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A new agreement will see Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide Campus, through its Office of Professional Education, offer online aviation courses from Flyco Training Solutions (Flyco) to customers all over the globe. Flyco’s e-library offers courses for pilots, cabin crew members, dispatchers, technicians, managers, handling personnel, loadmasters and ground personnel. By using... 26 March 2018
Saint Louis University's Parks College of Engineering, Aviation & Technology has placed an order for three reconfigurable advanced aviation training devices (AATDs) from Frasca International (Frasca) which will be delivered later this year. All three AATDs will be FAA-approved and include GTN-650 GPS, navigational database, ForeFlight iPad interface, Frasca's... 23 March 2018
CPaT Global has been selected by ABX Air to provide tailored Distance Learning Solutions for its pilot training needs. The carrier will employ CPaT’s Learning Management System (LMS) to provide classroom and mobile training for its Boeing 767 pilots. Captain Greg Darrow, CPaT Global’s VP Sales and Marketing, stated,... 22 March 2018
Pictured (left to right): Ergin Erdin, Chief Executive of Flyco Group; and Racaru Gheorghe, CEO of Blue Air Romania’s Blue Air has become the first European carrier to purchase and implement Flyco Group’s Competency based E-Training (CompBT) for its flight crew. Flyco’s all new CompBT works as a two-stage... 22 March 2018
Photo credit: IHED The up-and-coming generation - whether you call them the Millennials, digital natives, or Generation Z - form a critical group for you to identify with: the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP). If this sounds like a new twist on “Next Gen,” perhaps you’re right. Regardless,... 21 March 2018
Simthetiq’s X2 Visual System, powered by the aXion image generator, has been qualified to Level D as part of the world’s first Twin Otter Level D full flight simulator owned and operated by Pacific Sky Aviation. The simulator has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the... 21 March 2018
Pictured (Left to right): Captain Paolo La Cava, Director of Etihad Aviation Training; and Chris Youlten, Managing Director of Etihad Airport Services at Etihad Aviation Training in Abu Dhabi. The Etihad Aviation Group has relaunched Etihad Flight College, its aviation training organisation, as Etihad Aviation Training, based across two... 20 March 2018
The new Air Georgian Tuition Assistance Programme provides employees with financial assistance for educational courses and programmes as well as paid time off to pursue personal and professional educational goals. All Air Georgian pilots are guaranteed an interview with Air Canada through a Pilot Mobility Arrangement. Because Air Canada... 20 March 2018
Virtual Aviation (VA) has launched its new ‘AirlineReady’ APS MCC course, the first of its kind to be approved by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in the UK. The APS MCC course structure was introduced by EASA to deliver enhanced MCC training to Airline Pilot Standards. It is intended... 19 March 2018
Tulmar Safety Systems (Tulmar) has created a family of scaled-down versions of emergency evacuation slides designed to expose a large number of trainees to the equipment in the confined space of a classroom. The slides are offered in standard configurations equipped with all the signage and markings, tie-downs, sea... 16 March 2018
Flyco Training Solutions (Flyco) is to provide Romania’s flag carrier TAROM Airlines with E-training solutions for its crew and personnel. Flyco’s E-library consists of content and training material for pilots, cabin crew members, dispatchers, technicians, managers, handling personnel, loadmasters and ground personnel. With the recent expansion of its aircraft... 16 March 2018
Pratt & Whitney has received certification from both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for its PW1100G-JM Geared Turbofan (GTF) and V2500 engine technical training courses. The latter complements the DGCA’s certification of V2500-A5 training in early 2017. Now, the newly... 16 March 2018
Avsoft has delivered a new Windshear course to a customer for pilot training which explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components, and procedures related to low level windshear. Topics discussed on the course include associated weather features including thunderstorms and microbursts, associated terrain and ground structures, the effects of... 16 March 2018
one-G simulation is now offering more features as part of its Torrance 44 Augmented Training Platform (ATP) including Search And Rescue (SAR), Heads Up Display (HUD), Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR), tunnel-in-the-sky and longline and night vision goggle emulations. CEO of one-G simulation, Xylon Saltzman, stated, “The Torrance 44 ATP... 16 March 2018
Photo credit: Royce POH / Airbus Asia Training Centre The Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC) in Singapore has installed its second Airbus A320 full flight simulator (FFS), bringing the total number of FFSs at the facility to seven. The new A320 FFS is at Airbus Std. 1.9.1 and can... 16 March 2018
Pictured (left to right:) Jessica Waite and Hanna Gillam, recipients of the first female ab initio pilot scholarship created by Airways Aviation in collaboration with the British Women Pilots' Association On 8 March 2018, Airways Aviation announced the two recipients of its new female ab initio pilot scholarship, Hanna... 14 March 2018
Legislation introduced on 7 March by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators aims to address the persistent shortage of aviation maintenance technicians. The bill would establish a new pilot programme to train maintenance professionals, help veterans transition to civilian careers and recruit new technicians. Grants of up to US$500,000... 14 March 2018
Australia-based Ryan Aerospace has announced the impending release of HELIMOD Mark III, a more sophisticated and modular version of the HELIMOD Mark II helicopter simulator control hardware recently exhibited at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas. HELIMOD Mark III is the result of two years’ work aimed at addressing the problem... 14 March 2018
UFA, Inc. (UFA) has delivered its ATTower tower simulator to the University of Massachusetts – Amherst (UMass Amherst). The ATTower system consists of a 7-channel simulator with three controller working positions (Local, Ground and Radar), three pseudo pilot positions and one instructor/data preparation position. UMass researchers will use ATTower’s... 14 March 2018
Ahead of the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA) conference being held on 19 April 2018 in Orlando FL. as part of the World Aviation Training Summit, Captain Kevin W. Daisey from Hawaiian Airlines, who is speaking at SECA, offers his thoughts on the next generation of airline... 13 March 2018