Looking to start a flight school? Be prepared for plenty of moving parts and partners. CAT Editor Rick Adams spoke with startup Skyborne Airline Academy.
Robert W. Moorman examines how the increased use of composites on commercial airliners has sparked a corresponding need for highly trained aircraft maintenance technicians (AMTs).
Every three hours the safety of a flight within the EU is threatened by passengers demonstrating unruly or disruptive behaviour. At least 70% of these incidents involve some form of aggression. At least once a month the situation escalates to such a degree forcing the plane to perform an...
Simloc has achieved it’s quality certification under the seal ISO 9001 2015. The certification obtained, based on the International policy ISO 9001, consists of developing, starting up and improving the efficiency of a quality management system to increase client satisfaction by means of fulfilment of it’s requirements. With that...
ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, and EUROCONTROL Director General, Eamonn Brennan, have formalized a new air navigation training cooperation agreement. Signed under the ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Corporate Partnership umbrella, the new agreement will see ICAO and EUROCONTROL collaborating on joint air navigation training programmes and specific courses focused on...
FSANA is working to help alleviate some of the effects of the government shutdown on flight training providers around the country. Specifically, the company says it is aware of the fact that expiration of FAA Part 141 and 142 training programs authorizations represent a real potential threat to the continued...
The Korean Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry (MOLIT) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have signed an aviation cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The main contents of the MOU include education on overall aviation safety, exchange of training activities, co-hosting workshops and seminars, exchange of personnel in technical fields,...
EASA has published the 8th edition of the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS). The EPAS sets out the strategic and operational priorities for safety and environmental protection for the next five years. It is a key component of the European Aviation Safety Programme (EASP) and provides a coherent and...
The civil aviation training industry continues its inexorable evolution, embracing new technology. Just not as fast as anyone likes, including many regulators. Rick Adams looks at some topics on the regulatory table.
The inaugural Simulation and Training for Resilience and Safety Symposium 2019 (STRS) will take place 26-27 March 2019 at No. 4 Hamilton Place, London, U.K. Through the sharing of information and ideas, this brand new event aims to encourage innovation and build partnerships in training and simulation across safety-critical...