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Indra has completed the development of the iCAT, a new training system for pilots of the Airbus A320. The first two units of this training solution have been delivered to Beijing Capital Airlines. These systems will be installed at the training centers owned by the Chinese airline in Beijing and... 31 August 2014
TRU Simulation + Training is to provide an Airbus A320 FFS X™ full flight simulator (FFS) to Ansett Aviation Training. Delivery of the FFS to Ansett's Tullamarine training facility in Melbourne, Australia is expected during the fourth quarter of 2014. The A320 FFS X will join Ansett's existing fleet of... 31 August 2014
Chris Long previews the new APATS Aviation Education and Training Symposium which will be taking place in February 2015. Although abstracts are still arriving, there are already plenty of impressive presentations to enable us to see the shape of the APATS Aviation Education and Training Symposium (AAETS), which will be... 31 August 2014
Once again the Asian civil aviation training world has beaten a path to Bangkok for the Asia Pacific Aviation Training Symposium (APATS). This 2014 event was marked by yet another significant increase in the number of airlines attending - up from 36 last year to 47 this time - and,... 31 August 2014
Chris Long reports on training provider CTC Aviation’s operations. There is no reason to doubt the Boeing forecasts which predict demand for a very large number of pilots over the next 20 years. There will always be challenges to pilot training - getting the numbers of new entries is itself... 31 August 2014
Chris Long takes a look at Strata Manufacturing PJSC, based in Al Ain, which employs mostly highly skilled women on the production line. The most visible benefit of commercial aviation is, of course, in the explosion of travelling opportunities for a growing proportion of the world population. Alongside that, the... 31 August 2014
Aerosim Flight Academy in Florida, as well as Coast Aviation and Sierra Academy in California, will offer Boeing's new ab initio Pilot Development Program to airlines through the flight schools' partnerships with Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen. While the program is initially aimed at airlines in regions such as Asia and the... 31 August 2014
Chuck Weirauch reports on the initial impact to the US ab initio training industry of the new F/O Airline Transport Pilot requirements. In the third quarter 2014 edition of the Regional Airline Association (RAA)'s Regional Horizons quarterly publication, RAA President Roger Cohen stated that "those that deny a pilot shortage... 31 August 2014
Aircraft accident investigative techniques continue to advance, but the new tools employed are not so new. Robert W. Moorman explains. The aircraft accident investigation process has not changed significantly in several years. Changes that have occurred are subtle, linked to aircraft design advances and modifications as well as the incorporation... 31 August 2014
Peter Moxham provides an update on the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). It is 50 years since Bob Dylan recorded this, his third album, and never has a truer expression been repeated today regarding EASA - times are certainly changing! EASA was first instituted by the European Commission on 15... 31 August 2014
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