Flamingo Air’s Airline Ground School is now offering an aircraft electrician course which is fully accredited by the National Center for Aerospace Technology and Training (NCATT) and American Standards Training and Materials (ASTM). Taking place at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio in the US, the course will cover topics...
On 7 December, L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) held its largest annual pilot graduation ceremony to date, celebrating the achievements of 355 pilots. Held at Dibden Manor, L3’s selection centre, the ceremony was hosted by Acting President of L3 CTS, Robin Glover-Faure, and featured a speech from Captain...
QantasLink has designed a new pilot recruitment programme in collaboration with five Australian universities. The ‘Qantas Future Pilot Programme’ offers aviation students at the University of New South Wales, Griffith University, the University of Southern Queensland, Swinburne University of Technology and RMIT University the opportunity to be mentored by...
Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT) has signed a two-year Memorandum of Co-operation with the Faculty of Transportation Sciences at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague. Under the Memorandum, CTU students in the Air Transport Department will have the opportunity to join a long-term vocational training programme run on CSAT’s...
South Africa's Comair has acquired EPT Aviation Training as part of an ongoing diversification of its non-airline operations. Captain Glen Warden, Head of Comair’s Training Facilities, explained, “The new acquisition is an exciting development in line with Comair’s ongoing expansion of our non-airline facilities to mitigate against the weak...
Brisbane, Australia-based Southern Pacific Flight Training has become a new customer of AXIS Flight Training Systems after ordering an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS). The simulator, which will be certified to CASA and EASA Level D FFS standards and feature ATR’s New Avionic Suite standards 2.1 and 3...
Phase Two of the UPS/Ameriflight Gateway Programme, which allows current and future Ameriflight pilots to pursue a path to potential employment with UPS Airlines, has been agreed. Programme participants will need to have achieved the required personal and professional development benchmarks and completed the UPS mentoring programme. Successful completion...
Pictured: Attendees from the latest aircraft accident investigation course at Cranfield University visit a Boeing 737 donated to the institution by Boeing Cranfield University recently marked the 40th anniversary of its aircraft accident investigation course, which was first run in conjunction with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch with a...
Avsoft is pleased to announce the release of its Upset Recovery (UPRT) Course for pilots. Based on customer demand, Avsoft has developed a course that explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components and procedures related to Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT). This course covers both jet and turboprop...
A new solution from CEFA Aviation, CEFA Aviation Mobile Services (AMS), delivers feedback to aircrews right after landing using a tablet with a secure internet connection to depict selected flight segments. CEFA AMS converts wireless Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data into a realistic animation in less than 10 minutes...