Chuck Weirauch takes a look at the unique training challenges facing US regional airlines while complying with new aviation law. With the clock ticking towards August 2, 2013, when the sections of Public Law 111-216 that require airline first officers to have become ATP certified and accrue 1,500 hours of...
Chris Long journeys east to investigate the training and simulation expertise of Japan’s largest airline. As Yong Choi, Supervisor Flight Crew Standards indicates, the first time All Nippon Airways operated under that name was in 1957, when it started to service the domestic market of some 123 million people; international...
Eric Hinson has been appointed as president of SimCom Training Centers. Hinson, who will report directly to Wally David, the company's chief executive officer, will oversee and direct the activities of SimCom's four training center locations and 56 operational simulators.
Robert (Rob) Lewis has been named vice president and general manager of CAE’s global Business Aviation, Helicopter and Maintenance Training business unit.
David Rushton has been appointed as Commercial Marketing Manager, Visual Simulation Systems. His main responsibilities are to identify and pursue new business opportunities for FlightSafety's visual simulation systems among commercial airlines. Jim Christiansen has joined as vice president, International Business Development. He will lead the company’s efforts to increase customer...
Rudolf Schmid has been appointed as Swiss AviationTraining's new Director of Quality & Project Management. He succeeds Karl Spirig, who, after several years' service in the post and on Swiss AviationTraining's top management, retired at the end of January.
The Halldale Group has announced the appointment of David Lim as a Director for the Asia Pacific region, based in Singapore. David will take on responsibility for regional sales of simulation and training media and events for healthcare, defence and aerospace. He has 16 years’ experience in sales, marketing and...
Barco has signed a Service Partnership Agreement with ST Electronics (Training & Simulation Systems) in Singapore to provide first-level support services for Barco’s Training & Simulation products in the Southeast Asia region. As Barco’s Training & Simulation business is growing rapidly across the Southeast Asia region, the company has decided...
In 2013, ICAO, with the cooperation of Member States, will organize regional symposia which will be generously hosted by civil aviation authorities and TRAINAIR PLUS members. The regional symposia will build on the success of the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) and TRAINAIR PLUS Regional Conferences, held in 2011,...
WestJet Encore, the new regional subsidiary of WestJet, will work with New Zealand's merlot.aero to launch the first true cloud-based airline operations management system in 2013. The merlot.aero system is the first fully cloud-based airline operations management system designed specifically for the airline industry. It combines the power of the...