In a trial with Singapore Airline passengers, the first traveler using the IATA Travel Pass app to manage travel health credentials arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport.
We are pleased to unveil our pilot conference programme for the 2021 World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) from June 15-16 in Orlando, FL, USA, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort.
WATS addresses the current and future training issues affecting your business, from personnel selection and recruitment, to regulation and training technologies. It offers unrivalled opportunities to meet with the key decision makers and influencers within the international airline training community, and allows attendees to discuss the latest training technologies and techniques to improve operational safety and efficiency for pilot, cabin crew, and maintenance training.
With the Australian ‘Jobkeeper’ wage subsidy due to expire the end of this month, Qantas Airways has proposed that the federal government pay for training for employees.
To prepare air traffic controllers and aeronautical information staff for the new ICAO Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Conditions, which goes into effect on 4 November 2021, CANSO, IATA and ICAO have reached a collaboration agreement to develop a virtual training course.
The long-delayed electronic Pilot Records Database (PRD), required by US legislation more than 10 years ago, is “in final review,” according to FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, speaking to a virtual Town Hall of the National Business Aviation Association. Dickson, however, did not specify exact timing for the new rule.
The ICAO Council, ICAO’s 36-State governing body, has appointed Juan Carlos Salazar of Colombia as the organization’s new Secretary General for a three-year term, beginning 1 August 2021.
BAA Training is one of the first aviation training centers in Europe to start Ab Initio pilot training with integrated Area 100 Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes.
With a £1.2-million grant from the UK Research and Innovation’s Future Flight Challenge, the first “urban air port” for electric aircraft is to be built in the heartland.
In collaboration with EASA, Halldale Group recently hosted a Heads of Training (HoT) interactive online workshop with about 40 leaders from airlines, aviation training organisations, and academia. EATS Chair Capt. Jacques Drappier provides a summary of the workshop’s highlights.