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Looking to start a flight school? Be prepared for plenty of moving parts and partners. CAT Editor Rick Adams spoke with startup Skyborne Airline Academy. 4 June 2019
Offering training in Bahrain and the Middle East Northern Africa region, Gulf Aviation Academy is going from strength to strength. Chris Long reports. 4 June 2019
The flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the island nation state in the Arabian Gulf, will celebrate its 70th birthday in 2020. Chris Long profiles Gulf Air's training expertise. 4 June 2019
While increasingly capable technologies support fleet maintenance learning programs, training organizations continue to place a priority on classroom techniques, reports Group Editor Marty Kauchak. 4 June 2019
Rising financial incentives are re-awakening the dream of becoming an airline pilot. Chuck Weirauch spoke with flight school and association executives. 4 June 2019
With the continuous news on airlines dealing with a global pilot shortage, BAA Training announced its plans to expand its full flight simulators’ fleet with six additional units in Europe and Asia. Preliminary investments may reach €60-million Euros. With more than 100 scheduled airlines, a network of over 400... 3 June 2019
Skyborne Airline Academy is launching a Sponsored Flight Instructor Programme to foster the next generation of airline pilot instructors in Spain. Over six weeks, participants will complete 35 flying hours and 130 hours of theory training. Those who successfully complete the programme will go on to work as Single... 3 June 2019
airBaltic Pilot Academy (airBaltic) has renewed its trust in FlightLogger by utilizing the software for its new ab-initio training offering in Riga, Latvia. airBaltic has been using FlightLogger since October 2016 for its simulators, doing type ratings on the 737. airBaltic Pilot Academy says: “Since the first opening day... 3 June 2019
Diamond Visionics has launched GenesisLunar, software which gives organizations the ability to go beyond earth to the moon for a high fidelity Lunar landing simulation based on a realistic 3D model of the lunar surface. As GenesisLunar uses GenesisRTX, realistic immersive 3D scenes that include reflections, shadows and dust... 3 June 2019
The International Civil Aviation English Association (ICAEA) is looking into the ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements and how these can be improved, as it has been almost 10 years since its release. The survey aims to gather views of operational pilots and controllers on their perspectives of communication issues among... 3 June 2019
Pilot Proficiency, a new pilot training business, has taken delivery of a Frasca RTD (reconfigurable training device) simulator and is open for business at its first pilot recurrency training center located in Lisle, Illinois. The company offers FAA-approved Frasca AATDs (advanced aviation training devices) in locations convenient to pilots... 31 May 2019
Alsim has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Alsim AL172 simulator as an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD). The AL172 is an exact replica of a Cessna 172SP Skyhawk NAV III aircraft equipped with the Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite. Since its launch in late... 31 May 2019
ANA HOLDINGS INC. (ANA HD) has opened a new training center, ANA Blue Base (ABB), located near Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Construction concluded in March 2019 and allowed for partial operation from April 15, 2019. ANA HD plans for the facility to be both fully operational and open... 30 May 2019
Designed to address the crucial need to better prepare and develop the skills of commercial pilots for airline employment, VA has a launched a new three-day interactive Airline Career Training (ACT) course as a new addition to its Airline Ready suite of training courses. The new ACT course has... 29 May 2019
KLM Flight Academy, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Airline KLM, have chosen Alsim to provide an ALX training device for its premises at the Eelde Airport, near Groningen in the Netherlands. The school operates a mixed fleet of Socata TB-10 and TB-20 single-engine as well as Diamond DA42 multi-engine... 29 May 2019
Symbiotics is now offering online versions of its suite of aptitude and knowledge-based tests that can be accessed directly by companies and individuals to assess knowledge and aptitude. With available tests including Future Aptitude Screening Tool (FAST), maths, physics, English, aviation knowledge and cognitive reasoning, Symbiotics is hoping to... 29 May 2019
U.S. News & World Report identified Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as the No. 1 online undergraduate educator among 348 schools ranked on the 2019 list. It was the sixth consecutive year that Embry-Riddle’s online bachelor’s degree programs ranked within the Top 5 on the list. Read more. Source: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical... 29 May 2019
AYJET Anatolian Stars Flight School recently decided to task Alsim with an upgrade of its existing Alsim simulator to the newest European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards. The ATO operates an Alsim AL200-DA42 simulator it bought 10 years ago. To make this device meet the current standards as... 29 May 2019
FlightSafety International announced that Patricia Arundell-Lampe has been promoted to senior vice president (VP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As senior VP and CFO for FlightSafety International, Arundell-Lampe will assume responsibility for all financial matters for the company. Arundell-Lampe joined FlightSafety in the year 2000 as a financial manager. 29 May 2019
ASTi announced that a major airline training program has purchased 24 instances of its Pilot Phraseology Trainer (PPT). The PPT uses advanced speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies from SERA, ASTi's Simulated Air Traffic Control Environment product. The PPT helps students build basic air traffic control (ATC) phraseology and radio... 29 May 2019