FlightSafety International and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles entered an agreement to provide a comprehensive series of courses for aircraft maintenance department managers. The courses include Human Factors in Maintenance, Human Factors in Aviation Safety, Aviation Safety Management Systems, Gas Turbine Accident Investigation, Helicopter Accident Investigation, Aircraft...
Boeing and its subsidiaries Jeppesen and Aviall are teaming with Robotic Skies, a commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) support services provider, to develop and deliver supply chain management and optimization; analytics; and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the commercial and civil UAS markets. Boeing and Robotic Skies will...
The shortage of maintenance technicians is hurting small aviation companies, the aerospace sector and the U.S. economy, Brett Levanto, Aeronautical Repair Station Association’s (ARSA) Vice President of Communications, told the U.S. House Small Business Subcommittee on the contracting and workforce hearing, Troubled Skies: The Aviation Workforce Shortage's Impact on Small...
MINT Software Systems signed an agreement for Hawaiian Airlines to implement the MINT Training and Resource Management System (MINT TRMS) to enhance and optimize the airline’s crew training and qualification management. MINT TRMS gives training planners, instructors and crews anytime-anywhere online access to their training schedules, electronic grading forms, reports,...
The LORD Corporation, a vibration, noise and motion control provider, received the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Part Manufacturer Approval (PMA) for its enhanced Main Driveshaft Transmission Boot for Bell 412HP and 412EP helicopters. The company says PMA parts can reduce aircraft-on-ground time and save customers 35 percent on maintenance costs...
Astrom Aviation Technology released its Self-Adaptive Assessment System (SAAS) that can be used for pilot, maintenance and flight attendant training. SAAS offers exam functions statistical algorithms to: Calculates the question difficulties automatically to save the instructor from manually setting the question difficulty level and produce better accuracy. Calculates the ability...
AirAsia chose Pelesys’ Training Management and Deployment System (TMDS) to meet its flight crew and cabin crew training management and reporting requirements. AirAsia will use Pelesys’ Qualification Management System (QMS) to monitor, aggregate and maintain flight and cabin crew qualifications – and Pelesys QMS module will become the central...
The Advanced Aircrew Academy, an International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) International Standards Support Services Affiliate (I3SA), published a white paper detailing the changes to training requirements and recommendations in IBAC’s 2018 International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO). The white paper explains how IS–BAO required and recommended training will affect...
Military programs and other activities using virtual and adjacent technologies for maintenance training are in their formative stages. The military-industry team is accelerating that pace, writes Group Editor Marty Kauchak.