A new agreement will see Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide Campus, through its Office of Professional Education, offer online aviation courses from Flyco Training Solutions (Flyco) to customers all over the globe. Flyco’s e-library offers courses for pilots, cabin crew members, dispatchers, technicians, managers, handling personnel, loadmasters and ground personnel. By using...
Saint Louis University's Parks College of Engineering, Aviation & Technology has placed an order for three reconfigurable advanced aviation training devices (AATDs) from Frasca International (Frasca) which will be delivered later this year. All three AATDs will be FAA-approved and include GTN-650 GPS, navigational database, ForeFlight iPad interface, Frasca's...
CPaT Global has been selected by ABX Air to provide tailored Distance Learning Solutions for its pilot training needs. The carrier will employ CPaT’s Learning Management System (LMS) to provide classroom and mobile training for its Boeing 767 pilots. Captain Greg Darrow, CPaT Global’s VP Sales and Marketing, stated,...
Pictured (left to right): Ergin Erdin, Chief Executive of Flyco Group; and Racaru Gheorghe, CEO of Blue Air Romania’s Blue Air has become the first European carrier to purchase and implement Flyco Group’s Competency based E-Training (CompBT) for its flight crew. Flyco’s all new CompBT works as a two-stage...
Photo credit: IHED The up-and-coming generation - whether you call them the Millennials, digital natives, or Generation Z - form a critical group for you to identify with: the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP). If this sounds like a new twist on “Next Gen,” perhaps you’re right. Regardless,...
Simthetiq’s X2 Visual System, powered by the aXion image generator, has been qualified to Level D as part of the world’s first Twin Otter Level D full flight simulator owned and operated by Pacific Sky Aviation. The simulator has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the...
Pictured (Left to right): Captain Paolo La Cava, Director of Etihad Aviation Training; and Chris Youlten, Managing Director of Etihad Airport Services at Etihad Aviation Training in Abu Dhabi. The Etihad Aviation Group has relaunched Etihad Flight College, its aviation training organisation, as Etihad Aviation Training, based across two...
The new Air Georgian Tuition Assistance Programme provides employees with financial assistance for educational courses and programmes as well as paid time off to pursue personal and professional educational goals. All Air Georgian pilots are guaranteed an interview with Air Canada through a Pilot Mobility Arrangement. Because Air Canada...
Virtual Aviation (VA) has launched its new ‘AirlineReady’ APS MCC course, the first of its kind to be approved by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in the UK. The APS MCC course structure was introduced by EASA to deliver enhanced MCC training to Airline Pilot Standards. It is intended...
Tulmar Safety Systems (Tulmar) has created a family of scaled-down versions of emergency evacuation slides designed to expose a large number of trainees to the equipment in the confined space of a classroom. The slides are offered in standard configurations equipped with all the signage and markings, tie-downs, sea...