To constantly strengthen flight safety, Kalitta Air chose CEFA Aviation’s flight data animation software. The CEFA FAS (Flight Animation System) software was used to animate the data from the flight data recorders placed in the airline’s all-freighter fleet of 24 B747-400s and five B767-300ERs. ...
Pacific Sky Aviation Inc. (Pacific Sky) has purchased the Fox Training Management System by Britannica Knowledge Systems as its new cloud-based training management platform. Pacific Sky is a Transport Canada and EASA -approved provider of new pilot initial licensing and ratings as well as Multi-Engine, IFR and Twin Otter pilot...
CPaT Global has been selected by Air Peace to provide tailored E-learning solutions for its pilot training needs including distance learning, interactive classroom diagrams and learning management systems. Air Peace will employ CPaT’s E-learning solutions to provide classroom and mobile training for its Boeing 777, Boeing 737 and ERJ 145...
Students in the Andrews University Department of Aviation can now save 500 hours of flight training and related costs as they meet the requirements to become an airline pilot. The school received a Letter of Authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stating that Andrews is authorized to “certify graduates…for...
Oklahoma State University (OSU) selected the Cirrus Aircraft SR20 as an addition to its existing Aviation Program fleet. This is the first partnership between Cirrus and OSU, resulting in five new aircraft for the aviation program. The aircraft features an integrated Cirrus Perspective by Garmin flight deck that includes two...
Aviation Skills Partnership (ASP) and Cranfield University have agreed to launch an International Aviation Academy on the school’s airport site, part of the growing campus. The collaboration between ASP and Cranfield will help inspire people to develop their careers in the sector and connect them with job opportunities in this...
Skyborne Airline Academy is launching a funding solution for its cadet pilots in partnership with Optimum Credit. The funding solution will enable cadets to borrow money, subject to status, to cover their course fees, secured against a residential property, which may assist them in paying for their training course. Ian...
CAE announced that its president and Chief Executive Officer, Marc Parent, was named CEO of the Year in the Large Corporation category by business journal Les Affaires. The jury, composed mainly of members of the business community as well as university professors, was asked to assess the vision, innovation, capacity...
Chris Reed and Adrian Sawyers take their turn acting as customers. Here they replicate a real incident on another airline where customers didn’t put their oxygen masks on properly. Virgin Atlantic airlines received a new cabin evacuation-training rig. It is based in Crawley, U.K., where the company’s cabin crews...
The civil aviation training industry continues its inexorable evolution, embracing new technology. Just not as fast as anyone likes, including many regulators. Rick Adams looks at some topics on the regulatory table.