Rick Adams
Rick Adams, FRAeS, is Chair of the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) pilot conference. An Aviation Journalist for 4 decades, he is Co-Founder of AviationVoices.com, former Editor of Halldale's CAT and MS&T magazines, ICAO Journal, and IFALPA Journal; a writer for several leading aviation and defence magazines; and Communications Director for leading Aerospace companies.
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The Airline Training Leaders Panel at WATS 2024 will showcase global flight training expertise with representatives from major aviation organizations worldwide. 9 April 2024
US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael G. Whitaker will keynote the 2024 World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) in Orlando, it was announced by the FAA and Halldale Group, organizers of WATS. 4 March 2024
At the end of last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board Chair, Jennifer Homendy, announced that the NTSB was discontinuing their “Most Wanted List” of desired improvements in aviation, rail, marine and road transportation. Rick Adams, FRAeS, discusses this and more in the latest Editorial Comment for CAT. 22 January 2024
After a first day focused on training methodology evolution, the second day of the European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) shifted into the realms of science and diversity. 13 November 2023
The developing crisis of airborne anger is partially a symptom of the post-pandemic society. But it’s also partially self-inflicted by the airlines. 9 November 2023
“Cascais wants to be at the forefront of aviation training,” stated Miguel Pinto Luz, Deputy Mayor of Cascais, Portugal. And this week, the municipality west of Lisbon certainly is the centre of the training universe as about a thousand experts from throughout Europe and the world gather for the 21st European Airline Training Symposium. 9 November 2023
For me, the Heads of Training (HoT) meetings which precede the European Aviation Training Symposium (EATS) are an annual sanity check. The HoT meetings – one for pilots, one for cabin crew – feature ‘Chatham House’ rules, which basically means ‘What happens in Cascais, stays in Cascais.’ 8 November 2023
Runway incursions at US airports have been reduced since the beginning of the year – from 1.0 per million takeoffs and landings in January to .022 in March and 0.44 in April. 25 May 2023
It’s not unusual to see camouflage-clad soldiers and vehicles throughout Switzerland. Every male between the ages of 18 and 35 can be conscripted into the Army, and after 21 weeks’ basic training you keep your weapon and undergo additional training, followed by reserve duty. 9 May 2023
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argues that most delays travelers experience are not the cause of FAA air traffic controller short-staffing. 9 May 2023
