VRM Switzerland has received approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for pilot training credits in a type-specific Robinson R22 virtual reality flight simulation training device, the world’s first VR-driven FSTD to receive approval from an aviation regulatory authority.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.