In this guest commentary, Dr William Cox explains how competency-based pilot training could be a way of reducing millions in operating expenses due to D&Cs and increasing revenues by decreasing the number of dissatisfied passengers.
Researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California are exploring how passengers may experience an air taxi ride by building a custom virtual reality flight simulator.
One feature of the future of aviation training was clear to see at the recent EATS, the presence of many delegates, clutching hand-held controls, with their faces obscured by VR google-facemasks. Conor Keeling, an A330 Captain for a major European airline, flying for 33 years and 20,000 hours since 1981, discusses his observations of EATS 2021.
Asian markets still have a rising middle class in the next decade to count on for some form of sustainable growth. European markets are expected to recover more slowly in comparison.
