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The acknowledgement and acceptance of issues of mental health in the general population has, thankfully, recently become far less of a taboo subject. Whilst the extreme manifestation, in the form of suicide, only affects a small proportion, it nonetheless shows the tip of the iceberg of mental problems. That is... 6 February 2018
Pelesys Aviation Maintenance Training (Pelesys) has announced a cooperation agreement with Glennco Aviation Maintenance Training Company (Glennco) as the latter aims to improve the price point and efficiency of its training programmes as well as the knowledge retention of its students. Under the agreement, Pelesys is working with GlennCo... 5 February 2018
Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR has implemented the Fox training management platform from Britannica Knowledge Systems (Britannica). The Fox training management platform is now managing operations at ATR’s five training centres in Toulouse, Paris, Johannesburg, Singapore and Miami, which together see over 3,500 pilot, maintenance, flight operations and cabin crew... 5 February 2018
Vienna, Austria-based company Austro Control recently entered into a training service agreement with Flyco Training Solutions. Under the agreement, Austro Control will benefit from the use of Flyco’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS) for its search and rescue pilots and other personnel. Flyco’s A-LMS offering includes an E-library consisting... 5 February 2018
Singapore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to establish a new five-year programme which will provide 40 scholarships and 600 fellowships for young aviation professionals (aged 35 and below) from developing ICAO Member States to pursue aviation training and leadership development... 5 February 2018
Manchester, UK-based EDM has been named as ‘One to Watch’ in a shortlist of leading companies published as part of the eleventh European Business Awards. EDM was shortlisted due to its exceptional performance over the past 12 months as well as for reflecting the Awards’ core values of innovation,... 2 February 2018
FlightSafety International has promoted Brian McNelly to the position of Assistant Manager at its Maintenance Learning Center in Wichita, Kansas. Brian joined FlightSafety in 2006 as an instructor and has held a number of positions since then including Program Manager, Maintenance Training; Assistant Director of Programs; and Director of... 2 February 2018
CEFA Aviation’s Flight Animation System (CEFA FAS) software is to be installed by the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA), the bureau of investigation and analysis for French civil aviation safety. The CEFA FAS recreates flights using synthetic imaging based on a planes’ flight recorder and black box data as... 2 February 2018
Halldale Media has joined forces with the International Higher Education (IHED) Group to promote the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA) conference being delivered at this year's World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida from 17-19 April. The SECA conference stream... 2 February 2018
Magnetic MRO is to launch a dedicated training facility in Tallinn after following its introduction of a range of training courses in 2016. “The demand for high-quality training has been growing and this triggered Magnetic MRO to continue increasing its course portfolio. It was a natural step for us... 2 February 2018
FlightSafety International has appointed Jeff Rose (pictured right) as Manager of its Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, while his previous role as Manager of FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia, will be taken over by Jamie Hopkins (pictured left). Jeff joined FlightSafety in 2001 as an instructor for the... 1 February 2018
The Air Force Association (AFA) is partnering partnership with Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to advance both organizations’ mission to advocate and promote aerospace education at the local, state and regional levels. “In an era so intensely focused on national security, it is crucial that our two organizations partner to make... 31 January 2018
Ansett Aviation Training (Ansett) is developing a new three-bay aviation training centre adjacent to Brisbane Airport in Australia which will include the operation of a new ATR-600 full flight simulator. The company will also re-locate two existing Ansett-operated simulators, a Dash-8 and a Fokker F-100, from its Melbourne facility... 31 January 2018
Robin Glover-Faure is to succeed Alan Crawford as President of L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) as Crawford moves on to lead the newly established L3 Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) sector, which includes CTS and L3’s Aviation Products businesses. Glover-Faure joined L3 CTS in 2016 as Vice President of... 31 January 2018
In February, airBaltic is to host Pilot Open Days in several cities including Vilnius, Helsinki, Amsterdam and Stockholm as part of its plans to recruit more than 100 pilots in 2018. Pauls Calitis, the airline’s SVP Flight Operations, said, “Our route map is expanding, the fleet is growing and... 30 January 2018
Formerly Resource Group’s Symbiotic Performance Solutions division, Blakebrook company Symbiotics is now working with MHS Assessments in its use of MindQ, a clinically validated mental wellbeing risk assessment. Symbiotics says the fact studies suggest 1 in 6 adults are experiencing a mental health condition at any one time means,... 30 January 2018
Turboprop manufacturer ATR is adding a brand new 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) manufactured by CAE to its Toulouse training centre which will be ready for training from July this year. The simulator will be both EASA and FAA-certified, enabling ATR to provide customers and operators with 4,500 additional... 30 January 2018
Indra’s Board of Directors has appointed Ignacio Mataix as Executive Director of the company, effective from 19 February. In this new role, Mataix will be responsible for Indra’s T&D business, which comprises Defense and Security, Transport and Air Traffic Management. He will report directly to Indra’s Chairman and CEO,... 29 January 2018
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) and Peak Pacific are to jointly design and develop a blended learning solution around Cabin Familiarisation and Safety & Emergency Procedures (SEP) training for flight crew and cabin crew. The solution will be introduced alongside MAB’s six-strong Airbus A350 fleet (the first of which was... 29 January 2018
R1 Airlines, based in Calgary, Canada, has selected Avsoft for its pilot training and, as such, will use its eLearning system for Dash 8 Q300 training with -100 differences as well as CRJ 200 pilot training. Captain Lanny Benoit, R1 Airlines’ VP Operations, commented, “We are pleased to select... 26 January 2018