Editor of CAT Magazine, Rick Adams is a respected international journalist with more than three decades of experience in defence, aviation, simulation and training topics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS). In addition to editing CAT Magazine, Rick has written regularly for MS&T Magazine for 20 years. He has led communications for several major defense, simulation and information technology companies.

Vaccine Injection Boosts US Airlines

April 5, 2021

Rick Adams

Major US carriers and some regionals are ramping up hiring of pilots and other personnel as the vaccine rollout accelerates. Rick Adams relates some of the hopeful signs for a summer travel surge.

Rare? Rusty? Routine?

EDITORIAL COMMENT

March 22, 2021

Rick Adams

That United 328 did not crash is a testament to well trained pilots. And a cautionary warning for the ramp-up of airline operations, notes CAT Editor Rick Adams, FRAeS.

WATS 2021 Pilot Programme

Forward Together

March 17, 2021

Rick Adams

We are pleased to unveil our pilot conference programme for the 2021 World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) from June 15-16 in Orlando, FL, USA, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort.

WATS addresses the current and future training issues affecting your business, from personnel selection and recruitment, to regulation and training technologies. It offers unrivalled opportunities to meet with the key decision makers and influencers within the international airline training community, and allows attendees to discuss the latest training technologies and techniques to improve operational safety and efficiency for pilot, cabin crew, and maintenance training.

Be sure to register your attendance as we move ‘Forward Together’.

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Halldale Launches Webinar Series With Skills Fade Discussion

CAT Leader Forum

March 11, 2021

Jacques Drappier and Rick Adams

CAT Leaders Forum - Register now for our first interactive webinar on 7th April.

BISim Distances from Bohemia-China Connection

February 12, 2021

Rick Adams

Concerns over possible confusion of company ownership – and potential Chinese meddling in software developed for Western military customers – has led Bohemia Interactive Simulations to issue a clarifying press release.

Pilot’s Poor Decision Making Led to Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash - NTSB

February 12, 2021

Rick Adams

A helicopter pilot’s decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into foggy instrument meteorological conditions resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control.

Tanjo AI, UCF Finalists in Pandemic Response Challenge

February 11, 2021

Rick Adams

A winner will be announced on 26 February in the $500,000 Pandemic Response Challenge from among 48 finalists.

14 February Deadline Looms for EU Alcohol-Peer-Psych Compliance

February 4, 2021

Allyson Kukel and Rick Adams

EU Commission Regulation 2018/1042, which includes new requirements for alcohol testing, peer support programs, psychological assessments, and prevention of reckless behavior, must be implemented by 14 February.

Harvard Med Grad is Delta CHO

February 3, 2021

Rick Adams

The Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Henry Ting has been named to the new position of Chief Health Officer for Delta Air Lines.

Summer Looking Good to easyJet

January 26, 2021

Rick Adams

Airline market watchers have been predicting that tourism and low-cost carriers will be the initial drivers for the return surge in passenger traffic, and easyJet’s holiday bookings seem to bear that out.

WATCH - Pilot Skills Decay Webinar PREMIUM

Watch our expert panel of Capt. Tanja Harter, European Cockpit Association, Capt. Martin Mahoney, Emirates, Capt. Carl Haslem, Resilient Pilot and Capt. Helen Heenan, KURA Human Factors discuss the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on pilot skills. Webinar hosted by Capt Jacques Drappier.