Pilot Proficiency, a new pilot training business, has taken delivery of a Frasca RTD (reconfigurable training device) simulator and is open for business at its first pilot recurrency training center located in Lisle, Illinois. The company offers FAA-approved Frasca AATDs (advanced aviation training devices) in locations convenient to pilots...
Alsim has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Alsim AL172 simulator as an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD). The AL172 is an exact replica of a Cessna 172SP Skyhawk NAV III aircraft equipped with the Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite. Since its launch in late...
ANA HOLDINGS INC. (ANA HD) has opened a new training center, ANA Blue Base (ABB), located near Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Construction concluded in March 2019 and allowed for partial operation from April 15, 2019. ANA HD plans for the facility to be both fully operational and open...
Designed to address the crucial need to better prepare and develop the skills of commercial pilots for airline employment, VA has a launched a new three-day interactive Airline Career Training (ACT) course as a new addition to its Airline Ready suite of training courses. The new ACT course has...
KLM Flight Academy, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Airline KLM, have chosen Alsim to provide an ALX training device for its premises at the Eelde Airport, near Groningen in the Netherlands. The school operates a mixed fleet of Socata TB-10 and TB-20 single-engine as well as Diamond DA42 multi-engine...
Symbiotics is now offering online versions of its suite of aptitude and knowledge-based tests that can be accessed directly by companies and individuals to assess knowledge and aptitude. With available tests including Future Aptitude Screening Tool (FAST), maths, physics, English, aviation knowledge and cognitive reasoning, Symbiotics is hoping to...
U.S. News & World Report identified Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as the No. 1 online undergraduate educator among 348 schools ranked on the 2019 list. It was the sixth consecutive year that Embry-Riddle’s online bachelor’s degree programs ranked within the Top 5 on the list. Read more. Source: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical...
AYJET Anatolian Stars Flight School recently decided to task Alsim with an upgrade of its existing Alsim simulator to the newest European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards. The ATO operates an Alsim AL200-DA42 simulator it bought 10 years ago. To make this device meet the current standards as...
FlightSafety International announced that Patricia Arundell-Lampe has been promoted to senior vice president (VP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As senior VP and CFO for FlightSafety International, Arundell-Lampe will assume responsibility for all financial matters for the company. Arundell-Lampe joined FlightSafety in the year 2000 as a financial manager.
ASTi announced that a major airline training program has purchased 24 instances of its Pilot Phraseology Trainer (PPT). The PPT uses advanced speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies from SERA, ASTi's Simulated Air Traffic Control Environment product. The PPT helps students build basic air traffic control (ATC) phraseology and radio...