Editorial Comment For the last several Editorial Comments, the issue of “Aviation Professionalism” has been repeatedly explored, and indeed, given the current high interest in the subject, the conference theme of the upcoming 22nd annual WATS event is “Identifying and Developing Professionalism in the Global Aviation Workforce.” The term...
On March 11, the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) released its 2020 Global Fleet & MRO Market Assessment. The report, which was prepared for the association by aviation management consulting firm Oliver Wyman assesses the current state of the global aviation maintenance market and projects continued industry growth through...
Editorial Comment Decades ago – several more than I care to remember – I had a primary flying instructor who was fond of saying “Don’t stop ‘flying’ the airplane until you switch off the engine and tie it to the ground.” Some will instinctively know that such a comment...
This 16 July, Group Editor Marty Kauchak completed a brief, but wide-ranging, interview with Kishor Mistry, Group CEO at Peak Pacific, and Robert Torio, the company’s Manager Client Engagement & Business Development. While the Hong Kong-based industry expert introduces enhanced and new products from its current competencies, it is...
Editorial Comment This edition of CAT Magazine is the EATS Show Issue, with editorial content designed to support the topical training narratives of this premier event, as well as serve the large international S&T community in attendance. Further, having very recently delivered the APATS event in Singapore, we’re still...
Editorial Comment This issue of CAT Magazine is our annual Sourcebook edition, and it always coincides with the yearly forecast season, as well as the flurry of new aircraft orders that always accompany either the Paris or Farnborough Airshow. New pilot demand forecasts emerge at nearly the same time,...
The seventeenth annual Omega Close Air Support (CAS) conference took place at the Hilton Hotel, Reading – west of London, UK – on 20th and 21st November 2019. MS&T’s Dim Jones went along to see and hear. In continuance of the very successful arrangement established over the past couple...
Welcome to the WATS 2018 issue of CAT Magazine. WATS is CAT`s annual flagship training event, and we always endeavour to have this issue mirror much of the content of this international celebration of aviation simulation and training. This year is no exception and I am particularly proud of...
Now in its fifth year, the DSET Conference and Workshop will be held 9-11 March in Bristol, UK. MS&T Editor Andy Fawkes spoke to its organisers Tess Butler and Sadie Lockett about its origins and what to expect at DSET 2020. Growth DSET (Defence Simulation Education and Training) was...
Andy Fawkes, MS&T Editor The simulation and training domain never ceases to interest me with its synergy of people and technology, and its challenges both enduring and emergent. It has a global community that for the most part shares its ideas and standards and looks to other sectors for...