Global cargo charter airline AeroTransCargo (ATC) will put 60 pilots through Caerdav’s 747 simulator training centre at Cardiff Airport. ATC will use Caerdav’s EASA-approved Boeing 747-400 aircraft simulators to provide its pilots with half-yearly recurrent training on the Queen of the Skies, which will include emergency procedures and technical...
The regional investment fund Fonds Pays de la Loire Croissance et Océan Participations has invested €2.1 million in Alsim. The money, the French simulation specialists said, allowed them to pursue both its future product development and its, mostly international, commercial development. "(It) will enable the company to focus on...
With the blessing of the FAA and other regulators, the new era of commercial drone deliveries has launched. Robert W. Moorman investigates the training of professional drone operators.
BAA Training Spain has purchased an Alsim AL250 simulator. The Alsim AL250 is a generic and compact simulator for single & multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfigurable) PPL, CPL & IR training. "With over 300 student-pilots in Ab Initio school, a training device, as the Alsim AL250, simulating both single...
The pilot and maintenance tech shortages come down mostly to money – pay, bonuses, benefits, and especially the cost of initial training. Group Editor Marty Kauchak highlights some expanding financial mechanisms for future right-seaters.
FlightLogger has entered the mountains of Andorra by signing up its first customer in the principality, the Andorra Aviation Academy. The academy shares ground facilities with the Universitat d’Andorra in Sant Julià de Lòria. Although the current ground school facilities are in Andorra, the academy has multiple agreements with...
Ultimate High Academy (UHA) has been approved by the UK CAA for their Multi-Pilot UPRT training course to be in full compliance with new EU regulation FCL.745.A ahead of the final mandatory implementation date of 20th December 2019. This enables modular graduates from UHA's training alliance partner, VA, to...
Aviation Performance Solutions LLC (APS) announced a special week-long safety initiative aimed at single-pilot operators. For single pilots, APS will include a 1-hour advanced simulator session with all of its multi-day on-aircraft UPRT programs. Image credit: APS Because single-pilot operators are nearly 10 times as likely as crew pilots to experience an Loss...
Pictured from left, Mark Casey, CEO AFTA, Mehmet T Nane, CEO Pegasus and Táinaiste Simon Coveney TD. Picture John Sheehan Irish international flight school, Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA), has agreed a partnership with Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines to train cadets for their future careers as commercial pilots...
UAE-based helicopter flight training academy, Horizon, has signed a purchase agreement with Entrol for a Bell 505 FTD level 2 simulator, valued at AED 5.5 million ($1.5 m). The simulator is based on the Bell 505 helicopter and is equipped with the latest avionics glass cockpit. It features a...