MS&T Group Editor Marty Kauchak trekked to their close-by workstations and attended the Training & Simulation Industry Symposium 2020 Virtual Event. Day 1 highlights follow.
Group editor Marty Kauchak reports on the military services’ quest – with industry’s support – to raise the performance bar on their training measurement and evaluation capabilities.
Robert Luthy, General Manager of L3Harris Commercial Training Services, noted while the schools remain open, his team has been in regular contact with federal and state governments and are taking preventative measures to ensure the health and safety of employees, including enabling employees to work remotely where possible.
FlightSafety International is now offering the ground school portion of its recurrent pilot training programs online through its instructor-led LiveLearning training system.
Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre in central Ontario, Canada voluntarily ceased operations 17 March in response to the spreading Covid-19 pandemic at a most inopportune time – toward the end of the centre’s semester. Group Editor Marty Kauchak writes.
Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak interviewed Cameron Curtis, CMM, CAE, President & CEO of Association of Air Medical Services & Medevac Foundation International, and Deborah Boudreaux, AAMS Board Chair, Chair and Director of Teddy Bear Transport, Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. “This has been a team...
Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports on how CAE is responding to COVID-19 in its civil and defense sectors together with reporting on wider S&T Industry initiatives from Thales, VT MAK, Bohemia Interactive Simulations and Pitch Technologies.
Much like first-responder training in other safety-critical sectors, individuals and teams in the aviation ecosystem use simulation to learn and rehearse roles and responses for anticipated crises. Group editor Marty Kauchak highlights some strategies to train stakeholders.