Chuck Weirauch examines the issues that are complicating the aviation technician shortage problem, and what solutions are being found to resolve them. If one were to believe the 2014 US Government Accountability Office (GAO)'s Current and Future Availability of Aviation Engineering and Maintenance Professionals aviation workforce report (http://gao/assets/670/661239.pdf), there is...
FlightSafety International has selected Aeroglobo to provide Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) engine training in Brazil. The training will be offered at Aeroglobo’s facility in Botucatu, Brazil for P&WC PT6T, PT6A, PT6 B, PW100-Series, PW200-Series and PW500 engines. The Aeroglobo facility will be equipped with P&WC training engines and FlightSafety’s...
Spirit Airlines is preparing for the installation of the first Airbus Competence Training (ACT) classroom in the Americas. This maintenance training suite is being set up at Spirit's new maintenance facilities in Detroit, Michigan. The airline’s maintenance personnel and engineers will receive initial and recurrent training in the new A320...
FlightPath International has received EASA approvals for seven Airbus A320 Family type courses. These courses include A319/A320/A321 (CFM56) B1 Type Course; A319/A320/A321 (CFM56) B2 Type Course; A319/A320/A321 (CFM56) B1/B2 Combined Type Course; A319/A320/A321 (IAE V2500) B1 and B2 Type Course; A319/A320/A321 (IAE V2500) B1/B2 Combined Type Course; and A319/A320/A321/CFM56 to...
FL Technics Training has signed a Boeing 737NG training deal with SIA Engineering Philippines. Under the agreement SIAEP engineers have undergone eight weeks of training comprised of theoretical as well as practical courses. FL Technics Training specialists conducted Boeing 737-600/700/800/900 category B1 and category B2 theoretical training courses for a...
TRU Simulation + Training has opened its new Aviation Maintenance Training Academy located on the Textron Aviation Mid-Continent campus in Wichita, Kansas. Courses currently offered include mechanical and avionics theory and practical for new production Beechcraft King Air 350i, 250 and C90GTx turboprops with the Pro Line Fusion® avionics...
The 18th annual World Aviation Training Conference & Tradeshow (WATS) took place at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, in Orlando, April 21-23. Conference Chair Chris Lehman captures some of the highlights of what is always a very intense three days. With over 1,100 attendees hailing from 50-plus countries and 110 airlines, WATS broke new delegate and airline attendance records once again. Already the world’s largest gathering of aviation...
“As long as there is a physical path that connects both domains, we can't discard a potential attack.” That’s the conclusion of Ruben Santamarta, Principal Security Consultant at IOActive, a global information security services firm based in Seattle, Washington, US and London, UK. “Avionics should be located in the aircraft control domain,...
Worldwide statistics show that excursion-related business aviation accidents are up to 60 percent higher than those for commercial aircraft. Chuck Weirauch takes a look at how the industry is incorporating enhanced training to remedy these statistics. While runway excursions are a leading cause of accidents for both commercial and business aviation operations, they...
MAINTENANCE TRAINING Signifying Airbus' latest milestone to become even closer to its customers and partners and to support them around the globe Airbus and SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) have entered into an agreement to provide maintenance and engineering training services for Airbus aircraft in Singapore. Through this collaboration, SIAEC...
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