Much like first-responder training in other safety-critical sectors, individuals and teams in the aviation ecosystem use simulation to learn and rehearse roles and responses for anticipated crises. Group editor Marty Kauchak highlights some strategies to train stakeholders.
Only three years ago, UAE-based Spatial was the relatively new kid on the block. It is already in the top tier of suppliers. Chris Long reports from Ras Al Khaimah.
The UK's NHS (National Health Service) has enlisted easyJet and Virgin Atlantic crews to work alongside clinicians at the new Nightingale hospitals as part of the fight against coronavirus. The airlines are asking staff who have not been working since the COVID-19 pandemic grounded some planes, to consider helping...
Brexit, flygskam, disabled passengers, eye tracking, regulatory task forces, the correlation of certification with training – EATS 2019 covered a spectrum of high-interest issues and innovations. Mario Pierobon monitored the proceedings.
EDM has completed a project for airBaltic’s A220 Extended Door Trainer, which has been fully installed at their training facility in Riga, Latvia. EDM was tasked by airBaltic to develop their new A220 door trainer in response to the airline acquiring their new Airbus A220 fleet. This simulator will...
Recognizing the global aviation industry is facing an unprecedented challenge to meet the hiring needs of aviation professionals in the workforce, Women in Aviation International worked with Dr. Becky Lutte, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute, on a series of studies to provide a current look...
Comply365 has welcomed Canadian North to its customer base with a multiyear contract that will transform the operational information flight crew members must access into “smart manuals” and improve the airline’s compliance management system. Comply365’s ProAuthor, an end-to-end operational content and compliance management system, will replace multiple disparate systems...
Scotland's MIME Technologies has produced a device which it claims will revolutionise in-flight medical care for millions of passengers. It's team of physiologists, technologists and aviation medicine specialists have created Aiber, a wireless technology that provides support to cabin crew, pilots and clinicians on the ground. Aiber can live stream a wide range of passenger data...