The 412th Electronic Warfare Group at Edwards Air Force Base awarded Advanced Simulation Technology inc. a contract for communications simulation products and technical services.
Training to restarting operations at an airline requires collaboration of pilots, cabin crew, trainers, regulators and others. CAT Europe Editor Chris Long, FRAeS, relates the story of how Emirates is meeting the challenges.
The world reeled at the speed and depth of the onset of Covid-19. As we all know, the aviation industry was one of the hardest-hit sectors, and the reaction to it also needed to be both rapid and profound.
Tim Clark, President of Emirates airline, made it clear that despite the challenges which the pandemic brought, the airline will not compromise on the safety of passengers or crew.
Emirates is in a unique situation as the largest operator of exclusively wide-body fleets, and in theory, could have taken the biggest hit. But, as Captain Martin Mahoney, Emirates SVP Flight Training says, whilst practically all the A380 fleet was initially grounded, the B777 fleet continued to operate.
Etihad Aviation Training, part of Etihad Aviation Group, has launched new training programmes for pilots and, for the first time, customers will also be able to earn Etihad Guest Miles against EAT products and services.
CATI Training Systems delivered another three channel Image Generation System for a Cockpit Academics Procedural Tool-Enhanced Visual Capable System training device on Fort Rucker, Alabama.
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, continues his conversation with Kit Darby discussing risk factors such as recession, job cuts, mergers, fuel costs and terrorism on airline pilot hiring. Plus the unique challenges of getting a foreign flying job, corporate flying, and pay/benefit packages by airline and aircraft type.
The DiSTI Corporation was the recent recipient of a $5.5 million delivery order from the United States Army for M2A3/M2A4 Bradley Fighting Vehicle virtual trainers.