Mount Cook Airline, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, is the latest ATR operator to choose the Mechtronix ATR 72-600 flat panel trainer (FPT). The new trainer will be used to help convert pilots from the airlines existing fleet of ATR 72-500s to the 72-600s. Two of CAE’s simulators located...

L-3 Link Simulation & Training’s (L-3 Link) Crawley, UK-based operation has been awarded Level D certifications on individual simulators that replicate British Airways’ (BA) A380-800 and All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) B777-300ER platforms. The ANA B777-300ER full flight simulator (FFS) has the added flexibility to be reconfigured to support Level D...

FlightSafety International’s full flight simulator for the Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 650 aircraft has been qualified to Level D by the United States FAA; Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil in Brazil; and European Aviation Safety Agency. The new simulator is located at FlightSafety’s Learning Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Pacific...

Global Training Aviation (GTA) is working to establish a commercial joint venture with Nusa Flying International. The joint venture will initially cater to ATR 42/72 and Airbus A320 series pilot type-rating training requirements and will provide 'wet' instructor-led type-rating training to Indonesian Airlines current and new-hire pilots, and to other...

Piper Aircraft Inc. and CAE have announced the introduction of 35 Piper single-engine and twin-engine training airplanes to its CAE Oxford Aviation Academy fleet. The agreement includes firm orders for 22 single-engine Archer TX training airplanes and 13 twin-engine trainers, as well as parts and service. Deliveries will start this...

Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides insights on the latest training challenges and opportunities facing the US air traffic control force, and a glimpse of developments for its counterparts in NAV CANADA. Air Traffic Controller (ATC) training is prominent on the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) near- and long-term personnel management...

Aerosim Flight Academy has signed an agreement with PSA Airlines to provide an airline pathway program delivering First Officer pilots. The program is designed to provide cadets with a guaranteed job interview and the appropriate path to be fully prepared and successful at PSA Airlines. The PSA Pathway Program was...

Citing a 42 percent decrease in the US student pilot population, the decline in the number of active private pilots and the reduction of the number of US flight schools from 2400 to 1500 since 2001, FSANA president and CEO Robert Rockmaker described the current environment as the “low point”...

FlightPath International has added capabilities and personnel as it continues to expand its operations in Canada and worldwide. It moved its global headquarters to a larger building in Alliston, Ontario, in July 2012 and has more than doubled the size of its administrative staff in the past year, reflecting the...

Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) has announced its European expansion into the Netherlands. This new location, APS Europe, will provide comprehensive Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) services for general aviation, business and commercial aircraft pilots. APS Europe completed its formal evaluation by key-client test pilots in February 2013 at the...