From 9 October 2017, Graeme Sumner will become CEO of Airways NZ, New Zealand’s Air Service Navigation Provider (ANSP), and will be based at the company’s office in Auckland. New Zealander Graeme will bring 27 years’ experience gained in the energy, transport, telecommunications, mining services and medical technology industries...
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has re-certified the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) – the associated training body of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) – as a Regional Training Centre of Excellence (RTCE). To reach RTCE status, JAA TO had to undergo assessments by the...
As business leaders and companies around the world face attacks on their computer systems, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has developed a program targeting cybersecurity challenges aimed specifically at the aviation and aerospace industry. Embry-Riddle will offer a customisable Aviation Cybersecurity Certificate program tailored to industry employees covering aircraft systems and...
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published an Opinion proposing amendments to the training requirements for initial pilot licensing to prevent loss of control in flight (LOC-I) situations. The Opinion proposes to integrate upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) requirements and provisions into the EU pilot training regulatory...
From 3rd July 2017, the DFS Academy in Germany will train six tower controllers for the British market, who will become the first to directly receive their air traffic controller licence from the UK supervisory authority following training undertaken in a foreign country. DFS is conducting the training of...
Under a new multi-year contract, UFA, Inc. (UFA) is to provide Skyguide (Swiss Air Navigation Services Ltd), with its suite of air traffic control training solutions including ATCoach, ATTower, ATVoice and ATSpeak. UFA’s solutions will replace Skyguide’s legacy simulators as the latter aims to reduce its operating costs and...
It takes more than just passively listening to ‘the sage on the stage’ to become a competent professional in any one industry. Dr. Suzanne Kearns, co-author of ‘Competency-Based Education in Aviation’, explains how this new way can of learning can help. At some point in our lives, most of...
CityJet has chosen to deploy Pelesys’ Training Management and Deployment System (TMDS) to meet future electronic training records management requirements. The carrier, which is headquartered in Ireland, will use Pelesys’ Qualification Management System (QMS) module to monitor, aggregate and maintain its employee qualifications. As a rule-based solution, QMS automates...
Norway’s Avinor Air Navigation Services has signed a framework agreement with Indra to provide the support needed for the deployment of the latter’s interoperability through European Collaboration (iTEC) air traffic management (ATM) system. Rafael Gallego, Director General of Indra, explains, “iTEC is a new and very advanced air traffic...
The Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) and AviAssist, Africa's only independent and also non-profit organisation dedicated solely to the safety improvements in African aviation, have announced a partnership to further expand the AviAssist Safety Promotion Centre (ASPC) in Rwanda. The partnership aims to establish a long-term mutually beneficial...