South Africa's Comair has acquired EPT Aviation Training as part of an ongoing diversification of its non-airline operations. Captain Glen Warden, Head of Comair’s Training Facilities, explained, “The new acquisition is an exciting development in line with Comair’s ongoing expansion of our non-airline facilities to mitigate against the weak...
Brisbane, Australia-based Southern Pacific Flight Training has become a new customer of AXIS Flight Training Systems after ordering an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS). The simulator, which will be certified to CASA and EASA Level D FFS standards and feature ATR’s New Avionic Suite standards 2.1 and 3...
Phase Two of the UPS/Ameriflight Gateway Programme, which allows current and future Ameriflight pilots to pursue a path to potential employment with UPS Airlines, has been agreed. Programme participants will need to have achieved the required personal and professional development benchmarks and completed the UPS mentoring programme. Successful completion...
Avsoft is pleased to announce the release of its Upset Recovery (UPRT) Course for pilots. Based on customer demand, Avsoft has developed a course that explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components and procedures related to Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT). This course covers both jet and turboprop...
A new solution from CEFA Aviation, CEFA Aviation Mobile Services (AMS), delivers feedback to aircrews right after landing using a tablet with a secure internet connection to depict selected flight segments. CEFA AMS converts wireless Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data into a realistic animation in less than 10 minutes...
Norway’s Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) has received 50 applications for its sponsored flight instructor programme during the two first weeks since its launch. Successful candidates will partake in a fully-sponsored EASA flight instructor course including ground school, 30 flight hours, an assessment flight and the licence issuing cost. On...
FlightSafety International’s FS1000 full flight simulator (FFS) for the Pilatus PC-24 has received interim Level C qualification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Training on the FFS – which is equipped with FlightSafety’s VITAL 1100 visual system, electric motion and control loading and new Instructor Operating Station –...
airBaltic is now accepting applications for its newly established Pilot Academy at airBalticTraining. 20 successful candidates will become the first class of students on airBaltic Training’s professional airline pilot training programme and can look forward to emerging as pilots for the carrier in approximately two years’ time. Martin Gauss,...
The Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Regional Express (Rex), is commemorating its 10-year anniversary with a special ceremony coinciding with the graduation of Rex cadet pilots and a Vietnamese cadet destined for Vietnam Airlines. The cadet pilots have completed an intensive training programme beginning...
Athens-based Global Aviation SA is to provide pilot training for students from Indonesia’s Perkasa Flight School in Greece. Perkasa Flight School’s CEO, Septo Adjie Sudiro, and Global Aviation SA’s Managing Director, Alexandros Tsaktanis, signed the agreement at the latter’s new headquarters in Athens. The two companies also visited Pachi...