The US has re-entered an era of peer competition with Russia and now China as well. Supporting this new geopolitical reality is a flurry of activities to increase the rigor and scale of DoD’s training and education programs. Group Editor Marty Kauchak reviews the developments.
Airways Aviation Academy is now open in Turkey and will commence delivering Pilot Foundation Courses as part of its Commercial Pilot Pathway Program in Istanbul.
Butterfly Training has been certified as a Competency Based Training and Assessment Center of Excellence by the International Air Transport Association.
Today's generation of 18-to-25-year-olds recruits are coming from a far more sedentary lifestyle compared to previous generations, making their skeletons more prone to injuries because they're not used to the kind of intense activity they will face at basic training.
Scott McCulloch survived a heart attack in mid-air aboard a Delta Air Lines flight, due to the rigorous training that had been instilled in Delta’s cabin crew.
After halting construction due to the pandemic, Southwest Airlines is back to work on its $13 million expansion of the Leadership Education and Aircrew Development center.
The company concluded in its report that possessing information is not enough, advantage comes from exploiting that information to produce a physical advantage in the real world.