 of the Asia Pacific region’s leading experts on airline pilot, cabin crew and maintenance training met online to discuss, among other things, how to best manage the new world of online training in a socially distanced world.
Try this combination: (1) learning a new airplane, (2) adapting to a new way of flying, (3) limited ATC and other resources (4) managing crew risk in a pandemic, and (5) navigating through the smoke of massive wildfires. Regional airline training veteran Paul Preidecker describes his new career flying on-call medical missions.
As restrictions begins to ease and air travel resumes, the cancellation of flights, grounding of fleets and unprecedented job cuts will have knock-on operational impacts for the wider aviation sector. Bhanu Choudhrie suggests changes to the way pilots are trained to ensure there is not a pilot shortage in the mid- to long-term.