Hellenic Air Training Services has purchased Avsoft’s B737 Classic (B737-300/400/500) Aircraft Systems Courseware. The Aircraft Systems Courseware, in conjunction the new ICE Suite package, lets users set course qualification and recurrent due date; tag course pages to create recurrent ground school modules; modify a course’s content – including graphics and...
Didavia Aviation Academy based in Athens, Greece, has expanded its library of Avsoft’s CBT/WBT courseware with the purchase of the new general subject matter course, Low Visibility Operations.
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has opened a brand new state-of-the-art training facility, Monarch Aircraft Engineering Training Academy (MAETA). Based at London Luton Airport, the training academy has undergone a complete refurbishment providing several new theatre style classrooms and facilities for Composite and Fibre optic training, a technology that is now...
West Atlantic, the UK's largest independent cargo carrier, has announced it will be recruiting a new intake of cadet pilots for their pilot sponsorship programme based at Coventry Airport. The sponsorship scheme is funded fully up front by West Atlantic Airlines. Once type rated and employed as a West Atlantic...
Dassault Falcon has awarded its two training partners, CAE and FlightSafety International, certificates demonstrating full compliance with requirements of the new Falcon Training Policy Manual (FTPM). The certificates cover training of pilots, maintenance personnel and cabin crew. The FTPM is intended to ensure that Falcon customers around the world are...
ST Aerospace Academy (STAA) has been awarded a contract to train pilots for Xiamen Airlines. Under the agreement, Xiamen Airlines' cadet pilots will undergo STAA's Commercial Pilot Licence with Instrument Rating programme, followed by its High Performance Aircraft Training (HPAT) course. The first batch of 30 cadet pilots are expected...
Jeppesen is now offering a complete suite of its pilot training textbooks as e-book selections for iPad. Jeppesen’s e-book titles available for download through the Apple iBookstore include Instrument/Commercial pilot training, Multi-Engine airplane training and Flight Instructor training. Student pilots can now complete their entire ground study process, spanning Private...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has commissioned ETC to build a state of the art flight trainer for its Oklahoma City facility in a contract totalling $365,000. The trainer, known as the General Aviation Trainer-II (GAT II) meets the FAA's flight training device (FTD) Level 3 standards and can be...
CAE’s Gulfstream G450/G550 full flight simulator in Shanghai, China, has received Level D certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), and training is due to begin early this year at the Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Centre (SEFTC), in Shanghai Pudong Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone. The G450 / G550...
CAE has sold four Level D full flight simulators, two each to customers in China and Russia. The sales include the first two FFSs, associated training devices and the CAE Augmented Engineering Environment (AEE) for the new C919 aircraft being developed by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC). The...