The acknowledgement and acceptance of issues of mental health in the general population has, thankfully, recently become far less of a taboo subject. Whilst the extreme manifestation, in the form of suicide, only affects a small proportion, it nonetheless shows the tip of the iceberg of mental problems. That is...
Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR has implemented the Fox training management platform from Britannica Knowledge Systems (Britannica). The Fox training management platform is now managing operations at ATR’s five training centres in Toulouse, Paris, Johannesburg, Singapore and Miami, which together see over 3,500 pilot, maintenance, flight operations and cabin crew...
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) and Peak Pacific are to jointly design and develop a blended learning solution around Cabin Familiarisation and Safety & Emergency Procedures (SEP) training for flight crew and cabin crew. The solution will be introduced alongside MAB’s six-strong Airbus A350 fleet (the first of which was...
The world’s largest gathering of aviation training professional’s returns to Orlando, FL on April 17-19, 2018, to discuss ‘The Role of Technology and Data in Optimizing Career Paths, Human Performance and Operational Safety’. The event will share the latest training technologies, instructional techniques, “best practice” and “lessons learned”, whilst...
Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) has ordered a Boeing 787 door trainer, including a virtual slide trainer, from Spatial. The device, which is due to enter service during the first quarter of 2018, is the third GAA has ordered from the company following the delivery of cabin emergency evacuation trainers...
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will become the first airline outside the U.S. to implement the FAA's Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) using the Fox Training Management System (Fox) from Britannica Knowledge Systems. The Japanese carrier is now in the process of adopting Fox to oversee AQP qualification management and compliance...
easyJet has selected Spatial to provide its UK training centres with a pair of Airbus A321 semi-automatic over wing exit trainers in anticipation of upcoming aircraft deliveries. The compact devices, which will be operational in early 2018, will be the first to offer training on this new Airbus door...
Flyco Training Solutions has released new Embraer Type Cabin E-courses which meet the requirements of EASA, IATA, ICAO and other regulatory authorities. The courses begin with an introduction to a particular aircraft type before focusing on its general cabin layout, galleys, lavatories, flight deck, passenger and cabin attendant seating,...
On 14 December 2017, Global Aviation SA marked the 20th anniversary of its commercial pilot and cabin crew training academy, which was established in 1997. More than 450 people, including students, graduates, business partners, employees and associates, joined the company in a ceremony at Athens’ Grand Bretagne Hotel to...
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...