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ATO Of The Future – Your Questions Answered

August 18, 2020

Thank you for all your questions during our ATO Of The Future Webinar. John Bent and Chris Ranganathan have answered the 28 questions we ran out of time to answer during the live webinar. Take a look at their informed responses.

#RestartingTheEngines: Pilots, Recency and Requalifying Webinar

August 18, 2020

Rick Adams, Jacques Drappier, and Pierre Wannaz

Rewatch the first of our new series of online discussions regarding current training and simulation issues and best practices across civil aviation, military, healthcare and other safety-critical industries.

#RestartingTheEngines: ATO Of The Future

August 6, 2020

Rick Adams

Rewatch the second episode in our series of online discussions regarding current training and simulation issues and best practices across civil aviation, military, healthcare and other safety-critical industries.

Managing Startle and Surprise Using Psychotherapy PREMIUM

July 6, 2020

Safe and efficient flight operations rely on pilots’ management of their mental resources. Watch Captain Owen Sims discuss the importance of pilots using reason, planning and logic rather than raw emotion during his talk at EATS 2019.

Design Interactive Partners with USS Ford for AR Training Solution

May 20, 2020

Amanda Towner

Design Interactive was recently awarded the Navy Accelerated Technology Small Business Innovation Research for the Refinement and Extension of Mixed Reality Adaptive Scaffolding Tool for Enhancing Readiness.

The University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Science's Virtual Reality Lab.

Enhanced Pilot Training Via VR

April 27, 2020

Chuck Weirauch

The application of virtual reality technology for flight training is gaining momentum, and training providers are developing new tools that may provide more effective training. Chuck Weirauch investigates.

SMS is being implemented by airlines, training houses and independent fixed and rotary aircraft operators.

Assess, Analyze, Manage PREMIUM

March 5, 2020

Robert Moorman

Mandating SMS worldwide is only the first step in making air transportation safer. Robert W. Moorman explores the training component that involves risk.

How to Develop Resilience? PREMIUM

August 8, 2019

Mario Pierobon

Training in resilience development, an element of CRM, has been required by EASA air operations regulations since 2016. Mario Pierobon talked with training leaders about approaches to managing risk and challenging flight events.

A Collins Aerospace Airbus A220 flight deck.

Knowing your Systems PREMIUM

February 12, 2019

Robert Moorman

Is it time professional pilots receive more than just familiarization instruction on modern avionics systems? Robert W. Moorman looks into this often asked question.

Participants in the program from KLM utilize VR goggles to simulate a scenario from the training. The instructor looks on, using the laptop to display what the pilot wearing the goggles is seeing.

Relax, Observe, Confirm PREMIUM

May 31, 2018

Julie Boatman Filucci

The use of focused training to mitigate Startle and Surprise was examined in a study by the NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre and KLM. Julie Boatman Filucci examines the study and its results.

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Featured Stories

The Next Pilot Shortage PREMIUM
The accession pipeline in the US for new pilots, increasingly dependent on learning technologies, is being restored, and none too soon, as a pilot shortage is eyed toward the mid-part of this decade. Marty Kauchak reports. Civil aviation remains on a turbulent path in the attempt to return to pre-Covid-19 operating levels. With lackluster passenger demand and the unsteady pace of restoring domestic and international routes, the industry is no longer facing the pilot shortage with which it was grappling just a few months ago. Reopened flight training programs, which increasingly rely on distance learning and other technologies to help select and retain aspiring pilots, are part of the strategy to help minimize a predicted next pilot shortage for later this decade. Looking to read the full article? Become a Premium Club member and gain full access today!
A Conversation With Kit Darby PREMIUM
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, talks with Kit Darby, one of the leading experts on professional pilot careers about the state of the North American aviation market – recovery, retirements, furloughs, pay packages, and advice for moving to the head of the queue when hiring restarts (perhaps sooner than you think). The first section of this five part series is on Airline Recovery Scenarios and the Impact of Pilot Retirements. Kit Darby outlines possible airline recovery models, pilot retirements at the major US airlines, scenarios for the resumption of pilot hiring, and a comparison of airline early-retirement offers.
Rick's Picks PREMIUM
CAT Editor-in-Chief Rick Adams, FRAeS, highlights the stories that caught his eye in a new Halldale feature titled Rick’s Picks.