Pegasus Airlines commissioned Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators, to build an Airbus A321NX Over Wing Exit Trainer to help the airline’s cabin crew become proficient in all normal, abnormal and emergency situations with the aircraft’s door. Spatial manufactured the custom-built trainer to replicate all the functionalities of...
Norwegian Competence Center Helicopter (NCCH), working with Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH (RST) and Norwegian Air Ambulance AS (NLA - Norsk Luftambulanse), opened its new Next-Generation Training Center in Stavanger, Norway that includes an Airbus H145 Level D Full-Flight Simulator to provide training for NLA pilots and crew members. Establishing...
FlightSafety International named David Davenport and Ray Johns the company’s new Co-CEOs, succeeding Bruce Whitman, who passed away October 10, 2018. Davenport will also serve as President, Commercial, and Ray as President, Government and Manufacturing. In addition to serving as Co-CEOs, Davenport will continue to oversee all aspects of FlightSafety’s...
infoWERK is providing its Learning Management System (LMS) and Specialized Maintenance Training courses to AAC COLUMBIA Jet Service GmbH, an aircraft repair and maintenance organization. ACC COLUMBIA will use infoWERK’s Human Factors (HF), Fuel Tank Safety (FTS), Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS), Aviation Legislation, Engine Condition Trend Monitoring (ECTM) and...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., a national security solutions provider, won $30-million contract scope increases for several of its existing training contracts with unnamed customers. Kratos Senior Vice President, Jose Diaz says with these awards, Kratos will provide training that will sharpen warfighter resiliency, increase real mission preparedness, improve...
infoWERK launched its Performance Based Communication and Surveillance (PBCS) training courseware that concentrates on the performance-based communication and surveillance specifications applied to the air traffic service provision. The online, multimedia-based training provides a framework for stakeholders including regulators, air traffic service providers, operators, communication service providers and manufacturers to collaborate...
American Airlines awarded $337K from its American’s Flight Education Grant program to 17 aviation-focused schools and organizations in the U.S. that are dedicated to training the next generation of aviators. The grants range from $5,000 to $25,000 and many of the receiving organizations will assist low-income and minority students. They...
KLM UK Engineering, a provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for regional and narrow body aircraft, acquired European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 147 approval to offer training courses for the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. KLM Head of Technical Training, Ray Flower says the approval was a natural progression...
The University at Buffalo (UB) School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences built an escape room game for inter-professional training between nursing and pharmacy students to improve teamwork and communication. In the Patient X escape room that simulates a medical clinic, students will have 30 minutes to...
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) promoted Jeffrey Huber to Vice President of Operations for its Huntsville, Alabama office. Huber is a retired U.S. Army pilot with more than 24 years of aviation leadership; he joined ECS in 2017 as the Director of Operations. Huber is a subject-matter expert on the...