SimiGon has been awarded a prime contract with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to deliver its SIMbox simulation development tools and training in support of the FAA's advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Research Simulator. The contract will see SimiGon's SIMbox simulation engine and development environment system become a...
151 new young people have just started either traditional or dual-study training programs with the Lufthansa Technik Group, meaning the company is now home to 569 young people on their way to professions in technical aircraft services or aircraft logistics. Of the 151, 76 of the new trainees are...
Global management consultancy Oliver Wyman has acquired UK-based AVISA Aviation Safety Systems, signalling the expansion of its technical consulting and services division, CAVOK, into Europe. AVISA Aviation Safety Systems is a leading technical consultancy that also provides airworthiness management support and training for major international airlines as well as...
Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, formally opens a new £1.3m 20,000 square feet facility for EDM next to the company’s Managing Director, Tony Bermingham, and the rest of EDM’s Directors. EDM welcomed the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to officially open its new £1.3m manufacturing facility at the UK...
High school students participating in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) will have the chance to earn college credit thanks to a new partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Gaetz Aerospace Institute. The Gaetz Aerospace Institute – a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) dual-enrolment education program...
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has finalised the development of its Generic Jet Training Device (GenJet), an affordable fixed base simulator for flight training organisations. MPS says the GenJet device is ideal for selection, APS, MCC, JOC, MPL2 and IFR training, with a design loosely based on the functionality of...
FlyRight, an FAA-approved Part-142 Pilot Training Center based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has added Bombardier Dash-8 training to its growing list of training programs. Following successful Level C qualification of its CAE-built Dash-8 100/300 simulator and instructor qualification from the FAA, FlyRight has begun offering initial/type, recurrent, upgrade and...
BAA Training estimates that more than 650 future pilots will have enrolled on its Ab Initio programmes by the end of 2021. This year, the number of students at BAA Training has increased sharply – those enrolling on Ab Initio programmes has almost doubled compared to 2016. The company...
CAE announced at Halldale Media’s 2017 Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) event in Singapore that it has expanded its agreement with Air Niugini to support the airline's Fokker F100 pilot training needs in the region. Pilots began training in the second half of 2017 and CAE instructors are...
With the recent announcement of A-Level results in the UK, the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) is calling for the airline industry to ensure pilot selection is open to all and that those from less advantaged backgrounds are not put off. The association is arguing that training costs of...