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With the large helicopter oil-and-gas market in the doldrums, some training companies are turning their attention to operators of smaller rotorcraft: search-and-rescue, emergency medical services, law enforcement, and other missions which can benefit from simulated scenarios. Rick Adams looks at how some so-called lower-end flight training devices are incorporating quite... 28 April 2016
CTC Aviation introduced a brand new initiative to attract more qualified pilots into its Airline Training Partnership (CTC ATP), consisting of a managed 'fast track' to airline career opportunities. A dramatic increase in demand for both newly-qualified and experienced pilots from CTC Aviation's Airline Partners has resulted in the development... 25 April 2016
FlightSafety International has delivered an Airbus A350 XWB full flight simulator (FFS) to the Airbus Training Center in Miami, Florida. This is the second simulator FlightSafety has delivered to the Training Center. The A350 XWB simulator has been qualified to Level D by the United States Federal Aviation Administration, the... 21 April 2016
RP Aero Systems has launched a digital communications system designed specifically for use in the training environment. The new system emulates all the necessary cabin and flight deck features on each aircraft type, with an additional handset for the instructor. The system integrates with flight crew headsets and oxygen masks,... 21 April 2016
Human Trafficking is a worldwide epidemic and cabin crew can help by identifying those marked for exploitation and carried aboard commercial airliners. Flight attendant veteran Sherry Saehlenou, Principal, CA Training Solutions, LLC presented “In Plane Sight, Human Trafficking, They Could Be On Your Flight ... Would You Know?” – a... 21 April 2016
Rotary-wing training subject matter experts presented a wide range of concepts – from complex military-style live-virtual-constructive (LVC) multi-player mission scenarios to tools for smaller operators to the challenges of integrating unmanned aircraft into the airspace – on the 2nd day of the Helicopter Aviation Training Symposium (HATS) at the WATS conference... 21 April 2016
TRU Simulation + Training has signed an agreement with Avianca, a leading Latin American airline headquartered in Colombia, for the purchase of a full flight simulator (FFS) and a flat panel trainer (FPT) for the new Airbus A320neo. The full flight simulator, scheduled to be delivered in the third quarter... 21 April 2016
Session 3, Training Analysis and Development Dr Bill Johnson, moderator of the maintenance stream, kicked off the first maintenance session, welcoming the attendees. The well attended session was led off by Amrish Pothack, AirBusiness Academy. The aviation management trainer spoke to the results of their research into what makes a... 20 April 2016
Representing the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) and the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST), Bristow Group’s Nick Mayhew kicked off the Helicopter Aviation Training Symposium (HATS) stream at WATS 2016 with a challenge to further reduce accidents on “the path to zero.” Ten years ago, the IHST set a... 20 April 2016
Ansett Aviation Training Australasia (Ansett) and Universal Training Systems (UTS) have announced that Ansett's new Beechcraft King Air 350i conversible to a B200 full flight simulator will be located at the UTS simulator and training facility on the Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland. The simulator, which was purchased last September... 20 April 2016
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