Fatigue is a challenge to workers in all industries, especially air transport crew members with the myriad of fatigue exacerbating factors involved with their work, including long haul flights, night flights, international trips across multiple time zones, jet lag, and constantly changing sleep environments.
The U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Engineering School Command in Great Lakes held a ceremony to present Master Training Specialist certificates to 12 sailors.
Meggitt Training Systems has been awarded a $2.6-million contract for additional BlueFire wireless virtual weapons to be used by the US Marine Corps on its Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer, also delivered by the company as a program of record.
ECS has been awarded a contract extension by the US Army PEO Aviation in its Project Manager Cargo office for additional maintenance training and modernization upgrade programs.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association started a new initiative called the Flight Training Experience Project in place of the AOPA Flight Training Experience Awards.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the AOPA Air Safety Institute have created two guides to help operators and pilots safely return to flight and facilitate a strategic return to normal operations, as states modify social distancing restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
CAE signed a contract amendment last February with Cognac Formation Aero, a joint venture of Babcock France and Dassault Aviation, to provide an additional Pilatus PC-21 full-mission ground-based simulator to support pilot training for the French Air Force.