EASA Certification Director Trevor Woods has presented EASA's re-written CS-23 certification rules for small aircraft at AERO, pointing out that the "EASA CS-23 are new, smart and flexible rules, prepared with and for a safe innovative GA industry." The reorganised CS-23 remove design limitations for manufacturers and thus open the...
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,...
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta has announced the agency has selected the University of Oklahoma and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University teams to lead the new Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance (COE TTHP). The COE will conduct research and development on technical training for...
Alaska Airlines has become the first commercial airline in the world to receive FAA certification of an enhanced full-stall model in a flight simulator, which helps pilots train to recognize and recover from a full aerodynamic stall. In advance of the 2019 deadline set by the FAA, Alaska Airline's simulator...
FlightSafety International has announced that its Dassault Falcon 2000LXS simulator at it's Paris Learning Center has received Level D qualification from the European Aviation Safety Agency and the United States Federal Aviation Administration. The Falcon 2000LXS training program includes initial, recurrent and update training for pilots, maintenance technicians, and flight...
The National Aviation Authority of Germany (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt - LBA) has approved the Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) training center in Erfurt as a learning environment in accordance with EASA Part-145. As a result, LTT can now offer participants a practical program lasting up to three months, which is subsequently certified as...
The Met Office, a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) certified training organisation, is to launch a Restricted Observing Course for Air Traffic Controllers. The new course is a five day session designed for ATS units using a fully integrated semi-automatic observing system. It aims to develop the skills required to observe,...
The Management Board of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Patrick Ky as Executive Director of EASA with effect from 1 September 2013. Mr Ky will succeed Mr Patrick Goudou, who has been Executive Director of EASA since its creation in September 2003 and...