By one accounting, incidents of disruptive behavior or unruly passengers are decreasing. But as even one such incident can produce catastrophic onboard consequences, airlines continue to include unruly behavior in their cabin crew training programs. The air carriers are also getting help from training providers to provide this training, reports Group...
Aviation eLearning has developed a new cockpit training application for Primera Air. By using this engaging and interactive application to train their flight crew, the airline aims to reduce simulator and FTD use, minimize classroom training, use simulator time more efficiently, minimize actual aircraft use for equipment training and...
Pelesys has released it updated 2016 Dangerous Goods course plus a new version specific to cabin crew training. Pelesys' Dangerous Goods course is designed for experienced flight crew and cabin crew who require either initial or recurrent training in the transportation of Dangerous Goods by aircraft. Both courses feature...
Aviation eLearning has signed a contract with Air Caraibes to deliver a training application for their cabin crew. In close collaboration with the airline, Aviation eLearning is in the process of building an interactive training app for the equipment of the aircraft cabin (A330). With the use of this app,...
EDM has completed a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) with Cathay Pacific clearing the way for the project to enter into the manufacturing phase. EDM announced a major contract from Cathay Pacific in September last year to provide the airline with a full range of cabin crew training equipment. The...
Generation Y makes up the vast majority of new entry cabin crew today. As a result of this, training departments must keep their training up-to-date and relevant and delivered in such a way as to keep the interest and attention of their students. The long days of sitting in a...
Cubic Global Defense has been selected by Emirates Airlines to develop virtual, immersive, game-based aviation training for the airline's cabin crew. Emirates is the first commercial airline in the industry to utilize game-based instruction, which incorporates high-fidelity visuals with engaging, synthetic environment technologies. 3D classroom stations with touchscreen interaction are...
Cathay Pacific has awarded EDM a major contract to provide a broad range of cabin crew training simulators. The simulators will be specifically designed and manufactured by EDM to enable the cabin crew of the Hong Kong based airline to maintain and enhance the training of their highly proficient crew...
MINT Software Systems has signed a service agreement with the passenger airline WOW air from Iceland, who have selected MINT TRMS as the solution for training scheduling, electronic grading and records management for their cockpit and cabin crew training department. WOW air will use MINT TRMS for flight deck crew...
easyJet has officially opened the airline's new training facility 'The easyJet Gatwick Academy'. The new Academy, a £2.7 million investment by easyJet, has been built to accommodate easyJet's continued growth and houses a training facility comprising classrooms, cabin simulator, evacuation slide and fire training rig. The Academy is located within...