Try this combination: (1) learning a new airplane, (2) adapting to a new way of flying, (3) limited ATC and other resources (4) managing crew risk in a pandemic, and (5) navigating through the smoke of massive wildfires. Regional airline training veteran Paul Preidecker describes his new career flying on-call medical missions.
As restrictions begins to ease and air travel resumes, the cancellation of flights, grounding of fleets and unprecedented job cuts will have knock-on operational impacts for the wider aviation sector. Bhanu Choudhrie suggests changes to the way pilots are trained to ensure there is not a pilot shortage in the mid- to long-term.
Even during the business-crippling pandemic, airlines continue to provide initial, recurrent and transition pilot training. Robert W. Moorman explores United’s training efforts.
A team of training experts from Inzpire Limited has recently delivered the company’s Military Use of Space Capabilities course to 42 NATO personnel from the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.
This 13 October at the Virtual 2020 AUSA Warriors Corner, Colonel Charles Lombardo, Deputy Commander, Training at US Army Combined Arms Center, provided an update on his service’s live training modernization activities. Group Editor Marty Kauchak joined the webinar and files this report.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center community officially celebrated the dedication of the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center, an interprofessional simulation facility.