CEFA Aviation’s Flight Animation System (CEFA FAS) software is to be installed by the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA), the bureau of investigation and analysis for French civil aviation safety. The CEFA FAS recreates flights using synthetic imaging based on a planes’ flight recorder and black box data as...
Halldale Media has joined forces with the International Higher Education (IHED) Group to promote the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA) conference being delivered at this year's World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida from 17-19 April. The SECA conference stream...
Magnetic MRO is to launch a dedicated training facility in Tallinn after following its introduction of a range of training courses in 2016. “The demand for high-quality training has been growing and this triggered Magnetic MRO to continue increasing its course portfolio. It was a natural step for us...
FlightSafety International has appointed Jeff Rose (pictured right) as Manager of its Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, while his previous role as Manager of FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia, will be taken over by Jamie Hopkins (pictured left). Jeff joined FlightSafety in 2001 as an instructor for the...
The Air Force Association (AFA) is partnering partnership with Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to advance both organizations’ mission to advocate and promote aerospace education at the local, state and regional levels. “In an era so intensely focused on national security, it is crucial that our two organizations partner to make...
Ansett Aviation Training (Ansett) is developing a new three-bay aviation training centre adjacent to Brisbane Airport in Australia which will include the operation of a new ATR-600 full flight simulator. The company will also re-locate two existing Ansett-operated simulators, a Dash-8 and a Fokker F-100, from its Melbourne facility...
Robin Glover-Faure is to succeed Alan Crawford as President of L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) as Crawford moves on to lead the newly established L3 Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) sector, which includes CTS and L3’s Aviation Products businesses. Glover-Faure joined L3 CTS in 2016 as Vice President of...
In February, airBaltic is to host Pilot Open Days in several cities including Vilnius, Helsinki, Amsterdam and Stockholm as part of its plans to recruit more than 100 pilots in 2018. Pauls Calitis, the airline’s SVP Flight Operations, said, “Our route map is expanding, the fleet is growing and...
Formerly Resource Group’s Symbiotic Performance Solutions division, Blakebrook company Symbiotics is now working with MHS Assessments in its use of MindQ, a clinically validated mental wellbeing risk assessment. Symbiotics says the fact studies suggest 1 in 6 adults are experiencing a mental health condition at any one time means,...
Turboprop manufacturer ATR is adding a brand new 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) manufactured by CAE to its Toulouse training centre which will be ready for training from July this year. The simulator will be both EASA and FAA-certified, enabling ATR to provide customers and operators with 4,500 additional...