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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English-based VA Airline Training (VA) has launched a new Airline Ready Qualification Programme. The programme comprises three key steps: APS MCC: Enhanced Multi-Crew Cooperation training (40-hours jet simulator) combined with advanced jet operations training – all aligned and tested against standardised ICAO core competencies (20 days) Employment Fundamentals: Non-technical... 23 September 2019
BAA Training's new aviation training centre in Vietnam has received Approved Training Organization (ATO) certification from the country's Civil Aviation Administration and is open for business. The facility has an Airbus A320 full flight simulator, with a second FFS arriving by the end of 2019. A Flame V9000 Commander... 20 September 2019
Flying Time Aviation (FTA), an English flight training school, are to begin teaching ATPL Theory over nine months from next year. The course will be the only residential ATPL Theory programme of its kind in the UK; using two different software packages in addition to the class room-based instruction. 19 September 2019
Cervus have received a £240K award from Britain's Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) to demonstrate an innovative approach to Army training. The money will allow Cervus to showcase its force development concept called the Integrated Organisation Learning System (IOLS). Cervus developed IOLS after a request by the British Army’s... 19 September 2019
Britain's Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) have updated on the ongoing building work at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk that will be home to 2 US Air Force F35 squadrons. RAF Lakenheath is due to welcome the first of the new aircraft in late 2021. It will house the latest training... 19 September 2019
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has supplied maritime simulators at a new training facility in Portugal. 17 September 2019
Training and simulation specialists, MASA Group will showcase its AI-based Modeling & Simulation (M&S) software and expertise for the defence market at a range of upcoming events. MASA will exhibit SYNERGY & XVR at Congrès National des Sapeurs-Pompiers (exhibition for Firefighters) during September 18-21 in Vannes, France. Strategic partner... 17 September 2019
AERALIS, a British company developing a military and aerobatic jet trainer aircraft, has signed a MoU with KBR, Inc. A provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program lifecycle within the defence sector, KBR have customers in more than 80 countries. AERALIS said KBR would... 17 September 2019
FlightLogger has expanded its presence in Germany by signing up an eighth customer in Cockpit4u Aviation Service. An international Approved Training Organisations (ATO) headquartered in Berlin, Cockpit4u have both initial and recurrent training of pilots all over the world. FlighLogger have digitalized Cockpit4u's entire operation over the last few... 17 September 2019
NSC is to support the UK Government’s research of next-generation Simulation and Synthetic Environments (SSE) for the British military. The simulation specialist will create and lead a community of suppliers to identify and exploit emerging and over-the-horizon technologies in support of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and cross-governmental departments. ... 13 September 2019
