PrivatAir has signed a contract with Saudia Private Aviation (SPA) that will encompass training SPA's existing cabin crew as well as coaching in specific areas of on-board service. The first group of SPA's 20 cabin crew are scheduled to commence their VVIP service training with PrivatAir in early April 2013,...
International Flight Training Center (IFTC) has begun construction on the flight training industry's first 'self-supporting' cabin trainer facility in Antalya, Turkey. A modular building will house a Boeing 737 cabin trainer and will be powered by solar energy. It will feature LED lighting and environmentally friendly cooling and heating systems.
Qatar Airways has turned to Baltic Aviation Academy for the recruitment of new cabin crew members from Baltic states. The initial assessment, gathering participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, during which 100 finalists will be selected, was conducted in February, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The one hundred selected candidates will...
EDM is to introduce their new Safety and Emergency Procedure Training Reality Engine (SEPTRE) at WATS 2013. SEPTRE has been designed for use on either fixed or motion based cabin emergency evacuation trainers (CEET's) and is already in service with a significant number of Chinese airlines including Air China, Xiamen...
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has teamed with Antipodean Aviation of Australia to offer survival training in emergency water landings for both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. The course covers pre-flight planning and emergency water landing techniques, as well as escape from a submerged aircraft cabin and sea survival techniques, including life preserver...
Group editor Marty Kauchak highlights developments in the training programs designed to prepare federal air marshals and flight attendants to maintain a secure flight cabin environment. The flight cabin remains a dynamic, challenging security environment. The lack of civility in our society has migrated onto commercial aircraft, where incidents of...
In 2013, ICAO, with the cooperation of Member States, will organize regional symposia which will be generously hosted by civil aviation authorities and TRAINAIR PLUS members. The regional symposia will build on the success of the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) and TRAINAIR PLUS Regional Conferences, held in 2011,...
MINT Software Systems and ASTech have agreed to collaborate on the development of an interface between MINT’s TMS and ASTech’s GEMS. MINT TMS is a Compliance & Training Management System for record keeping, as well as scheduling pilot, cabin crew, technical and air navigation service training activities. GEMS (General Examination...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with three Singapore-based polytechnics, offering training and employment for new flight attendants. The MoUs, signed with Nanyang Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic and Tamasek Polytechnic, will see selected students offered training with SIA and possibly employment contracts to become full-time cabin crew. The...
RP Aero Systems has been awarded a contract by British Airways to manufacture and install a Boeing 787 door trainer at their Training Centre in Cranebank, near Heathrow, UK. The trainer will consist of a 1L main door with crew attendant seat, EDW dimming system and will be a true...