FlightSafety International has promoted Edward Koharik to general manager, Visual Systems. He assumes this responsibility from Jon Hester who retired from FlightSafety after more than 35 years of experience in the design, development and support of flight simulation products and services. Ed leads a team of over 200 engineers, systems...
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has announced a new partnership with the King Schools to provide commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators with the training they need to obtain a Remote Pilot Certificate, a requirement under the Federal Aviation Administration's recently-implemented small UAS rule. "Now that we...
CPaT has been selected by Tigerair Australia to provide tailored distance learning solutions for its pilot training needs. Tigerair Australia will employ CPaT’s Learning Management System (LMS) to provide classroom and mobile training for all of its Airbus 320 family and Boeing 737 pilots. Captain Greg Darrow, CPaT Global's VP...
MINT Software Systems has presented the new “MyMint App”, an enhancement for its Training and Resource Management System, MINT TRMS. The new MyMint App runs on IOS and Android systems and is the mobile connection to the MINT training and resource management system database and displays individual training schedules anywhere,...
Fulcrum Labs and Allegiant have won another coveted Brandon Hall Group Award, this time taking home Gold in Best Advance in Technology for Testing or Learning Evaluation for their state-of-the-art Flight Operations Basic Indoctrination training course. Fulcrum and Allegiant have jointly revolutionized the way pilots train using Fulcrum's Personalized Adaptive...
Flyco Group has recently signed an agreement with Bluebird Airways in Greece to provide Learning Management System and courseware for their crew. The system will allow the Bluebird training department to be able to address training needs for their crew, identify knowledge gaps, track progress and monitor training status for...
Britannica Knowledge Systems' latest version of its flagship product, the Fox Training Management System (Fox 8.02.06), contains a new breakthrough pilot training scheduling management function as part of Fox's Optimization Engine. This feature, which identifies opportunities for multiple crews to simulataneously use a single resource, delivers newfound efficiency in instructor...
Pelesys has released its newest Special Operations course titled Stabilized Approach/Low Energy Awareness. This new Stabilized Approach/Low Energy Awareness course is designed for flight crews requiring initial and recurrent training. The course outlines the concepts and safety benefits of stabilized approaches, as well as un-stabilized approaches and how to prevent...
This year for the first time, EASA and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) are organising the CAAC-EASA Aviation Safety Conference. The aim of this first edition is to broaden the bilateral dialogue, by bringing together authorities and the wider European and Chinese aviation industry to discuss current issues,...
AeroStar Training Services has unveiled plans for a new 30,000 square foot facility to be built at the KISM Kissimmee Gateway Airport, Florida, just minutes from its current base in Orlando. It will be equipped with an Airbus A320 full flight Level D simulator, B737 fixed training device, along with...