Patrick Johnston
Patrick Johnston is an experienced journalist having reported and edited on a wide range of news, sport and lifestyle stories over a 12 year career at Reuters. He specializes in digital storytelling and holds a First Class Master's degree in Media and Communications from City, University in London.
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With 30 years of military training experience and oversight of programs training 3,000 students annually, Aviation Australia CEO Glenn Ryan demonstrates how competency-based training can fast-track qualified maintenance engineers. 24 June 2025
GPS signal loss events have skyrocketed 220% between 2021 and 2024, according to IATA data released Wednesday (June 18) as part of a new comprehensive plan to combat escalating GPS jamming and spoofing threats. 19 June 2025
Singapore Airlines Group will hire 300 former Jetstar Asia employees—100 pilots and 200 cabin crew—following the low-cost carrier's announcement that it will cease operations on July 31, 2025, creating one of the largest workforce transitions in recent Asia-Pacific aviation history and generating significant demand for simulation training services. 17 June 2025
The global civil aviation sector is on the brink of an unprecedented talent crisis, with an estimated 1.5 million new professionals needed worldwide by 2034, according to CAE’s biennial Aviation Talent Forecast, 16 June 2025
The story of two aspiring pilots struggling through their A320 type rating despite strong technical abilities reveals a fundamental truth about aviation training: competence without confidence often leads to failure. 16 June 2025
We've launched a new interactive workshop for APATS 2025 designed to provide training leaders with practical tools and real-world strategies for implementing Artificial Intelligence in aviation training programmes. 12 June 2025
Halldale brought together the maintenance stream moderators from its three flagship events to discuss the critical conversations that spanned the Orlando conference and will continue to evolve at the upcoming APATS and EATS shows. 9 June 2025
The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) has opened registration for its third annual NAFI Summit, to take place on September 21-23 near Akron, Ohio. 4 June 2025
Britain's Strategic Defence Review presents significant opportunities for the simulation training industry as the UK commits to a technology-led military transformation requiring sophisticated synthetic training environments across all defence sectors. 4 June 2025
Halldale Group has opened the official Call for Papers for the 23rd European Aviation Training Summit (EATS 2025), set to convene industry and airline experts in a collaborative effort to advance safety and best practices in pilot, cabin crew, and maintenance technician training. 3 June 2025
