L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has announced the promotion of Alan Crawford to managing director of its Crawley, UK-based operation. In his new leadership role, Mr. Crawford will assume general management responsibilities for the Link UK division, reporting directly to Lenny Genna, president of L-3 Link. Since L-3's...
ST Aerospace has opened its new aviation centre at Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park (SAP), in the presence of guest of honour Singapore's Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport, Mrs Josephine Teo. With an expanded Seletar footprint occupying over 75,000 square metres, ST Aerospace becomes...
Five graduates from Aviation Australia's aircraft maintenance engineer training program have commenced their apprenticeships with Alliance Airlines. The graduates are now based at the airlines maintenance hangar located at Brisbane International Airport where they will complete the practical elements of their apprenticeships within their respective trades, maintaining the airline's Fokker...
Warren Christie, JetBlue’s vice president of Operational Planning and Training, outlined his air carrier’s training strategy in a far ranging interview with Group Editor Marty Kauchak on February 21, 2014. Insights from their discussion are provided in this article. JetBlue’s ambitious business model includes fleet restructuring, route expansion and other...
Higher order learning technologies and content, including human factors topics are among the advancements in community maintenance training programs, reports Group Editor Marty Kauchak. New personnel in community maintenance programs are learning and refreshing their skill sets with cutting edge technology. At the same time, human factors and other...
With new projection technologies entering the entertainment, scientific and home theater markets, Chuck Weirauch spoke with leaders in the civil aviation simulation industry to gain their perspective on how, when, and if such technologies might become available in this market in the near future. 4K Projectors The goal of eye-limiting...
The civil aviation industry has been busy these past few years setting a number of historical records, including aircraft orders, personnel demand and most importantly – safety. 2012 represented the safest year ever recorded, and with the introduction of an entirely new generation of efficient aircraft, and the continual gravitational...
The Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) returns to a favoured conference venue, Bangkok, this year. From September 17-18, the show will explore aviation flight training and simulation from the Asia Pacific region. All eyes are turned to Asia to understand and calibrate the scale of growth in aviation;...
The 16th World Aviation Training Conference & Tradeshow (WATS) flew into the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, in Orlando, Florida, April 16-18. With 1,000 attendees hailing from 49 countries and 94 airlines, WATS demonstrated again that it is the largest gathering of aviation training professionals. The four conference tracks - pilot...
For most people in the aviation training industry, the key benchmarks and predictions come from the major global players of ICAO, IATA and, of course, the aircraft manufacturers. Both Airbus and Boeing apply considerable resources to research and publish comprehensive forecasts of future demand, and for those in the industry...